var expDays = 1; // number of days the cookie should last
 

function GetCookie (name) {
  var arg = name + "=";
  var alen = arg.length; 
  var clen = document.cookie.length;
  var i = 0;
  while (i < clen) {
    var j = i + alen;
    if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg)
    return getCookieVal (j);
    i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1;
    if (i == 0) break;
  }
  return null;
}

function SetCookie (name, value) {
  var argv = SetCookie.arguments;
  var argc = SetCookie.arguments.length;
  var expires = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : null;
  var path = (argc > 3) ? argv[3] : null;
  var domain = (argc > 4) ? argv[4] : null;
  var secure = (argc > 5) ? argv[5] : false;
  document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) +
    ((expires == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expires.toGMTString())) +
    ((path == null) ? "" : ("; path=" + path)) +
    ((domain == null) ? "" : ("; domain=" + domain)) +
    ((secure == true) ? "; secure" : "");
}

function DeleteCookie (name) {
  var exp = new Date();
  exp.setTime (exp.getTime() - 1);
  var cval = GetCookie (name);
  document.cookie = name + "=" + cval + "; expires=" + exp.toGMTString();
}

var exp = new Date();
exp.setTime(exp.getTime() + (expDays*24*60*60*1000));

function amt(){
  var count = GetCookie('count')
  if(count == null) {
    SetCookie('count','1')
    return 1
  } else {
    var newcount = parseInt(count) + 1;
    DeleteCookie('count')
    SetCookie('count',newcount,exp)
    return count
  }
}

function getCookieVal(offset) {
  var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);
  if (endstr == -1)
  endstr = document.cookie.length;
  return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}

function checkCount() {
  var count = GetCookie('count');
  if (count == null) {
    count=1;
    SetCookie('count', count, exp);
    sFa();
  } else {
    count++;
    SetCookie('count', count, exp);
  }
}


var tmr;
var t;
var obj;

function sFa() {
	obj = gObj();
	sLft();
	shw(true);
	t = 0;
	sTmr();
}

function hFa() {
	t = -100;
	sTmr();
	return false;
}

function sTmr() {
	tmr = setInterval("fd()",20);
}

function fd() {
	var amt = Math.abs(t+=10);
	if(amt == 0 || amt == 100) clearInterval(tmr);
	amt = (amt == 100)?99.999:amt;
  	
	obj.style.filter = "alpha(opacity:"+amt+")";
	obj.style.KHTMLOpacity = amt/100;
	obj.style.MozOpacity = amt/100;
	obj.style.opacity = amt/100;
	
	if(amt == 0) shw(false);
}

function sLft() {
	var w = 160;	// set this to 1/2 the width of the fa div defined in the style sheet 
			// there's not a reliable way to retrieve an element's width via javascript!!
					
	var l = (document.body.innerWidth)? document.body.innerWidth / 2:document.body.offsetWidth / 2;

	obj.style.left = (l - w)+"px";
}

function gObj() {
	return document.getElementById("fa");	
}

function shw(b) {
	(b)? obj.className = 'show':obj.className = '';	
}