// Contact form -------------------------------------------------------
function sendRequest(frm, file) {
 var rnd982g = Math.random();
 var str = "";
 if(str = getForm(frm)) {
  req.open('GET', file+'?'+str+'&rnd982g='+rnd982g);
  req.onreadystatechange = handleResponse;
  req.send(null);
 }
 return false;
}

function handleResponse() {
	if(req.readyState == 4){
 		var response = req.responseText;
		document.getElementById('results').innerHTML = response;
	}
}

// Contact form -------------------------------------------------------
function updateRSS(frm, file) {
 var rnd982g = Math.random();
 var str = "";
 if(str = getForm(frm)) {
  req.open('GET', file+'?'+str+'&rnd982g='+rnd982g);
  req.onreadystatechange = handleRSS;
  req.send(null);
 }
 return false;
}

function handleRSS() {
	if(req.readyState == 4){
 		var response = req.responseText;
		document.getElementById('newsContent').innerHTML = response;
	}
}

function getForm(fobj) {
 var str = "";
 var ft = "";
 var fv = "";
 var fn = "";
 var els = "";
 for(var i = 0;i < fobj.elements.length;i++) {
  els = fobj.elements[i];
  ft = els.title;
  fv = els.value;
  fn = els.name;
 switch(els.type) {
  case "text":
  case "hidden":
  case "password":
  case "textarea":
  if(encodeURI(ft) == "required" && encodeURI(fv).length < 1) {
	alert(''+fn+' is a required field, please complete.');
	els.focus();
	return false;
  }
  str += fn + "=" + encodeURI(fv) + "&";
  break; 

  case "checkbox":
  case "radio":
   if(els.checked) str += fn + "=" + encodeURI(fv) + "&";
  break;	

  case "select-one":
	str += fn + "=" +
	els.options[els.selectedIndex].value + "&";
  break;
  }
 }
 str = str.substr(0,(str.length - 1));
 return str;
}