function applyShadow(targetElement, shadowColor, shadowOffset) {
  alert(targetElement);
  if (typeof(targetElement) != 'object') {
    targetElement = document.getElementById(targetElement);
	alert(targetElement);
  }
  var value = targetElement.firstChild.nodeValue;
  targetElement.style.position = 'relative';
  targetElement.style.zIndex = 1;
    
  var newEl = document.createElement('span');
  newEl.appendChild(document.createTextNode(value));
  newEl.className = 'shadowed';
  newEl.style.color = shadowColor;
  newEl.style.position = 'absolute';
  newEl.style.left = shadowOffset + 'px';
  newEl.style.top = shadowOffset + 'px';
  newEl.style.zIndex = -1;
  
  targetElement.appendChild(newEl);
}

//applyShadow('heading', '#ccc', 2);


/*for (var i = 0; i < document.getElementById('list').getElementsByTagName('li').length; i++) {
  applyShadow(document.getElementById('list').getElementsByTagName('li')[i], '#aaa', 1);
}*/


//addEvent(window,"load",initDropShadow);
//
//function initDropShadow() {
//    if (!document.createElement) return;
//    
//    // Sigh, IE doesn't do getElementsByTagName("*")
//    if (document.all) {
//        var els = document.all;
//    } else {
//        var els = document.getElementsByTagName("*");
//    }
//    for (i=0;i<els.length;i++) {
//        if ((' '+els[i].className+' ').indexOf(' dropshadow ') != -1) {
//            DS_process(els[i])
//        }
//    }
//}
//
//function DS_process(e) {
//    // Make a duplicate of this element, with all its subelements
//    var nel = e.cloneNode(1);
//    // Set its class to shadowed
//    nel.className = "shadowed";
//    nel.className += e.className.replace('dropshadow','');
//    // Set floating text colour
//    textColour = e.getAttribute("textColour");
//    if (textColour) nel.style.color = textColour;
//    textColor = e.getAttribute("textColor");
//    if (textColor) nel.style.color = textColor;
//    // Add it to the document
//    e.parentNode.insertBefore(nel,e);
//    i++;
//    nel.style.top = (e.offsetTop - 1) + "px";
//    nel.style.left = (e.offsetLeft - 2) + "px";
//}
//
//function addEvent(obj, evType, fn) {
//  /* adds an eventListener for browsers which support it
//     Written by Scott Andrew: nice one, Scott */
//  if (obj.addEventListener){
//    obj.addEventListener(evType, fn, false);
//    return true;
//  } else if (obj.attachEvent){
//	var r = obj.attachEvent("on"+evType, fn);
//    return r;
//  } else {
//	return false;
//  }
//}