function drawbackground(side){
	for ( i=1; i<=43; i++ ) {
		document.write ("<img src=\"/images/backgrounds/" + side + i + ".gif\" 	class=\"" + side + "\">");
	}
	}
	
function insertBackground(side, shortcut) {	
	block = document.getElementById("content-" + side);
	column = document.getElementById("text-" + shortcut);
	for ( i=1; i<=43; i++ ) {
		var curve = document.createElement("img");
		curve.setAttribute("src", "/images/backgrounds/" + shortcut + i + ".gif");
		curve.setAttribute("class", shortcut);
		block.insertBefore(curve, column);
		}
	}
		
function insertBackgrounds() {
	//alert(navigator.appName);
	//alert(navigator.appVersion);
	 leftBlock = document.getElementById("content-left");
	 leftColumn = document.getElementById("text-l");
	 rightBlock = document.getElementById("content-right");
	 rightColumn = document.getElementById("text-r");
	 
	for ( i=1; i<=43; i++ ) {
	 if (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") {
		var lCurve = document.createElement('<img src="/images/backgrounds/l' + i + '.gif" class="l">');
	 }
		else {
		 var lCurve = document.createElement("img");
		 lCurve.setAttribute("src", "/images/backgrounds/l" + i + ".gif");
		 lCurve.setAttribute("class", "l");
		}
		leftBlock.insertBefore(lCurve, leftColumn);		
		
		if (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") {
		var rCurve = document.createElement('<img src="/images/backgrounds/r' + i + '.gif" class="r">');
	 }
		else {
		 var rCurve = document.createElement("img");
		 rCurve.setAttribute("src", "/images/backgrounds/r" + i + ".gif");
		 rCurve.setAttribute("class", "r");
		}
		rightBlock.insertBefore(rCurve, rightColumn);
		}
	}		
	

function newWin(URL, w, h) {
popWin = window.open(URL,"Popup","toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=" + w + ",height=" + h + ",screenX=25,screenY=25,top=25,left=25");
if (window.focus) {popWin.focus()}
}
		
		

function preloader() 
	{
     // counter
     var i = 0;
     // create object
     imageObj = new Image();
     // set image list
     images = new Array();
     images[0]="/images/home_over.gif"
     images[1]="/images/resume_over.gif"
     images[2]="/images/samples_over.gif"
     images[3]="/images/contact_over.gif"
	 images[4]="/images/friends_over.gif"

     // start preloading
     for(i=0; i<=4; i++) 
     {
          imageObj.src=images[i];
     }


} 		

// ajax function for news feed
// borrowed from TBMA
var req;

function loadXMLDoc(url){
	if(window.XMLHttpRequest){
		req=new XMLHttpRequest();
		req.onreadystatechange=processResponse;
		req.open("GET",url,true);
		req.send(null);	
		
	} else if(window.ActiveXObject){
		req=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		if(req){
			req.onreadystatechange=processResponse;
			req.open("GET",url,true);
			req.send();
		}
	}

}

function processResponse(){
	if(req.readyState==4){
		
		if (req.status==200){
			document.getElementById(fldname).innerHTML = req.responseText;
			
		} else {

			alert("bad request");
		}
	} else {
		//alert(req.readyState);
		
	}

}

var the_timeout;
var i=0;
var fldname;
function loadNews(){


	myRand=parseInt(Math.random()*99999999);  // cache buster
	url='scripts/feed.txt' + "?rand=" + myRand;
	loadXMLDoc(url);
	fldname="newsfeed";
	the_timeout = setTimeout("loadNews()",300000);
	
	
}

// end newsfeed functions