//functions.js
	
	//Create a boolean variable to check for a valid MS instance.
	var xmlhttp = false;
	
	//Check if we are using IE.
	try {
		//If the javascript version is greater than 5.
		xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
	} catch (e) {
		//If not, then use the older active x object.
		try {
			//If we are using IE.
			xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		} catch (E) {
			//Else we must be using a non-IE browser.
			xmlhttp = false;
		}
	}
	
	//If we are using a non-IE browser, create a javascript instance of the object.
	if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
		xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
	}
	
	//A variable used to distinguish whether to open or close the calendar.
	var showOrHide = true;
	
	
	
	//Function to run a word grabber script.
	function newsPagination (theelement, p){
		
			serverPage = "newsPagination.php?p=" + p;
			var obj = document.getElementById(theelement);
			xmlhttp.open("POST", serverPage);
			xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
				if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
					obj.innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
				}
			}
			xmlhttp.send(null);
	}
	
	function archivePagination (theelement, p){
		
			serverPage = "archivePagination.php?p=" + p;
			var obj = document.getElementById(theelement);
			xmlhttp.open("POST", serverPage);
			xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
				if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
					obj.innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
				}
			}
			xmlhttp.send(null);
	}
	
	function newsArticle(theelement, n){

			serverPage = "newsArticle.php?n=" + n;
			var obj = document.getElementById(theelement);
			xmlhttp.open("POST", serverPage);
			xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
				if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
					obj.innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
				}
			}
			xmlhttp.send(null);
	}
	
	function archiveArticle(theelement, n){

			serverPage = "archiveArticle.php?n=" + n;
			var obj = document.getElementById(theelement);
			xmlhttp.open("POST", serverPage);
			xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
				if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
					obj.innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
				}
			}
			xmlhttp.send(null);
	}
	
	function contactSubmit(theelement){
			var firstname, lastname, jobtitle,  companyname, telephone, email, enquiry;
			firstname = document.getElementById('form_firstname').value;
			lastname = document.getElementById('form_lastname').value;
			jobtitle = document.getElementById('form_jobtitle').value;
			companyname = document.getElementById('form_company').value;
			telephone = document.getElementById('form_telephone').value;
			email = document.getElementById('form_email').value;
			enquiry = document.getElementById('form_enquiry').value;
			
			var querystring;
			querystring = "firstname=" + firstname + "&lastname=" +  lastname  + "&jobtitle=" +  jobtitle  + "&companyname=" + companyname  + "&telephone=" + telephone  + "&email=" + email  + "&enquiry=" + enquiry;
			serverPage = "contactus_thanks_ajax.php?" + querystring;
			var obj = document.getElementById(theelement);
			xmlhttp.open("POST", serverPage);
			xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
				if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
					obj.innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
				}
			}
			xmlhttp.send(null);
	}