var bild="start";
	var divtag=null;

	var imgpath="images/head_conn";
var banners=[['connollys_interior.jpg', '-'], ['connollys_interior2.jpg', '-'], ['connollys_interior3.jpg', '-'], ['conn_clock_sm.jpg', '-'], ['conn_glasses_sm.jpg', '-'], ['conn_stout.jpg', '-'], ['conn_wall_sm.jpg', '-'], ['pint_beamish_sm.jpg', '-']];


	

	function banner(chosen) {
		var tmp_fullname = imgpath+"/"+banners[chosen][0];
		// based on the path to the sponsors folder (previously defined) and the "banners" element refered to by the random number "chosen" a fullname path to a sponsor is created 
		if (document.images) {
			if (document.layers && divtag!=null) {	
				// for netscape browsers
				eval('document.'+divtag+'.document.images["'+bild+'"].src = '+tmp_fullname)
			} else {
				// for other browser - internet explorer
				document [bild].src = tmp_fullname;
			}
			// image in webpage is set to relevant sponsor
		}
	}

	function fill(){

			rand=(banners.length-1)*Math.random();
			chosen=Math.round(rand);

			// based on the length of the "banners" array a mathematically random number is chosen which is between 0 and "banners" length
			// this number is passed to the function banner()
			banner(chosen);
	}