var request;

function createRequest(){


     try {
       request = new XMLHttpRequest();
     } catch (trymicrosoft) {
       try {
         request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
       } catch (othermicrosoft) {
         try {
           request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
         } catch (failed) {
           request = null;
         }
       }
     }

     if (request == null){
       alert("Error creating request object!");
   }else{
	   return request;
   }
   
}


function replaceText(el, text) {
  if (el != null) {
    clearText(el);
    var newNode = document.createTextNode(text);
    el.appendChild(newNode);
  }
}

function clearText(el) {
  if (el != null) {
    if (el.childNodes) {
      for (var i = 0; i < el.childNodes.length; i++) {
        var childNode = el.childNodes[i];
        el.removeChild(childNode);
      }
    }
  }
}

function getText(el) {
  var text = "";
  if (el != null) {
    if (el.childNodes) {
      for (var i = 0; i < el.childNodes.length; i++) {
        var childNode = el.childNodes[i];
        if (childNode.nodeValue != null) {
          text = text + childNode.nodeValue;
        }
      }
    }
  }
  return text;
}






function showpic(e) {
	

	
	//var answer=document.getElementById(number);
	
	if(document.getElementById("scrimwrapper").style.visibility == "hidden"){

		var e;
		document.getElementById("scrimwrapper").style.visibility = "visible";
		document.getElementById("scrimwrapper").style.top = 100;
		var box = document.getElementById("img1");
		box.setAttribute('src','/graphics/' + e);
		

		}
		else{
		
		document.getElementById("scrimwrapper").style.visibility = "hidden";
		
		
		}
	
}	
	
function thankyou(){

	
  if (request.readyState == 4) {
    	if (request.status == 200) {
			
      	alert ("Thank you for joining the List");			
		
	  	var box = document.getElementById("emailaddress");
		box.value="Thanks for Joining!";

		
		}
		
  }
	
	
}



	
function mailinglist(address){
	
	var address;
	

	
	var url = "http://www.rachelrocks.com/mail.php?address=" + escape(address);
	
	 createRequest();
     request.open('GET', url, true);	
     request.onreadystatechange = thankyou;
     request.send(null);
	 
	//togglescrim();

}

function swapimage(img){
	var img1 = document.getElementById("img1");
       	img1.setAttribute('src',"graphics/throbber.gif");
		
	var img;
	
	var img = document.getElementById(img); // get the object

	 var src = img.getAttribute('src'); // get the src of the object
	  
	var file = src.substring(9); // trim off the path
	
	var img1 = document.getElementById("img1");
       	img1.setAttribute('src',"graphics/" + file);
	
	
}