var timerID = null;

function init() {
	for(i=1;i<8;i++) {
		document.getElementById('news-'+i).href="javascript:showNews("+i+")";
	}
}

function statusmsg() {
	timerID = self.setTimeout("statusfade()", 8000);
}

function statusfade() {
//	document.getElementById('panelcontent').style.background = 'url(/media/images/statuspanel2.png) no-repeat right bottom';
	document.getElementById('statuspanel').style.display='none';
	document.getElementById('status').style.display='block';
//	document.getElementById('panelcontent').style.zIndex = 100;
	clearTimeout(timerID);
	return false;
}

window.onload = function(){
// init();
 statusmsg();
}