neonBaseColor = "#FFFFCC";
neonColor = "#006600";
num = 0;
num2 = 0;
num3 = 0;
num4 = neonColor;

function startNeon()
{
message = neon.innerText;
neon.innerText = "";
for(i = 0; i != message.length; i++)
{
neon.innerHTML += "<span id=\"neond\" style=\"font-size:20px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans serif; font-weight:bold;color:"+neonBaseColor+"\">"+message.charAt(i)+"<\/span>"};
neon2();
}
function neon2()
{
if(num != message.length)
{
document.all.neond[num].style.color = neonColor;
num++;
setTimeout("neon2()", 100);
}
else
{
num = 0;
num2 = message.length;
setTimeout("neon4onev()", 2000);
   }
}
function neon4onev()
{
document.all.neond[num].style.color = neonBaseColor;
document.all.neond[num2-1].style.color = neonBaseColor;
if(Math.floor(message.length / 2) + 1 != num2)
{
num++;
num2--;
setTimeout("neon4onev()", 50);
}
else {
setTimeout("neon5()", 50);
   }
}
function neon5()
{
if(num3 != message.length && num3 != message.length+1)
{
document.all.neond[num3].style.color = neonColor;

num3 = num3 + 2;
setTimeout("neon5()",100);
}
else
{
setTimeout("neon52()", 50);
   }
}
function neon52()
{
if(num3 == message.length)
{
num3++;
neon52a();
}
else
{
num3--;
neon52a();
   }
}
function neon52a()
{
if(num3 != 1)
{
num3 = num3 - 2;
document.all.neond[num3].style.color = neonColor;
setTimeout("neon52a()", 100);
}
else
{
if(num4 == neonColor)
{
num3 = 0;
neonColor = neonBaseColor;
setTimeout("neon5()", 2000);
}
else
{
neonColor = num4;
num3 = 0;
setTimeout("neon4onev2()", 50);
      }
   }
}
function neon4onev2()
{
document.all.neond[num].style.color = neonColor;
document.all.neond[num2 - 1].style.color = neonColor;
if(message.length != num2)
{
num--;
num2++;
setTimeout("neon4onev2()", 50);
}
else
{
num = 0;
num2 = 0;
setTimeout("neon3()", 2000);
   }
}
function neon3()
{
if(num != message.length)
{
document.all.neond[num].style.color = neonBaseColor;
num++;
setTimeout("neon3()", 100);
}
else
{
num = 0;
neon2();
   }
}