function PostShout()
	{
		var ajaxRequest;  // The variable that makes Ajax possible!
		var received_text = "";
		
		var shout_message = document.getElementById("shout_message").value;
		document.getElementById("shout_message").value = "";
		var shout_url = document.getElementById("shout_url").value;
		 //document.getElementById("shout_url").value = "";
		var shout_name = document.getElementById("shout_name").value;
		//document.getElementById("shout_name").value = "";
		
		try{
			// Opera 8.0+, Firefox, Safari
			ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
		} catch (e){
			// Internet Explorer Browsers
			try{
				ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
			} catch (e) {
				try{
					ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
				} catch (e){
					// Something went wrong
					alert("Your browser broke!");
					return false;
				}
			}
		}
		// Create a function that will receive data sent from the server
		ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function(){
			if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4) {
			
				received_text = ajaxRequest.responseText;
				document.getElementById("shout-chat").innerHTML = received_text;
				//var objDiv = document.getElementById("shout-chat");
				//objDiv.scrollTop = objDiv.scrollHeight;
				
			}
		}
		var q = "?msg="+encodeURI(escape(shout_message));
		q+= "&name="+encodeURI(escape(shout_name));
		q+= "&url="+encodeURI(escape(shout_url));
		
		ajaxRequest.open("GET", "/_base/ajax/shout.php"+q, true);
		ajaxRequest.send(null);
	}
	
	
function GrabShout()
{
	var ajaxRequest;  // The variable that makes Ajax possible!
	var received_text = "";
	if (document.getElementById("shout-chat") )
	{
		
		try{
			// Opera 8.0+, Firefox, Safari
			ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
		} catch (e){
			// Internet Explorer Browsers
			try{
				ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
			} catch (e) {
				try{
					ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
				} catch (e){
					// Something went wrong
					alert("Your browser broke!");
					return false;
				}
			}
		}
		// Create a function that will receive data sent from the server
		ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function(){
			if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4) {
				received_text = ajaxRequest.responseText;
				
				if (received_text.indexOf("|no-new-chat|")==-1)
				{
					document.getElementById("shout-chat").innerHTML = received_text;
				}
				
			//	var objDiv = document.getElementById("shout-chat");
			//	objDiv.scrollTop = objDiv.scrollHeight;
				
				setTimeout("GrabShout()", 10000);
			}
		}
		//var q = "?name="+shout_name+"&msg="+shout_message;
		ajaxRequest.open("GET", "/_base/ajax/shout.php", true);
		ajaxRequest.send(null);
	}
}

function checkShout()
{
	var err = "";
	if (document.getElementById("shout_name").value=="") err += "Your name was left blank\n";
	if (document.getElementById("shout_message").value=="") err += "Your message was left blank\n";
	
	if (err=="")
	{
		PostShout();
		return false;
	} else 
	{
		alert(err);
		return false;
	}
}