function makeRequest(url,div,parameters) {
        var httpRequest;

        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
            httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
            if (httpRequest.overrideMimeType) {
                httpRequest.overrideMimeType('text/text');
                // See note below about this line
            }
        } 
        else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
            try {
                httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
                } 
                catch (e) {
                           try {
                                httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                               } 
                             catch (e) {}
                          }
                                       }

        if (!httpRequest) {
            alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
            return false;
        }
        httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContents(httpRequest,div); };
        httpRequest.open('GET', url + parameters, true);
		document.getElementById(div).innerHTML = "<img src='/_img/loading.gif' />";
        httpRequest.send(null);

    }

    function alertContents(httpRequest,div) {
		
		if (httpRequest.readyState == 3) {
			document.getElementById(div).innerHTML = "<b>Loading....</b>";
		}
	    if (httpRequest.readyState == 4) {
			if (httpRequest.status == 200) {
				document.getElementById(div).innerHTML = httpRequest.responseText;
			} else {
				alert('There was a problem with the request. '+httpRequest.status);
			}
		}
		
    }

	function ajaxForm(url,div,obj) {
      var getstr = "?";
      for (i=0; i<obj.childNodes.length; i++) {
         if (obj.childNodes[i].tagName == "INPUT") {
            if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "text") {
               getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
            }
			if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "hidden") {
				var temp = obj.childNodes[i].value;
				var temp2 = obj.childNodes[i].name;
               getstr += temp2 + "=" + temp + "&";
            }
			if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "checkbox") {
               if (obj.childNodes[i].checked) {
                  getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
               } else {
                  getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=&";
               }
            }
            if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "radio") {
               if (obj.childNodes[i].checked) {
                  getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
               }
            }
         }   
         if (obj.childNodes[i].tagName == "SELECT") {
            var sel = obj.childNodes[i];
            getstr += sel.name + "=" + sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].value + "&";
         }
		 
		 if (obj.childNodes[i].tagName == "TEXTAREA") {
            var text = obj.childNodes[i];
            getstr += text.name + "=" + text.value + "&";
         }
         
      }
      makeRequest(url,div,getstr);
   }
   
   function login() {
		var pass = prompt("Enter the Admin Password", "");
		if (pass != null) {
			var paramstr = '?pass='+pass
			makeRequest('authorize.jsp','content',paramstr); 
		}
	}