///////////// preloader
function preload(list) {
        if (document.images) {
                var preloadImages = list.split(",");
                var images = new Array();
                for (i=0; i < preloadImages.length; i++) {
                        if (preloadImages[i] != "") {
                                images[i] = new Image();
                                images[i].src = "/images/" + preloadImages[i] + ".gif";
                        }
                }
        }
}