function setOpacity( value ) {
	document.getElementById("alertPopup").style.opacity = value / 10;
	document.getElementById("alertPopup").style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=' + value * 10 + ')';
}

function fadeInMyPopup() 
{
	for( var i = 0 ; i <= 100 ; i++ )
	setTimeout( 'setOpacity(' + (i / 10) + ')' , 20 * i );
}

function alertPopUp() 
{
	setOpacity( 0 );
	document.getElementById("alertPopup").style.display = "block";
	document.getElementById("alertPopupInner").style.display = "block";
	fadeInMyPopup();
}

function doRefresh()
{
	var sURL = unescape(window.location);	
	window.location.href = sURL;
}

function hidePopUp() 
{
	document.getElementById("alertPopup").style.display = "none";
	document.cookie = "over50alerts=yes";
	doRefresh();
}

function CreateBookmark() {

	title = "Over Fifties Friends"; 	
	url = "http://www.overfiftiesfriends.co.uk";
	
	if (window.sidebar) { // Mozilla Firefox Bookmark
		window.sidebar.addPanel(title, url,"");
	} else if( window.external ) { // IE Favorite
		window.external.AddFavorite( url, title); }
	else if(window.opera && window.print) { // Opera Hotlist
		return true; 
	}
}