   var http_request = false;

   function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters) {

      http_request = false;

      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...

         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();

         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {

         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type

            //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');

            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');

         }

      } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE

         try {

            http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");

         } catch (e) {

            try {

               http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");

            } catch (e) {}

         }

      }

      if (!http_request) {

         alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');

         return false;

      }

      

      http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;

      http_request.open('POST', url, true);

      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);

      http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");

      http_request.send(parameters);

   }



   function alertContents() {

      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {

         if (http_request.status == 200) {

            //alert(http_request.responseText);

            result = http_request.responseText;

            document.getElementById('mycommentspan').innerHTML = result;

         } else {

            //alert('There was a problem with the request.');

			document.getElementById('mycommentspan').innerHTML = 'There was a problem with the request. Please contact us and report this problem!';

         }

      }

   }

   

   function get(obj) {

	   

	  var poststr;

	  if(document.getElementById("user_id").value == 0)

	  {

		 poststr = "comment_txt=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("comment_txt").value ) +

                    "&vid=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("vid").value ) +

					"&user_id=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("user_id").value ) +

					"&username=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("username").value ) +

					"&captcha=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("captcha").value );

	  }

	  else {

		 poststr = "comment_txt=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("comment_txt").value ) +

		 			"&user_id=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("user_id").value ) +

                    "&vid=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("vid").value );

	  }

	  

      makePOSTRequest(''+MELODYURL+'/comment.php', poststr);

   }



function submitonce(theform){

//if IE 4+ or NS 6+

	if(document.getElementById("user_id").value != 0)

	{

		if(document.getElementById("comment_txt").value == '' || document.getElementById("comment_txt").value == "test"){

			//alert('You need to write a comment first!');

		}

		else{

			if (document.all||document.getElementById){

				//screen thru every element in the form, and hunt down "submit" and "reset"

				for (i=0;i<theform.length;i++){

					var tempobj=theform.elements[i]

					if(tempobj.type.toLowerCase()=="submit"||tempobj.type.toLowerCase()=="reset")

					//disable em

					tempobj.disabled=true;

				}

				//theform.style.display='none';

				$(theform).slideUp('normal');

			}

		}

	}

	else

	{

		//	guest comment

		var alert_msg = '';

		if(document.getElementById("comment_txt").value == ''){

			//alert('You need to write a comment first!');

			alert_msg = alert_msg+'You need to write a comment first!\n';

		}

		if(document.getElementById("username").value == '' || document.getElementById("captcha").value == ''){

			alert_msg = alert_msg+'Please fill in the required fields.\n';

		}

		

		if(alert_msg != '') {

			//alert(alert_msg);

		}

		else{

			if (document.all||document.getElementById){

				//screen thru every element in the form, and hunt down "submit"

				for (i=0;i<theform.length;i++){

					var tempobj=theform.elements[i]

					if(tempobj.type.toLowerCase()=="submit")

					//disable em

					tempobj.disabled=false;

				}

				//theform.style.display='none';

				$(theform).slideUp('normal');

			}

		}	

	}

	

}



function validateSearch(b_on_submit){

    if(document.forms['search'].keywords.value == '' || document.forms['search'].keywords.value == 'search'){

        alert('You did not enter a search term. Please try again.');

        if(b_on_submit == 'true')

            return false;

    }

    else{

        document.forms['search'].submit();

    }

}

function lookup(inputString) {

	if(inputString.length == 0) {

		// Hide the suggestion box.

		$('#suggestions').hide();

	} else if(inputString.length > 2) {

		$.post(MELODYURL2+'/ajax_search.php', {queryString: ""+inputString+""}, function(data){

			if(data.length >0) {

				$('#suggestions').show();

				$('#autoSuggestionsList').html(data);

			}

		});

	}

} // lookup

	

function catlist()

{

	$("#ul_categories li").hoverIntent(

	 function(){

			var ul_subs = $(this).find('ul');

			

			if(ul_subs.hasClass("hidden_li"))

			{	

				ul_subs.removeClass();

				ul_subs.slideDown(80);

				ul_subs.addClass('visible_li')

			}

	 }, 

	 function(){

			var ul_subs = $(this).find('ul');

			

			if(ul_subs.hasClass("visible_li"))

			{

				ul_subs.addClass("hidden_li");	

				ul_subs.slideUp(150);

				ul_subs.removeClass('visible_li');

			}

	 });



}



function fill(thisValue) {

	$('#inputString').val(thisValue);

	setTimeout("$('#suggestions').hide();", 200);

}



function ajax_request(page, extra_params, output_sel, type, show) {

	

	var ret = false;

	

	if (type.length == 0)

	{

		type = "html";	

	}



	if (output_sel.length > 0)

	{

		$(output_sel).html('<img src="'+TemplateP+'/images/ajax-loading.gif" alt="Loading" id="loading" />Loading...').fadeIn('normal');	

	}

	$.ajax({

		   type: "GET",

		   url: MELODYURL2 + "/ajax.php", 

		   //cache: false, 

		   data: "p=" + page + "&" + extra_params,

		   dataType: type,

		   success: function(data) {

						if (output_sel.length > 0)

						{

							$(output_sel).html(data);

							

							if (show == true)

							{

								$(output_sel).show();

							}

						}

						ret = true;

					}

		   });

	

	return ret;

}



function onpage_delete_comment(comment_id, video_id, selector) {



	var confirm_msg = "You are about to delete this comment. Click 'Cancel' to stop, 'OK' to delete";

	var response = false;

	

	if (confirm(confirm_msg)) 

	{

		if (selector.length > 0) 

		{

			ajax_request("comments", "do=onpage_delete_comment&cid=" + comment_id + "&vid=" + video_id, "", "", false);

			$(selector).fadeOut('normal');

		}

	}

}



function onpage_delete_favorite(video_id, selector) {



	var response = false;



		if (selector.length > 0) 

		{

			ajax_request("favorites", "do=onpage_delete_favorite&vid=" + video_id, "", "", false);

			$(selector).fadeOut("slow");

		}

}

var arPlayer = null;
var arDone = false;
function reportNotFound(uid) {
	if (uid.length > 0 && !arDone) {
		ajax_request("video", "do=report&vid=" + uid, "", "", false);
		arDone = true;
	}
}
function onStreamNotFound(clip) {
	reportNotFound(clip.name);	
}
function triggerPlayerError(obj) {
	reportNotFound(arPlayer.id);
}
function playerReady(obj) {
	arPlayer = document.getElementById(obj['id']);
	arPlayer.addModelListener("ERROR", "triggerPlayerError");
}