window.addEvent('domready',function() {
	var visible_opacity = 0.999999 ;
	var invisible_opacity = 0.0001 ;
	var zindex_core = 999 ;
	var display_length = 6000 ;
	var fade_length = 1200 ;
	fade_members = $$('.fademember') ;
	var current_tab = 0 ;
	// INITIALISE
	var count_keeper = 0 ;
	fade_members.each(function(fade_member){
		fade_member.setStyles({'z-index':zindex_core-count_keeper,'opacity':invisible_opacity,'position':'absolute'}) ;
		count_keeper = count_keeper+1 ;
//		if(fade_member.title!=''){
//			fade_member.setStyle('cursor','pointer') ;
//			fade_member.addEvent('click',function(){
//				window.location = fade_member.title ;
//			});
//			alert('member'+count_keeper+' : '+fade_member.title) ;
//		}
	});
	fade_members[0].setStyles({'opacity':visible_opacity});
// =====
	var myFunction = function(){
		// add 1 to the current tab and reset if total count.
		current_tab = current_tab + 1 ;
		if(current_tab==fade_members.length){
			current_tab = 0 ;
			prev_tab = fade_members.length-1 ;
		} else {
			prev_tab = current_tab - 1 ;
		}
		// count thru each, setting all zindexes low except current and previous
		count_keeper = 0 ;
		fade_members.set('morph', {duration: fade_length}); 
		fade_members.each(function(fade_member){
			if(count_keeper==current_tab){
				fade_member.setStyles({'z-index':zindex_core-1,'opacity':invisible_opacity}) ;
			} else if(count_keeper==prev_tab){
				fade_member.setStyles({'z-index':zindex_core-2,'opacity':visible_opacity}) ;
			} else {
				fade_member.setStyles({'z-index':zindex_core-3,'opacity':invisible_opacity}) ;
			}
			count_keeper++ ;
		});
		fade_members[current_tab].morph({'opacity':visible_opacity}) ;
		fade_members[prev_tab].morph({'opacity':invisible_opacity}) ;
		myFunction.delay(display_length+fade_length)
	};
	myFunction.delay(display_length+fade_length);
//	alert(zindex_core-10-count_keeper) ;
});