function ajaxUpdater(id,url) {
 new Ajax.Updater(id,url,{asynchronous:true});
}

function switchMenu(obj) {
	var el = document.getElementById(obj);
	if ( el.style.display != 'none' ) {
		el.style.display = 'none';
	}
	else {
		el.style.display = '';
	}
}

function bookmark(url,title){
  if ((navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") && (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4)) {
  window.external.AddFavorite(url,title);
  } else if (navigator.appName == "Netscape") {
    window.sidebar.addPanel(title,url,"");
  } else {
    alert("Press CTRL-D (Netscape) or CTRL-T (Opera) to bookmark");
  }
}

var rootdomain="http://"+window.location.hostname

function ajaxpage(url, containerid){
	var page_request = false
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) // if Mozilla, Safari etc
		page_request = new XMLHttpRequest()
	else if (window.ActiveXObject){ // if IE
		try {
			page_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")
		} 
		catch (e){
			try{
				page_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
			}
			catch (e){}
		}
	}
	else
		return false
	page_request.onreadystatechange=function(){
		loadpage(page_request, containerid)
	}
	page_request.open('GET', url, true)
	page_request.send(null)
}

function loadpage(page_request, containerid){
	if (page_request.readyState == 4 && (page_request.status==200 || window.location.href.indexOf("http")==-1))
		document.getElementById(containerid).innerHTML=page_request.responseText
}