// Copyright (c) 2005 Thomas Fuchs (http://script.aculo.us, http://mir.aculo.us)
// Contributors:
//  Justin Palmer (http://encytemedia.com/)
//  Mark Pilgrim (http://diveintomark.org/)
//  Martin Bialasinki
// 
// See scriptaculous.js for full license.  

// converts rgb() and #xxx to #xxxxxx format,  
// returns self (or first argument) if not convertable  
String.prototype.parseColor = function() {  
  var color = '#';  
  if(this.slice(0,4) == 'rgb(') {  
    var cols = this.slice(4,this.length-1).split(',');  
    var i=0; do { color += parseInt(cols[i]).toColorPart() } while (++i<3);  
  } else {  
    if(this.slice(0,1) == '#') {  
      if(this.length==4) for(var i=1;i<4;i++) color += (this.charAt(i) + this.charAt(i)).toLowerCase();  
      if(this.length==7) color = this.toLowerCase();  
    }  
  }  
  return(color.length==7 ? color : (arguments[0] || this));  
}

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Element.collectTextNodes = function(element) {  
  return $A($(element).childNodes).collect( function(node) {
    return (node.nodeType==3 ? node.nodeValue : 
      (node.hasChildNodes() ? Element.collectTextNodes(node) : ''));
  }).flatten().join('');
}

Element.collectTextNodesIgnoreClass = function(element, className) {  
  return $A($(element).childNodes).collect( function(node) {
    return (node.nodeType==3 ? node.no