window.addEvent('load', function() {
	if(!window.ie6) {
		if($('pageSplashText') && !$('sidebarHider1') && Cookie.get("stErikFirst") != "true") {
			$('pageSplashText').setStyle('display','block');
			$('pageSplashText').setStyle('opacity','0.9');
		}
	}
	adjustColumnHeight();
});


var resizeEventTimeout;
window.addEvent('resize', function() {
	clearTimeout(resizeEventTimeout);
	resizeEventTimeout = setTimeout(adjustColumnHeight, 200);
});

function adjustColumnHeight() {
	// Set height of center column if browser window is larger, i.e. we don't have a scrollbar
	var c = $('centerContainerRightBg');
	c.setStyle('height', 'auto');
	var height = Math.max(window.getHeight(), window.getScrollHeight());
	if (c.offsetHeight   <   height) {
		c.setStyle('height', height);
	}
}

function hideSplashText() {

	// Hide the message for 1000 days, should be enough
	Cookie.set('stErikFirst', 'true', {duration: 1000});

	//display a transition from 90% opaque to transparent.
  var myFx = new Fx.Style('pageSplashText', 'opacity').start(0.9,0);
}