function imageSwap(id) {
var links = document.getElementById(id).getElementsByTagName("a");
var imgLoad = []
for(var i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
attachBehavior(links[i], i);
}
function attachBehavior(obj, iter) {
var img = obj.getElementsByTagName('img')[0];
var imgSrc = img.getAttribute("src");
var ext = imgSrc.match(/\.\S{3}$/);
var overSrc = imgSrc.replace(ext, "-over" + ext);
// preLoad over states
imgLoad[iter] = new Image();
imgLoad[iter].src = overSrc
// use event listeners if appropriate
obj.onmouseover = function(){
img.setAttribute("src", overSrc);
}
obj.onmouseout = function(){
img.setAttribute("src", imgSrc);
}
}
}
imageSwap("footer-links");
// takes an image in html page of the form about_us_link.gif and swaps it with an image
// about_us_link.gif and replaces it with image named about_us_link-over.gif
// Create a new image for mouseover named the same as the original image
// with "-over" appended to the end but before the extension for example