function fadeinnews(picid,newsid) {
  var elements = getElementsByIdRegExp("news_");
  for(var i = 0;i < elements.length;i++){
    var subtype = elements[i].id.substring(0,6);
    if (subtype.match("news_d"))
      elements[i].className="frontpage_newsdelimit";
    if (subtype.match("news_h"))
      elements[i].className="frontpage_newsheader";
    if (subtype.match("news_c"))
      elements[i].className="frontpage_newscontent";
    if (subtype.match("news_d"))
      elements[i].className="frontpage_newsdelimit";
  }
  if(picid != null)
    opacity(picid,100,0,2000);
}

function putpictobackground(picid) {
  document.getElementById(picid).style.zIndex=-1;
}

function getElementsByIdRegExp(idExpr) {
        var retVal = new Array();
        var elements = document.getElementsByTagName("*");
	var myReg = new RegExp("^"+idExpr);
        for(var i = 0;i < elements.length;i++){
		if(elements[i].id.match(myReg))
			retVal.push(elements[i]);
        }
        return retVal;
}