/**
 *  xoki.com
 *  © 2010 hans nauta
 *
 *  c r e d i t s :
 *
 *  jquery - john resig
 *  http://www.jquery.com
 * 
 *  farbtastic color picker - steven wittens
 *  http://acko.net/dev/farbtastic
 * 
 *  gradientz - parkerfox:labs
 *  http://www.parkerfox.co.uk/labs/gradientz
 * 
 *  jquery color picker - syronex / j.m. rosengard
 *  http://www.syronex.com/software/jquery-color-picker
 * 
 *  background-position animation plugin - alexander farkas
 *  http://www.protofunc.com/scripts/jquery/backgroundPosition/ 
 * 
 */
 
try {
 document.execCommand('BackgroundImageCache', false, true);
} catch(e) {}

 
// Gradientz 0.4
// Replace your gradient images
// USE
// $(document).ready(function() {
//  $('#box1').gradientz({
//    start: "#fcc",
//    end: "yellow",
//    angle: 45,
//    distance: 100,
//    css: "top: 0px"
//  })
// For more information: see www.parkerfox.co.uk/labs/gradientz

(function(jQuery){

  if($.browser.msie && document.namespaces["v"] == null) {
    document.namespaces.add("v", "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml");
    var ss = document.createStyleSheet().owningElement;
    ss.styleSheet.cssText = "v\\:*{behavior:url(#default#VML);}";
  }
  
  function vmlGradient(angle, colorStart, colorEnd, width, height, distance, css) {
    var html ='<v:rect class=gradientz_inserted style="position:absolute; margin-top: -1;  margin-left: -1; width:' + (width+1) + "px;height:" + (height+1) + 'px;' + css + '" stroked="false"  fillcolor="' + colorEnd + '" >';
    html += '<v:fill method="sigma"  color2="' + colorStart + '" type="gradient" angle="' + angle + '">' ;
    html += '</v:rect>';
    return html;
  }
  
  function canvasGradient(angle, colorStart, colorEnd, width, height, distance, css) {
    var canvas=$("<canvas class=gradientz_inserted width="+width+"px height="+ height +"px style='position:absolute; ; " + css + "'></canvas>");
    var ctx=canvas[0].getContext('2d');
    
    var flip = angle < 0
    angle = Math.abs(angle)
    
    var x = Math.sin(angle) * distance;
    var y = Math.cos(angle) * distance;
    
    var lingrad = flip ? ctx.createLinearGradient(-x,0,0, -y) : ctx.createLinearGradient(0,0,x,y);
    
    lingrad.addColorStop(0, colorStart);
    lingrad.addColorStop(1, colorEnd);
    
    ctx.fillStyle = lingrad;
    ctx.fillRect(0,0,width,height);
    return canvas;
  }
  
  function minAbs(x,y) {
    x = Math.abs(x)
    y = Math.abs(y)
    return x<y ? x : y
  }

  $.fn.gradientz = function(options){
    
      var settings = {
        angle : 90,
        //zIndex: -1,
        css: "left:0px; top:0px; "
        };
      $.extend(settings, options || {});
    
      var radianConvert = Math.PI / 180;

      return this.each(function() {

        var $$ = $(this);
          
        if(this.style.position != "absolute") {
          this.style.position = "relative";
          this.style.zoom = 1; // give layout in IE
        }
          
        var w = $$.innerWidth();
        var h = $$.innerHeight();


        settings.start = settings.start || $$.css("backgroundColor")
        settings.end = settings.end || $$.css("backgroundColor")


        var radians = settings.angle * radianConvert;
        var cos = Math.cos(radians)
        var sin = Math.sin(radians) 
        var d = settings.distance || minAbs( h / cos, w / sin)

        w = minAbs( d / sin, w )
        h = minAbs( d / cos, h )

        $$.wrapInner("<div class=inner_gradient style='position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px;' ></div>")
          
        if($.browser.msie) {//need to use innerHTML rather than jQuery
          var h = vmlGradient(settings.angle, settings.start, settings.end, w, h, d, settings.css) ;    
          this.innerHTML = h + this.innerHTML ; 
          $(this).css({overflow: "hidden"})
        }
        else  //canvasGradient returns a DOM element
          $$.prepend(canvasGradient(radians, settings.start, settings.end, w, h, d,  settings.css));
      })  
    }
  })(jQuery);

  

  
	
