Miscellany

/** * Fade background Colour of element * * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses: * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html */jQuery.fn.fadeBackColor = function(settings) {	  settings = jQuery.extend({		 startColor: null,		 endColor: null,		 time: null	  }, settings);	var elemToFade = this[0];	var startColor = settings.startColor;   var endColor = settings.endColor;  var time = settings.time;  var cR, cG, cB, cR_end, cG_end, cB_end, ret;		function hexConvert( theColor ){		ret = [];		theColor.replace(/(..)/g, function(theColor){			ret.push( parseInt( theColor, 16 ) );		});		return ret;	} 	function animColor(){		elemToFade.style.backgroundColor = 'rgb('+cR+','+cG+','+cB+')';		if (cR < cR_end) {			cR+= 1;				}		if (cG < cG_end) {			cG+= 1;		}		if (cB < cB_end) {			cB+= 1;		}		if(cR != cR_end && cG != cG_end && cB != cB_end){		 setTimeout(animColor, time);		}		else{		  return this;		}	}	if(startColor.indexOf("#") === 0){		var startColorNoHash = startColor.replace(/#/, "");		hexConvert(startColorNoHash);		cR = ret[0];		cG = ret[1];		cB = ret[2];	}	else{		var startColorReplace = startColor.replace(/ /g, "");		var startColorArray = startColorReplace.substring(startColorReplace.indexOf('(')+1,startColorReplace.lastIndexOf(')')).split(",");		cR = Number(startColorArray[0]); 		cG = Number(startColorArray[1]); 		cB = Number(startColorArray[2]);				}	if(endColor.indexOf("#") > -1){		var endColorNoHash = endColor.replace(/#/, "");		hexConvert(endColorNoHash);		cR_end = ret[0];		cG_end = ret[1];		cB_end = ret[2];			}	else{		var endColorReplace = endColor.replace(/ /g, "");		var endColorArray = endColorReplace.substring(endColorReplace.indexOf('(')+1,endColorReplace.lastIndexOf(')')).split(",");		cR_end = Number(endColorArray[0]); 		cG_end = Number(endColorArray[1]); 		cB_end = Number(endColorArray[2]);		}	animColor();};