//the ajax object
	function ajaxObject(url, callbackFunction) {
	  var that=this;      
	  this.updating = false;
	  this.abort = function() {
		if (that.updating) {
		  that.updating=false;
		  that.AJAX.abort();
		  that.AJAX=null;
		}
	  }
	  
	  //the update function which makes the call
	  this.update = function(passData,postMethod) { 
		if (that.updating) { return false; }
		that.AJAX = null;                          
		if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {              
		  that.AJAX=new XMLHttpRequest();              
		} else {                                  
		  that.AJAX=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		}                                             
		if (that.AJAX==null) {                             
		  return false;                               
		} else {
		  that.AJAX.onreadystatechange = function() {  
			if (that.AJAX.readyState==4) {             
			  that.updating=false;                
			  that.callback(that.AJAX.responseText,that.AJAX.status,that.AJAX.responseXML);        
			  that.AJAX=null;                                         
			}                                                      
		  }                                                        
		  that.updating = new Date();                              
		  if (/post/i.test(postMethod)) {
			var uri=urlCall+'?'+that.updating.getTime();
			that.AJAX.open("POST", uri, true);
			that.AJAX.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
			that.AJAX.setRequestHeader("Content-Length", passData.length);
			that.AJAX.send(passData);
		  } else {
			var uri=urlCall+'?'+passData+'&timestamp='+(that.updating.getTime()); 
			that.AJAX.open("GET", uri, true);                             
			that.AJAX.send(null);                                         
		  }              
		  return true;                                             
		}                                                                           
	  }
	  
	  var urlCall = url;        
	  this.callback = callbackFunction || function () { };
	}
	
	//
	function drawWaiting(idName){
		document.getElementById(idName).innerHTML = '<div style="width: 600px; height: 200px; padding-top: 180px; background: #FFFFFF; text-align:center; border: 1px solid;"><img src="IMG/loading.gif" width="32" height="32" border="0" /></div>';
	
	}
	
	function drawProject(responseText, responseStatus) {
	  if (responseStatus==200) {
		
		//alert ("a pause");
		
		var responses = responseText.split("|");
		
		var divId = responses[0];
		
		document.getElementById(divId).innerHTML = responses[1];
		
		//var divId = "imgDiv"+responseText.substr(0,3);
		//var imgTxt = responseText.substr(3);
		
		//document.getElementById(divId).innerHTML = imgTxt;

	  } else {
		alert(responseStatus + ' -- Error Processing Request');
	  }
	}
	
	function drawContact(responseText, responseStatus) {
	  if (responseStatus==200) {
		
		document.getElementById('contactTxt').innerHTML = responseText;

	  } else {
		alert(responseStatus + ' -- Error Processing Request');
	  }
	}
	
	
	
	function getStyleObject(objectId) {
		// cross-browser function to get an object's style object given its
		if(document.getElementById && document.getElementById(objectId)) {
		// W3C DOM
		return document.getElementById(objectId).style;
		} else if (document.all && document.all(objectId)) {
		// MSIE 4 DOM
		return document.all(objectId).style;
		} else if (document.layers && document.layers[objectId]) {
		// NN 4 DOM.. note: this won't find nested layers
		return document.layers[objectId];
		} else {
		return false;
    	}
	}
	
	function sendContact(){
		
		
		var fName = document.contactForm.f_name.value;
		var fEmail = document.contactForm.f_email.value;
		var fSubject = document.contactForm.f_subject.value;
		var fMessage = document.contactForm.f_message.value;
		
		
		contactRequest.update('pName='+fName+'&pEmail='+fEmail+'&pSubject='+fSubject+'&pMessage='+fMessage+'','POST');
		
		return false;
	}
	
	
	var projectRequest = new ajaxObject('http://www.firstfourth.com/AJAX/project.php', drawProject);
	var contactRequest = new ajaxObject('http://www.firstfourth.com/AJAX/processContact.php',drawContact);