	
/*
 * jQuery Color Animations
 * Copyright 2007 John Resig
 * Released under the MIT and GPL licenses.
 */

(function(jQuery){

	// We override the animation for all of these color styles
	jQuery.each(['backgroundColor', 'borderBottomColor', 'borderLeftColor', 'borderRightColor', 'borderTopColor', 'color', 'outlineColor'], function(i,attr){
		jQuery.fx.step[attr] = function(fx){
	//		if ( fx.state == 0 ) {
	if (fx.state == 0 || fx.start.constructor != Array || fx.end.constructor != Array) {
				fx.start = getColor( fx.elem, attr );
				fx.end = getRGB( fx.end );
			}

			fx.elem.style[attr] = "rgb(" + [
				Math.max(Math.min( parseInt((fx.pos * (fx.end[0] - fx.start[0])) + fx.start[0]), 255), 0),
				Math.max(Math.min( parseInt((fx.pos * (fx.end[1] - fx.start[1])) + fx.start[1]), 255), 0),
				Math.max(Math.min( parseInt((fx.pos * (fx.end[2] - fx.start[2])) + fx.start[2]), 255), 0)
			].join(",") + ")";
		}
	});

	// Color Conversion functions from highlightFade
	// By Blair Mitchelmore
	// http://jquery.offput.ca/highlightFade/

	// Parse strings looking for color tuples [255,255,255]
	function getRGB(color) {
		var result;

		// Check if we're already dealing with an array of colors
		if ( color && color.constructor == Array && color.length == 3 )
			return color;

		// Look for rgb(num,num,num)
		if (result = /rgb\(\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*\)/.exec(color))
			return [parseInt(result[1]), parseInt(result[2]), parseInt(result[3])];

		// Look for rgb(num%,num%,num%)
		if (result = /rgb\(\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*\)/.exec(color))
			return [parseFloat(result[1])*2.55, parseFloat(result[2])*2.55, parseFloat(result[3])*2.55];

		// Look for #a0b1c2
		if (result = /#([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})/.exec(color))
			return [parseInt(result[1],16), parseInt(result[2],16), parseInt(result[3],16)];

		// Look for #fff
		if (result = /#([a-fA-F0-9])([a-fA-F0-9])([a-fA-F0-9])/.exec(color))
			return [parseInt(result[1]+result[1],16), parseInt(result[2]+result[2],16), parseInt(result[3]+result[3],16)];

	}
	
	function getColor(elem, attr) {
		var color;

		do {
			color = jQuery.curCSS(elem, attr);

			// Keep going until we find an element that has color, or we hit the body
			if ( color != '' && color != 'transparent' || jQuery.nodeName(elem, "body") )
				break; 

			attr = "backgroundColor";
		} while ( elem = elem.parentNode );

		return getRGB(color);
	};
	
})(jQuery);	


jQuery.fn.farbtastic = function (callback) {
  $.farbtastic(this, callback);
  return this;
};

jQuery.farbtastic = function (container, callback) {
  var container = $(container).get(0);
  return container.farbtastic || (container.farbtastic = new jQuery._farbtastic(container, callback));
}

jQuery._farbtastic = function (container, callback) {
  // Store farbtastic object
  var fb = this;

  // Insert markup
  $(container).html('<div class="farbtastic"><div class="color"></div><div class="wheel"></div><div class="overlay"></div><div class="h-marker marker"></div><div class="sl-marker marker"></div></div>');
  var e = $('.farbtastic', container);
  fb.wheel = $('.wheel', container).get(0);
  // Dimensions
  fb.radius = 84;
  fb.square = 100;
  fb.width = 194;

  // Fix background PNGs in IE6
  if (navigator.appVersion.match(/MSIE [0-6]\./)) {
    $('*', e).each(function () {
      if (this.currentStyle.backgroundImage != 'none') {
        var image = this.currentStyle.backgroundImage;
        image = this.currentStyle.backgroundImage.substring(5, image.length - 2);
        $(this).css({
          'backgroundImage': 'none',
          'filter': "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(enabled=true, sizingMethod=crop, src='" + image + "')"
        });
      }
    });
  }

  /**
   * Link to the given element(s) or callback.
   */
  fb.linkTo = function (callback) {
    // Unbind previous nodes
    if (typeof fb.callback == 'object') {
      $(fb.callback).unbind('keyup', fb.updateValue);
    }

