var please_wait = null;
	
	function open_url(url, target) {
		if ( ! document.getElementById) {
			return false;
		}
	
		if (please_wait != null) {
			document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = please_wait;
		}
	
		if (window.ActiveXObject) {
			link = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		} else if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
			link = new XMLHttpRequest();
		}
	
		if (link == undefined) {
			return false;
		}
		link.onreadystatechange = function() { response(url, target); }
		link.open("GET", url, true);
		link.send(null);
	}
	
	function response(url, target) {
		if (link.readyState == 4) {
			document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = (link.status == 200) ? link.responseText : "Ooops!! A broken link! Please contact the webmaster of this website ASAP and give him the fallowing errorcode: " + link.status;
		}
	}
	
	function set_loading_message(msg) {
		please_wait = msg;
	}
	
	/*
	Ajax.Responders.register({
	  onCreate: function() {
		alert('test');
		if($('busy') && Ajax.activeRequestCount>0)
		  Effect.Appear('busy',{duration:0.5,queue:'end'});
	  },
	  onComplete: function() {
		if($('busy') && Ajax.activeRequestCount==0)
		  Effect.Fade('busy',{duration:0.5,queue:'end'});
	  }
	});
	*/
	
	//set_loading_message("Please wait while the page is opening....");
	set_loading_message("Submitting vote...");
	
	//************************/
	// show hide images
	function show_img(img) {
		if (img == 1) {
			document['rate1'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star.jpg";
			document['rate2'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star_off.jpg";
			document['rate3'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star_off.jpg";
			document['rate4'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star_off.jpg";
			document['rate5'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star_off.jpg";
		} else if (img == 2) {
			document['rate1'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star.jpg";
			document['rate2'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star.jpg";
			document['rate3'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star_off.jpg";
			document['rate4'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star_off.jpg";
			document['rate5'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star_off.jpg";
		} else if (img == 3) {
			document['rate1'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star.jpg";
			document['rate2'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star.jpg";
			document['rate3'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star.jpg";
			document['rate4'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star_off.jpg";
			document['rate5'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star_off.jpg";
		} else if (img == 4) {
			document['rate1'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star.jpg";
			document['rate2'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star.jpg";
			document['rate3'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star.jpg";
			document['rate4'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star.jpg";
			document['rate5'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star_off.jpg";
		} else {
			document['rate1'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star.jpg";
			document['rate2'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star.jpg";
			document['rate3'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star.jpg";
			document['rate4'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star.jpg";
			document['rate5'].src = "/images/layout/misc/star.jpg";
		}
	}