var message="Benvenuto nel sito del Covent Garden!"
var neonbasecolor="red"
var neontextcolor="black"
var flashspeed=75  //in milliseconds

///No need to edit below this line/////

var n=0
if (document.all||document.getElementById){
	document.write('<font color="'+neonbasecolor+'">')
	for (m=0;m<message.length;m++)
		document.write('<span id="neonlight'+m+'">'+message.charAt(m)+'</span>')
	document.write('</font>')
}
else
	document.write(message)

function crossref(number){
	var crossobj=document.all? eval("document.all.neonlight"+number) : document.getElementById("neonlight"+number)
	return crossobj
}

function neon(){

//Change all letters to base color
	if (n==0){
		for (m=0;m<message.length;m++)
//eval("document.all.neonlight"+m).style.color=neonbasecolor
			crossref(m).style.color=neonbasecolor
	}

//cycle through and change individual letters to neon color
	crossref(n).style.color=neontextcolor

	if (n<message.length-1)
		n++
	else{
		n=0
		clearInterval(flashing)
		setTimeout("beginneon()",1500)
		return
	}
}

function beginneon(){
	if (document.all||document.getElementById)
	flashing=setInterval("neon()",flashspeed)
}
beginneon()