function filter(filtername) {
var list = $$('.'+filtername+'Filter img');
list.each(function(element) {
var fx = new Fx.Styles(element, {duration:400, wait:false});
fx.start({
'opacity': 1
});
});

var list = $$('.not'+filtername+'Filter img');
list.each(function(element) {
var fx = new Fx.Styles(element, {duration:400, wait:false});
fx.start({
'opacity': 0.2
});
});

//var list = $$('#menucontainer ul ul ul li a');
//list.each(function(element) {
//var myText = element.get('text');
//if (value = 'Filter: Modern') {
//element.setHTML(' > Filtered by '+filtername);
//element.appendText(' +');

//}
//});

log = $('thisfilter');
log.setHTML(' > Filtered by '+filtername);

}