    // Reset color
    fb.color = null;

    // Bind callback or elements
    if (typeof callback == 'function') {
      fb.callback = callback;
    }
    else if (typeof callback == 'object' || typeof callback == 'string') {
      fb.callback = $(callback);
      fb.callback.bind('keyup', fb.updateValue);
      if (fb.callback.get(0).value) {
        fb.setColor(fb.callback.get(0).value);
      }
    }
    return this;
  }
  fb.updateValue = function (event) {
    if (this.value && this.value != fb.color) {
      fb.setColor(this.value);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Change color with HTML syntax #123456
   */
  fb.setColor = function (color) {
    var unpack = fb.unpack(color);
    if (fb.color != color && unpack) {
      fb.color = color;
      fb.rgb = unpack;
      fb.hsl = fb.RGBToHSL(fb.rgb);
      fb.updateDisplay();
    }
    return this;
  }

  /**
   * Change color with HSL triplet [0..1, 0..1, 0..1]
   */
  fb.setHSL = function (hsl) {
    fb.hsl = hsl;
    fb.rgb = fb.HSLToRGB(hsl);
    fb.color = fb.pack(fb.rgb);
    fb.updateDisplay();
    return this;
  }

  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////

  /**
   * Retrieve the coordinates of the given event relative to the center
   * of the widget.
   */
  fb.widgetCoords = function (event) {
    var x, y;
    var el = event.target || event.srcElement;
    var reference = fb.wheel;

    if (typeof event.offsetX != 'undefined') {
      // Use offset coordinates and find common offsetParent
      var pos = { x: event.offsetX, y: event.offsetY };

      // Send the coordinates upwards through the offsetParent chain.
      var e = el;
      while (e) {
        e.mouseX = pos.x;
        e.mouseY = pos.y;
        pos.x += e.offsetLeft;
        pos.y += e.offsetTop;
        e = e.offsetParent;
      }

      // Look for the coordinates starting from the wheel widget.
      var e = reference;
      var offset = { x: 0, y: 0 }
      while (e) {
        if (typeof e.mouseX != 'undefined') {
          x = e.mouseX - offset.x;
          y = e.mouseY - offset.y;
          break;
        }
        offset.x += e.offsetLeft;
        offset.y += e.offsetTop;
        e = e.offsetParent;
      }

      // Reset stored coordinates
      e = el;
      while (e) {
        e.mouseX = undefined;
        e.mouseY = undefined;
        e = e.offsetParent;
      }
    }
    else {
      // Use absolute coordinates
      var pos = fb.absolutePosition(reference);
      x = (event.pageX || 0*(event.clientX + $('html').get(0).scrollLeft)) - pos.x;
      y = (event.pageY || 0*(event.clientY + $('html').get(0).scrollTop)) - pos.y;
    }
    // Subtract distance to middle
    return { x: x - fb.width / 2, y: y - fb.width / 2 };
  }

  /**
   * Mousedown handler
   */
  fb.mousedown = function (event) {
    // Capture mouse
    if (!document.dragging) {
      $(document).bind('mousemove', fb.mousemove).bind('mouseup', fb.mouseup);
      document.dragging = true;
    }

    // Check which area is being dragged
    var pos = fb.widgetCoords(event);
    fb.circleDrag = Math.max(Math.abs(pos.x), Math.abs(pos.y)) * 2 > fb.square;

    // Process
    fb.mousemove(event);
    return false;
  }

  /**
   * Mousemove handler
   */
  fb.mousemove = function (event) {
    // Get coordinates relative to color picker center
    var pos = fb.widgetCoords(event);

    // Set new HSL parameters
    if (fb.circleDrag) {
      var hue = Math.atan2(pos.x, -pos.y) / 6.28;
      if (hue < 0) hue += 1;
      fb.setHSL([hue, fb.hsl[1], fb.hsl[2]]);
    }
    else {
      var sat = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, -(pos.x / fb.square) + .5));
      var lum = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, -(pos.y / fb.square) + .5));
      fb.setHSL([fb.hsl[0], sat, lum]);
    }
    return false;
  }

  /**
   * Mouseup handler
   */
  fb.mouseup = function () {
    // Uncapture mouse
    $(document).unbind('mousemove', fb.mousemove);
    $(document).unbind('mouseup', fb.mouseup);
    document.dragging = false;
  }

