neonBaseColor = "White";
neonColor = "DarkBlue";
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=\"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();
    }
}