/*
  depends on: mootools with Ajax - option included
 DEPRECATED

function msg(msg,id,type){
  //new div element, displaying failure case
  var msgDiv = new Element('div');
  msgDiv.id = 'errordiv_'+id;
  msgDiv.injectInside($E('body'));
  msgDiv.setStyle('position','absolute');
  msgDiv.setStyle('top','10px');
  msgDiv.setStyle('left','10px');
  if(type === 'error'){
   msgDiv.setStyle('background-color','#FF0000');
  } else if(type === 'msg') {
   msgDiv.setStyle('background-color','#0000FF');
  }
  msgDiv.setStyle('color','#fff');
  msgDiv.setStyle('fontWeight','bold');
  var errorStartDuration = 500;
  var errorEndDuration   = 500;
  var myEffects = new Fx.Styles(msgDiv, {
   duration:errorStartDuration,
   transition: Fx.Transitions.linear,
   onComplete: function(){
   }
  }); 
  myEffects.start({
    'height': [0, 40],
    'width': [0, 100]
  }).chain(function(){
         msgDiv.appendText(msg);
         (function(){msgDiv.setText('')}).delay(3000);
         this.start.delay(3000, this, {
		         'width': [100, 0],
		         'height': [40, 0]         
	       });
         (function(){msgDiv.remove()}).delay(3500);
  });
}

function doAjax(url,target){
  var ajax = new Ajax(url, {method: 'get', update: target}).request();
}

function getContentFadeIn(url,id){
   var ajax = new Ajax(url, {
      method:  'get', 
      update:  $(id),
      evalScripts: true,
      onRequest: function() { 
         actImg.setStyle('display','block'); 
         $(id).effect('opacity').start(0);
      },
      onComplete: function(){ 
         $(id).effect('opacity').start(1);
         actImg.setStyle('display','none');  
      }, 
      onFailure: function(){ msg('Toiming ebaġnnestus!',id,'error') }
  });
  ajax.request();
}
*/


function ajaxUpdate(script,update,params,method,indicator){
  if(update){
    new Request({
      url:        script,
      method:     method,
      request: function(request){
         $(indicator).setStyle('display','');
      },
      complete:   function(request){
         $(indicator).setStyle('display','none');
      },
      onSuccess:  
         function(response) {
		        $(update).set('html', response);
		     }
    }).send(params);
  }
}


function set_cookie ( name, value, exp_y, exp_m, exp_d, path, domain, secure )
{
  var cookie_string = name + "=" + escape ( value );

  if ( exp_y )
  {
    var expires = new Date ( exp_y, exp_m, exp_d );
    cookie_string += "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString();
  }

  if ( path )
        cookie_string += "; path=" + escape ( path );

  if ( domain )
        cookie_string += "; domain=" + escape ( domain );
  
  if ( secure )
        cookie_string += "; secure";
  
  document.cookie = cookie_string;
}


function delete_cookie ( cookie_name )
{
  var cookie_date = new Date ( );  // current date & time
  cookie_date.setTime ( cookie_date.getTime() - 1 );
  document.cookie = cookie_name += "=; expires=" + cookie_date.toGMTString();
}


function get_cookie ( cookie_name )
{
  var results = document.cookie.match ( '(^|;) ?' + cookie_name + '=([^;]*)(;|$)' );

  if ( results )
    return ( unescape ( results[2] ) );
  else
    return null;
}

function gup( name ){
  name = name.replace(/[\[]/,"\\\[").replace(/[\]]/,"\\\]");
  var regexS = "[\\?&]"+name+"=([^&#]*)";
  var regex = new RegExp( regexS );
  var results = regex.exec( window.location.href );
  if( results == null )
    return "";
  else
    return results[1];
}