  /**
   * Update the markers and styles
   */
  fb.updateDisplay = function () {
    // Markers
    var angle = fb.hsl[0] * 6.28;
    $('.h-marker', e).css({
      left: Math.round(Math.sin(angle) * fb.radius + fb.width / 2) + 'px',
      top: Math.round(-Math.cos(angle) * fb.radius + fb.width / 2) + 'px'
    });

    $('.sl-marker', e).css({
      left: Math.round(fb.square * (.5 - fb.hsl[1]) + fb.width / 2) + 'px',
      top: Math.round(fb.square * (.5 - fb.hsl[2]) + fb.width / 2) + 'px'
    });

    // Saturation/Luminance gradient
    $('.color', e).css('backgroundColor', fb.pack(fb.HSLToRGB([fb.hsl[0], 1, 0.5])));

    // Linked elements or callback
    if (typeof fb.callback == 'object') {
      // Set background/foreground color
      $(fb.callback).css({
        backgroundColor: fb.color,
        color: fb.hsl[2] > 0.5 ? '#000' : '#fff'
      });

      // Change linked value
      $(fb.callback).each(function() {
        if (this.value && this.value != fb.color) {
          this.value = fb.color;
        }
      });
    }
    else if (typeof fb.callback == 'function') {
      fb.callback.call(fb, fb.color);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Get absolute position of element
   */
  fb.absolutePosition = function (el) {
    var r = { x: el.offsetLeft, y: el.offsetTop };
    // Resolve relative to offsetParent
    if (el.offsetParent) {
      var tmp = fb.absolutePosition(el.offsetParent);
      r.x += tmp.x;
      r.y += tmp.y;
    }
    return r;
  };

  /* Various color utility functions */
  fb.pack = function (rgb) {
    var r = Math.round(rgb[0] * 255);
    var g = Math.round(rgb[1] * 255);
    var b = Math.round(rgb[2] * 255);
    return '#' + (r < 16 ? '0' : '') + r.toString(16) +
           (g < 16 ? '0' : '') + g.toString(16) +
           (b < 16 ? '0' : '') + b.toString(16);
  }

  fb.unpack = function (color) {
    if (color.length == 7) {
      return [parseInt('0x' + color.substring(1, 3)) / 255,
        parseInt('0x' + color.substring(3, 5)) / 255,
        parseInt('0x' + color.substring(5, 7)) / 255];
    }
    else if (color.length == 4) {
      return [parseInt('0x' + color.substring(1, 2)) / 15,
        parseInt('0x' + color.substring(2, 3)) / 15,
        parseInt('0x' + color.substring(3, 4)) / 15];
    }
  }

  fb.HSLToRGB = function (hsl) {
    var m1, m2, r, g, b;
    var h = hsl[0], s = hsl[1], l = hsl[2];
    m2 = (l <= 0.5) ? l * (s + 1) : l + s - l*s;
    m1 = l * 2 - m2;
    return [this.hueToRGB(m1, m2, h+0.33333),
        this.hueToRGB(m1, m2, h),
        this.hueToRGB(m1, m2, h-0.33333)];
  }

  fb.hueToRGB = function (m1, m2, h) {
    h = (h < 0) ? h + 1 : ((h > 1) ? h - 1 : h);
    if (h * 6 < 1) return m1 + (m2 - m1) * h * 6;
    if (h * 2 < 1) return m2;
    if (h * 3 < 2) return m1 + (m2 - m1) * (0.66666 - h) * 6;
    return m1;
  }

  fb.RGBToHSL = function (rgb) {
    var min, max, delta, h, s, l;
    var r = rgb[0], g = rgb[1], b = rgb[2];
    min = Math.min(r, Math.min(g, b));
    max = Math.max(r, Math.max(g, b));
    delta = max - min;
    l = (min + max) / 2;
    s = 0;
    if (l > 0 && l < 1) {
      s = delta / (l < 0.5 ? (2 * l) : (2 - 2 * l));
    }
    h = 0;
    if (delta > 0) {
      if (max == r && max != g) h += (g - b) / delta;
      if (max == g && max != b) h += (2 + (b - r) / delta);
      if (max == b && max != r) h += (4 + (r - g) / delta);
      h /= 6;
    }
    return [h, s, l];
  }

  // Install mousedown handler (the others are set on the document on-demand)
  $('*', e).mousedown(fb.mousedown);

    // Init color
  fb.setColor('#000000');

