var http_request = false;
   function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters) {

      http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
            //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
         }
      } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
         try {
            http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
         } catch (e) {
            try {
               http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {}
         }
      }
      if (!http_request) {
         alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
         return false;
      }
      http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
      http_request.open('POST', url, true);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      http_request.send(parameters);
   }
		
   function alertContents() {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {		
            result = http_request.responseText;
            document.getElementById(span).innerHTML = result;            
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }
   
   function ajax(span1,page,poststr){
		span = span1;
		 var poststr = poststr;		
		makePOSTRequest(page, poststr);
		//loadit('loader'); //<div id="loader">&nbsp;</div>
   }
   
	function hide(id){		
		document.getElementById(id).innerHTML = "";   
	}

	function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
	  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
	}
	
	function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
	  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
		var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
		if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
	}
	
	function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
	  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
		d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
	  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
	  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
	  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
	}
	
	function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
	  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
	   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
	}
	
	function textCounter(field,cntfield,maxlimit) {
		if (field.value.length > maxlimit) // if too long...trim it!
		field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit);
		// otherwise, update 'characters left' counter
		else
		cntfield.value = maxlimit - field.value.length;
	}
	
	
	/*******ads functions***********/
	function Createlink($id,$path){
		document.getElementById($id).href=$path;		
	}
	
	
	function Previewlink($myid,$pathid){
		$path = document.getElementById($pathid).href;	
		document.getElementById($myid).href=$path;		
	}