jQuery.fn.highlightFade = function(settings) {
    var o = (settings && settings.constructor == String) ? { start: settings} : settings || {};
    var d = jQuery.highlightFade.defaults;
    var i = o['interval'] || d['interval'];
    var a = o['attr'] || d['attr'];
    var ts = {
        'linear': function(s, e, t, c) { return parseInt(s + (c / t) * (e - s)); },
        'sinusoidal': function(s, e, t, c) { return parseInt(s + Math.sin(((c / t) * 90) * (Math.PI / 180)) * (e - s)); },
        'exponential': function(s, e, t, c) { return parseInt(s + (Math.pow(c / t, 2)) * (e - s)); }
    };
    var t = (o['iterator'] && o['iterator'].constructor == Function) ? o['iterator'] : ts[o['iterator']] || ts[d['iterator']] || ts['linear'];
    if (d['iterator'] && d['iterator'].constructor == Function) t = d['iterator'];
    return this.each(function() {
        if (!this.highlighting) this.highlighting = {};
        var e = (this.highlighting[a]) ? this.highlighting[a].end : jQuery.highlightFade.getBaseValue(this, a) || [255, 255, 255];
        var c = jQuery.highlightFade.getRGB(o['start'] || o['colour'] || o['color'] || d['start'] || [255, 255, 128]);
        var s = jQuery.speed(o['speed'] || d['speed']);
        var r = o['final'] || (this.highlighting[a] && this.highlighting[a].orig) ? this.highlighting[a].orig : jQuery.curCSS(this, a);
        if (o['end'] || d['end']) r = jQuery.highlightFade.asRGBString(e = jQuery.highlightFade.getRGB(o['end'] || d['end']));
        if (typeof o['final'] != 'undefined') r = o['final'];
        if (this.highlighting[a] && this.highlighting[a].timer) window.clearInterval(this.highlighting[a].timer);
        this.highlighting[a] = { steps: ((s.duration) / i), interval: i, currentStep: 0, start: c, end: e, orig: r, attr: a };
        jQuery.highlightFade(this, a, o['complete'], t);
    });
};

jQuery.highlightFade = function(e, a, o, t) {
    e.highlighting[a].timer = window.setInterval(function() {
        var newR = t(e.highlighting[a].start[0], e.highlighting[a].end[0], e.highlighting[a].steps, e.highlighting[a].currentStep);
        var newG = t(e.highlighting[a].start[1], e.highlighting[a].end[1], e.highlighting[a].steps, e.highlighting[a].currentStep);
        var newB = t(e.highlighting[a].start[2], e.highlighting[a].end[2], e.highlighting[a].steps, e.highlighting[a].currentStep);
        jQuery(e).css(a, jQuery.highlightFade.asRGBString([newR, newG, newB]));
        if (e.highlighting[a].currentStep++ >= e.highlighting[a].steps) {
            jQuery(e).css(a, e.highlighting[a].orig || '');
            window.clearInterval(e.highlighting[a].timer);
            e.highlighting[a] = null;
            if (o && o.constructor == Function) o.call(e);
        }
    }, e.highlighting[a].interval);
};

jQuery.highlightFade.defaults = {
    start: [255, 255, 128],
    interval: 50,
    speed: 400,
    attr: 'backgroundColor'
};

jQuery.highlightFade.getRGB = function(c, d) {
    var result;
    if (c && c.constructor == Array && c.length == 3) return c;
    if (result = /rgb\(\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*\)/.exec(c))
        return [parseInt(result[1]), parseInt(result[2]), parseInt(result[3])];
    else if (result = /rgb\(\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*\)/.exec(c))
        return [parseFloat(result[1]) * 2.55, parseFloat(result[2]) * 2.55, parseFloat(result[3]) * 2.55];
    else if (result = /#([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})/.exec(c))
        return [parseInt("0x" + result[1]), parseInt("0x" + result[2]), parseInt("0x" + result[3])];
    else if (result = /#([a-fA-F0-9])([a-fA-F0-9])([a-fA-F0-9])/.exec(c))
        return [parseInt("0x" + result[1] + result[1]), parseInt("0x" + result[2] + result[2]), parseInt("0x" + result[3] + result[3])];
    else
        return jQuery.highlightFade.checkColorName(c) || d || null;
};

jQuery.highlightFade.asRGBString = function(a) {
    return "rgb(" + a.join(",") + ")";
};

jQuery.highlightFade.getBaseValue = function(e, a, b) {
    var s, t;
    b = b || false;
    t = a = a || jQuery.highlightFade.defaults['attr'];
    do {
        s = jQuery(e).css(t || 'backgroundColor');
        if ((s != '' && s != 'transparent') || (e.tagName.toLowerCase() == "body") || (!b && e.highlighting && e.highlighting[a] && e.highlighting[a].end)) break;
        t = false;
    } while (e = e.parentNode);
    if (!b && e.highlighting && e.highlighting[a] && e.highlighting[a].end) s = e.highlighting[a].end;
    if (s == undefined || s == '' || s == 'transparent') s = [255, 255, 255];
    return jQuery.highlightFade.getRGB(s);
};

jQuery.highlightFade.checkColorName = function(c) {
    if (!c) return null;
    switch (c.replace(/^\s*|\s*$/g, '').toLowerCase()) {
        case 'aqua': return [0, 255, 255];
        case 'black': return [0, 0, 0];
        case 'blue': return [0, 0, 255];
        case 'fuchsia': return [255, 0, 255];
        case 'gray': return [128, 128, 128];
        case 'green': return [0, 128, 0];
        case 'lime': return [0, 255, 0];
        case 'maroon': return [128, 0, 0];
        case 'navy': return [0, 0, 128];
        case 'olive': return [128, 128, 0];
        case 'purple': return [128, 0, 128];
        case 'red': return [255, 0, 0];
        case 'silver': return [192, 192, 192];
        case 'teal': return [0, 128, 128];
        case 'white': return [255, 255, 255];
        case 'yellow': return [255, 255, 0];
    }
};