  // Set linked elements/callback
  if (callback) {
    fb.linkTo(callback);
  }
}



jQuery.preloadImages = function() {
  for(var i = 0; i<arguments.length; i++) {
  	jQuery("<img>").attr("src", arguments[i]);
  }
}


/*jslint browser: true */ /*global jQuery: true */

/**
 * jQuery Cookie plugin
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2010 Klaus Hartl (stilbuero.de)
 * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
 *
 */

// TODO JsDoc

/**
 * Create a cookie with the given key and value and other optional parameters.
 *
 * @example $.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value');
 * @desc Set the value of a cookie.
 * @example $.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value', { expires: 7, path: '/', domain: 'jquery.com', secure: true });
 * @desc Create a cookie with all available options.
 * @example $.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value');
 * @desc Create a session cookie.
 * @example $.cookie('the_cookie', null);
 * @desc Delete a cookie by passing null as value. Keep in mind that you have to use the same path and domain
 *       used when the cookie was set.
 *
 * @param String key The key of the cookie.
 * @param String value The value of the cookie.
 * @param Object options An object literal containing key/value pairs to provide optional cookie attributes.
 * @option Number|Date expires Either an integer specifying the expiration date from now on in days or a Date object.
 *                             If a negative value is specified (e.g. a date in the past), the cookie will be deleted.
 *                             If set to null or omitted, the cookie will be a session cookie and will not be retained
 *                             when the the browser exits.
 * @option String path The value of the path atribute of the cookie (default: path of page that created the cookie).
 * @option String domain The value of the domain attribute of the cookie (default: domain of page that created the cookie).
 * @option Boolean secure If true, the secure attribute of the cookie will be set and the cookie transmission will
 *                        require a secure protocol (like HTTPS).
 * @type undefined
 *
 * @name $.cookie
 * @cat Plugins/Cookie
 * @author Klaus Hartl/klaus.hartl@stilbuero.de
 */

/**
 * Get the value of a cookie with the given key.
 *
 * @example $.cookie('the_cookie');
 * @desc Get the value of a cookie.
 *
 * @param String key The key of the cookie.
 * @return The value of the cookie.
 * @type String
 *
 * @name $.cookie
 * @cat Plugins/Cookie
 * @author Klaus Hartl/klaus.hartl@stilbuero.de
 */
jQuery.cookie = function (key, value, options) {

    // key and value given, set cookie...
    if (arguments.length > 1 && (value === null || typeof value !== "object")) {
        options = jQuery.extend({}, options);

        if (value === null) {
            options.expires = -1;
        }

        if (typeof options.expires === 'number') {
            var days = options.expires, t = options.expires = new Date();
            t.setDate(t.getDate() + days);
        }

        return (document.cookie = [
            encodeURIComponent(key), '=',
            options.raw ? String(value) : encodeURIComponent(String(value)),
            options.expires ? '; expires=' + options.expires.toUTCString() : '', // use expires attribute, max-age is not supported by IE
            options.path ? '; path=' + options.path : '',
            options.domain ? '; domain=' + options.domain : '',
            options.secure ? '; secure' : ''
        ].join(''));
    }

    // key and possibly options given, get cookie...
    options = value || {};
    var result, decode = options.raw ? function (s) { return s; } : decodeURIComponent;
    return (result = new RegExp('(?:^|; )' + encodeURIComponent(key) + '=([^;]*)').exec(document.cookie)) ? decode(result[1]) : null;
};





/**
 * @author Alexander Farkas
 * v. 1.21
 */


(function($) {
	if(!document.defaultView || !document.defaultView.getComputedStyle){ // IE6-IE8
		var oldCurCSS = jQuery.curCSS;
		jQuery.curCSS = function(elem, name, force){
			if(name === 'background-position'){
				name = 'backgroundPosition';
			}
			if(name !== 'backgroundPosition' || !elem.currentStyle || elem.currentStyle[ name ]){
				return oldCurCSS.apply(this, arguments);
			}
			var style = elem.style;
			if ( !force && style && style[ name ] ){
				return style[ name ];
			}
			return oldCurCSS(elem, 'backgroundPositionX', force) +' '+ oldCurCSS(elem, 'backgroundPositionY', force);
		};
	}
	
