function ajax(method,strURL,variable,value,sid) {
    var xmlHttpReq = false;
    var self = this;
	

    // Mozilla/Safari
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
        self.xmlHttpReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    // IE
    else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
        self.xmlHttpReq = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    }
    self.xmlHttpReq.open(method, strURL, true);
    self.xmlHttpReq.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
	
    self.xmlHttpReq.onreadystatechange = function() {
				
			if(value == 'signgb' ){
				document.signgb.signbutton.disabled = true;
				document.getElementById('signdiv').innerHTML = '<center><img src="images/gb/loading.gif"><br><br><b>'+loadtext+'...</b><br></center>';
				//alert("loading");
					
			}else{
				document.getElementById('entries').innerHTML = '<center><br><br><br><br><img src="images/gb/loading.gif"><br><br><b>'+loadtext+'...</b><br><br><br></center>';
			}
	
      if (self.xmlHttpReq.readyState == 4) {
				if(value == 'signgb' ){
					updatepage(self.xmlHttpReq.responseText,'signgb');
					//alert("updating");
				}else{
         	updatepage(self.xmlHttpReq.responseText,'page');
					//alert("updating page");
				}
	   	}
        
    }
	
	if (value == 'signgb'){
		name=document.signgb.name.value;
		email=document.signgb.email.value;
		homepage=document.signgb.homepage.value;
		message=document.signgb.message.value;
	
		//Fix the "&" bug
		name2 = name.replace(/&/g, "^amp^");
		message2 = message.replace(/&/g, "^amp^");

		//alert("sending data 1");
		
		self.xmlHttpReq.send('dosign=' + pcode.charAt(0) + pcode.charAt(2) + pcode.charAt(4) + pcode.charAt(1) + pcode.charAt(5) + '&name=' + name2 + '&email=' + escape(email) + '&homepage=' + escape(homepage) + '&message=' + message2);
		
		//alert("sending data 2");
		
	}else{
    self.xmlHttpReq.send(escape(variable) + '=' + escape(value));

		//alert("sending something strange");
	}
	
}



function updatepage(str, value){
	
	//if (self.xmlHttpReq.readyState == 4) {
	if (value == 'signgb'){
    document.getElementById("signdiv").innerHTML = str;
		showdiv('signdiv');
		document.signgb.signbutton.disabled = false;
	}else{
		document.getElementById("entries").innerHTML = str;
		showdiv('entries');
	}
	//}
}

function hidediv(id) {
	//safe function to hide an element with a specified id
	if (document.getElementById) { // DOM3 = IE5, NS6
		document.getElementById(id).style.display = 'none';
	}
	else {
		if (document.layers) { // Netscape 4
			document.id.display = 'none';
		}
		else { // IE 4
			document.all.id.style.display = 'none';
		}
	}
	if(id == 'signform'){
	showdiv('entries');
	hidediv('signdiv');
	}
}

function showdiv(id) {
	//safe function to show an element with a specified id
		  
	if (document.getElementById) { // DOM3 = IE5, NS6
		document.getElementById(id).style.display = 'block';
	}
	else {
		if (document.layers) { // Netscape 4
			document.id.display = 'block';
		}
		else { // IE 4
			document.all.id.style.display = 'block';
		}
	}
	if(id == 'signform')
	hidediv('entries');
}
  function smiley(s){
  document.signgb.message.value = document.signgb.message.value + s;
  document.signgb.message.focus();
}

function newwindow(source,name,width,height) 
{ 
window.open(source,name,'width='+width+',height='+height+',resizable=no'); 
}