function addEvent(elm, evType, fn, useCapture)
{
	if (elm.addEventListener)
	{
		elm.addEventListener(evType, fn, useCapture);
		return true;
	}
	else if (elm.attachEvent)
	{
		var r = elm.attachEvent('on' + evType, fn);
		return r;
	}
	else
	{
		elm['on' + evType] = fn;
	}
}

function createXMLHttpRequest()
{	
    if (window.ActiveXObject)
    {
        xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    }
    else if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
    {
        xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();                
    }
}

function createCookie(name, value, days)
{
	if (days)
	{
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime( date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000) );
		var expires = "; expires=" + date.toGMTString();
	}
	else var expires = "";
	document.cookie = name + "=" + value + expires + "; path=/";
}

function readCookie(name)
{
	var nameEQ = name + "=";
	var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
	for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++)
	{
		var c = ca[i];
		while (c.charAt(0) == ' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
		if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length, c.length);
	}
	return "";
}

function eraseCookie(name)
{
	createCookie(name, "", -1);
}

// ANY <a href> ELEMENT THAT HAS rel="external" SHOULD OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW.
// THIS GETS RID OF THE NEED TO RELY ON THE DEPRACATED target="_blank"
function externalLinks()
{
	// CHECK TO MAKE SURE 'getElementsByTagName' WORKS
	if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return;
	
	// GRAB ALL <a> ELEMENTS IN THE DOCUMENT
	var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
	
	for ( var i=0; i < anchors.length; i++ )
	{
		var anchor = anchors[i];
		
		// FIRST WE CHECK TO MAKE SURE THERE *IS* AN href ATTRIBUTE (THERE MUST BE FOR LINKS THAT CHANGE THE PAGE),
		// THEN WE CHECK TO MAKE SURE THE rel ATTRIBUTE IS SET TO "external"
		if ( anchor.getAttribute("href") && anchor.getAttribute("rel") == "external" )
		{
			// IF THERE *IS* AN id ATTRIBUTE, WE USE THAT AS THE "WINDOW NAME." THIS WAY, ANY NEW LINKS
			// FROM THE INITIAL PAGE ALL OPEN IN THE SAME PARENT WINDOW.
			if ( anchor.getAttribute("className") )
			{
               	var windowName = anchor.getAttribute("className");
               	anchor.target = anchor.getAttribute("className");
                /*var windowName = anchor.getAttribute("className");
                anchor.target = windowName;
                windowName.focus();*/
			}
			else
			{
                anchor.target = "_blank";
			}
		}
	}
}