function initPage(max) {
  for (i=1; i<max; i++) {
    objectId = "element" + i;
    document.getElementById(objectId).style.color = '#ffff00';
    document.getElementById(objectId).style ['border'] = 'none';
  }
  return(null);
}

function setColor(objectID){
  document.getElementById(objectID).style.color = 'white';
  document.getElementById(objectID).style ['border'] = 'solid 1px #ffff00';
  return(null);
}

function resetColor(objectID){
  document.getElementById(objectID).style.color = '#ffff00';
  document.getElementById(objectID).style ['border'] = 'none';
  return(null);
}

function howManyDays(dateline) {
  var date = new Date("October 1, 2010");
  var now = new Date();
  var diff = date.getTime() - now.getTime();
  var days = Math.floor(diff / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
  document.write("<font color='#FFFFFF'><b>");
  document.write("Thank You for a Great Carnival Weekend!<br />See You Next Year!<br /><br />");
  document.write(days + " days until Cupertino Carnival 2010!");
  document.write("</b></font>");
  return(null);
}

function writeMenuItem(element,linkpage, menu) {
  document.write("<a id='element");
  document.write(element);
  document.write("' href=\"");
  document.write(linkpage);
  document.write("\" onMouseOver=\"setColor('element");
  document.write(element);
  document.write("');\"  onMouseOut=\"resetColor('element");
  document.write(element);
  document.write("');\">");
  document.write(menu);
  document.write("</a><br />");
  return(null);
}

function createMenu() {
  writeMenuItem("1","/", "SJC Home");
  writeMenuItem("2","/carnival/index.html","Carnival Home");
  writeMenuItem("3","/carnival/plan.html","Plan Your Visits");
  writeMenuItem("4","/carnival/rides.html","Rides & Attractions");
  writeMenuItem("5","/carnival/concerts.html","Free Concerts & Events");
  writeMenuItem("6","/carnival/raffles.html","General Raffle");
//  writeMenuItem("7","/carnival/talent.html","Talent Show");
  writeMenuItem("7","/carnival/hours.html","Hours & Directions");
  writeMenuItem("8","/carnival/tickets.html","Tickets");
  writeMenuItem("9","/carnival/food_booths.html","Food Booths");
  writeMenuItem("10","/carnival/services.html","Other Services");
//  writeMenuItem("12","/carnival/sitelayout.html","Site Layout");
  writeMenuItem("11","/carnival/sponsors.html","List of Sponsors");
  writeMenuItem("12","/carnival/sponsorship/index.html","How to Sponsor");
//  writeMenuItem("15","/carnival/parents/index.html","Parents' Page");
  return(null);
}