	var oldAnim = $.fn.animate;
	$.fn.animate = function(prop){
		if('background-position' in prop){
			prop.backgroundPosition = prop['background-position'];
			delete prop['background-position'];
		}
		if('backgroundPosition' in prop){
			prop.backgroundPosition = '('+ prop.backgroundPosition;
		}
		return oldAnim.apply(this, arguments);
	};
	
	function toArray(strg){
		strg = strg.replace(/left|top/g,'0px');
		strg = strg.replace(/right|bottom/g,'100%');
		strg = strg.replace(/([0-9\.]+)(\s|\)|$)/g,"$1px$2");
		var res = strg.match(/(-?[0-9\.]+)(px|\%|em|pt)\s(-?[0-9\.]+)(px|\%|em|pt)/);
		return [parseFloat(res[1],10),res[2],parseFloat(res[3],10),res[4]];
	}
	
	$.fx.step. backgroundPosition = function(fx) {
		if (!fx.bgPosReady) {
			var start = $.curCSS(fx.elem,'backgroundPosition');
			
			if(!start){//FF2 no inline-style fallback
				start = '0px 0px';
			}
			
			start = toArray(start);
			
			fx.start = [start[0],start[2]];
			
			var end = toArray(fx.options.curAnim.backgroundPosition);
			fx.end = [end[0],end[2]];
			
			fx.unit = [end[1],end[3]];
			fx.bgPosReady = true;
		}
		//return;
		var nowPosX = [];
		nowPosX[0] = ((fx.end[0] - fx.start[0]) * fx.pos) + fx.start[0] + fx.unit[0];
		nowPosX[1] = ((fx.end[1] - fx.start[1]) * fx.pos) + fx.start[1] + fx.unit[1];           
		fx.elem.style.backgroundPosition = nowPosX[0]+' '+nowPosX[1];

	};
})(jQuery);

// Array Remove - By John Resig (MIT Licensed)
Array.prototype.remove = function(from, to) {
  var rest = this.slice((to || from) + 1 || this.length);
  this.length = from < 0 ? this.length + from : from;
  return this.push.apply(this, rest);
};

function colorToHex2(color) {
    if (color.substr(0, 1) === '#') {
        return color;
    }
    var digits = /(.*?)rgb\((\d+), (\d+), (\d+)\)/.exec(color);
    
    var red = parseInt(digits[2]);
    var green = parseInt(digits[3]);
    var blue = parseInt(digits[4]);
    
    var rgb = blue | (green << 8) | (red << 16);
    return digits[1] + '#' + rgb.toString(16);
};

function colorToHex(rgb_color) {
if (rgb_color.substr(0, 1) === '#') {
return rgb_color;
}
var digits = /(.*?)rgb\((\d+), (\d+), (\d+)\)/.exec(rgb_color);

var red = parseInt(digits[2]);
var green = parseInt(digits[3]);
var blue = parseInt(digits[4]);

var hex = (red << 16) | (green << 8) | blue;
return digits[1] + '#' + hex.toString(16);
}
/*
// 
//  jQuery IE Fade Fix 
// 
//  Adapted from code found at http://jquery.malsup.com/fadetest.html. 
// 
//  This is only needed for IE 7 and earlier, so this is best added to your page using IE's conditional comments 
//  (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537512%28VS.85%29.aspx) as follows: 
//      <!--[if lt IE 8]><script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-ie-fade-fix.js"></script><![endif]--> 
// 
(function($) { 
    $.fn.fadeIn = function(speed, callback) { 
        return this.animate({opacity: 'show'}, speed, function() { 
                if ( $.browser.msie ) 
                { 
                        this.style.removeAttribute('filter'); 
                } 
                if ( $.isFunction(callback) ) 
                { 
                        callback.call(this); 
                } 
        }); 
    }; 
 
    $.fn.fadeOut = function(speed, callback) { 
        return this.animate({opacity: 'hide'}, speed, function() { 
                if ( $.browser.msie ) 
                { 
                        this.style.removeAttribute('filter'); 
                } 
                if ( $.isFunction(callback) ) 
                { 
                        callback.call(this); 
                } 
        }); 
    }; 
 
    $.fn.fadeTo = function(speed, to, callback) { 
        return this.animate({opacity: to}, speed, function() { 
                if ( to == 1 && $.browser.msie ) 
                { 
                        this.style.removeAttribute('filter'); 
                } 
                if ( $.isFunction(callback) ) 
                { 
                        callback.call(this); 
                } 
        }); 
    }; 
})(jQuery); 
*/