function switchid(id,arrname){	
	hideallids(arrname);
	showdiv(id);
}

function hideallids(arrname){
	//loop through the array and hide each element by id
	for (var i=0;i<arrname.length;i++){
		hidediv(arrname[i]);
	}		  
}

function hidediv(id) {
	//safe function to hide an element with a specified id
	if (document.getElementById) { // DOM3 = IE5, NS6
		document.getElementById(id).style.display = 'none';
	}
	else {
		if (document.layers) { // Netscape 4
			document.id.display = 'none';
		}
		else { // IE 4
			document.all.id.style.display = 'none';
		}
	}
}

function showdiv(id) {
	//safe function to show an element with a specified id
		  
	if (document.getElementById) { // DOM3 = IE5, NS6
		document.getElementById(id).style.display = 'block';
	}
	else {
		if (document.layers) { // Netscape 4
			document.id.display = 'block';
		}
		else { // IE 4
			document.all.id.style.display = 'block';
		}
	}
}






function ns_newsticker($items_to_fade, $ticker_time)
{
	
	tickerchange = setInterval(ns_start_ticker, $ticker_time);
	var $tickeritem = jQuery($items_to_fade);
	var i = 1;
	
	function ns_start_ticker()
	{
	$tickeritem.filter(":eq("+i+")").trigger('fade');
	i+1 < $tickeritem.length ? i++ : i = 0;	
	}
	
	  $tickeritem.each(function(i)
	  {
		  jQuery(this).bind("fade",function()
		  {	
			  $new_ticker_item = $tickeritem.filter(":eq("+i+")");
			  
			  if( $new_ticker_item.css("display") == "none" )
			  {
				  $tickeritem.filter(":visible").fadeOut(400, function()
				  {	
					  $new_ticker_item.fadeIn(400);
				  });
			  }
			  
		  });
	  });
}