Effect.FadeIn = function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    new Effect.Appear(element, arguments[1] || {});
}

Effect.FadeOut = function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    new Effect.Fade(element, arguments[1] || {});
    
     var today = new Date();
 var expire = new Date();
    expire.setTime(today.getTime() + 3600000*24*360);
    document.cookie = "fpmsg="+escape("deleted")
                 + ";expires="+expire.toGMTString();
              
              return false;
}

Effect.Fader = function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    if(element.style.display == 'none') {
    new Effect.FadeIn(element, arguments[1] || {}); }
    else { new Effect.FadeOut(element, arguments[1] || {}); }
}