function bannerInit()
{

	if (document.getElementById("bannerSlot"))
	{
		bannerIndex = Math.floor(banners.length * Math.random());
		preloadBanner(bannerIndex);
		bannerOutput (banners[bannerIndex].bannerUrl, banners[bannerIndex].bannerDestination);
		
	}
}

function preloadBanner(i)
{	
	MM_preloadImages(banners[i].bannerUrl);
}
		


function bannerOutput (bannerUrl, bannerDestination) 
{
	bannerUrl = bannerPath + bannerUrl;
	if (getBannerType(bannerUrl) == "gif" || getBannerType(bannerUrl) == "jpg") 
	{
		document.getElementById('bannerSlot').innerHTML="<a href='" + bannerDestination + "' target='_blank'><img src='" + bannerUrl + "' border='0'></a>";
		return true;
	}
	else if (getBannerType(bannerUrl) == "swf" && flashEnabled) 
	{
		document.getElementById('bannerSlot').innerHTML="<object id='flashBanner' data='" + bannerUrl + "' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='468' height='60'><param name='movie' value='" + bannerUrl + "'><param name='quality' value='high'><param name='wmode' value='opaque'> </object>";
		return true;
	}
	else 
		return false;		
}

function getBannerType(bannerUrl)
{
	bannerType=bannerUrl.substring(bannerUrl.length-3,bannerUrl.length);
	bannerType=bannerType.toLowerCase(bannerType);
	return bannerType;
		
}