function check_search()
    {
        if (searchGo == true) return false;
        return true;
    }
		
	function bannerrotater(c,i)
	{
		var vnb = 0;
		if (bannercount > 1){
		while (vnb == 0)
		{
			newbanner=Math.floor(Math.random()*i)+1;
			if (c == newbanner){ 
				 vnb = 0; 
				 }			
			else if (bannerimages[newbanner] == '') {
				 vnb = 0;
				 }
			else  {
			  //alert(p+","+newbanner);
				document.getElementById('topbannerimage').src = bannerimages[newbanner];
				document.getElementById('topbannerlink').href = bannerlinks[newbanner];
				document.getElementById('topbannerlink').onclick = function() 
				{
					writeWhosOn('MESSAGEKAST.COM:8080','www.whagifts.com','banner'+newbanner);
				}
				vnb = 1;
				c = newbanner;
				}
		}//end while
			setTimeout('bannerrotater('+c+','+i+')', 7000);
		}//end if
	}
		

	function processSearch() {
		if (document.getElementById) {  // DOM3 = IE5, NS6
		grayOut(true);
		document.getElementById('hidepage').style.visibility = 'visible';
		Start();		
		}
	}

	var timerID = 0;
	var tStart  = new Date();//null;

	function UpdateTimer() {
	   if(timerID) {
		  clearTimeout(timerID);
		  clockID  = 0;
	   }
	   //if(!tStart) tStart   = new Date();
	   var   tDate = new Date();
	   var   tDiFF = tDate.getTime() - tStart.getTime();
	   tDate.setTime(tDiFF);
	   document.getElementById('ForwardTime').innerHTML = ""                                    
									   + tDate.getSeconds();//+ tDate.getMinutes() + ":" 
	   timerID = setTimeout("UpdateTimer()", 1000);
	}
	function Start() {	
		tStart   = new Date();
		document.getElementById('ForwardTime').innerHTML = " ";
		timerID  = setTimeout("UpdateTimer()", 1000);
	}	
	
	function grayOut(vis, options) {
	  // Pass true to gray out screen, false to ungray
	  // options are optional.  This is a JSON object with the following (optional) properties
	  // opacity:0-100         // Lower number = less grayout higher = more of a blackout 
	  // zindex: #             // HTML elements with a higher zindex appear on top of the gray out
	  // bgcolor: (#xxxxxx)    // Standard RGB Hex color code
	  // grayOut(true, {'zindex':'50', 'bgcolor':'#0000FF', 'opacity':'70'});
	  // Because options is JSON opacity/zindex/bgcolor are all optional and can appear
	  // in any order.  Pass only the properties you need to set.
	  var options = options || {}; 
	  var zindex = options.zindex || 50;
	  var opacity = options.opacity || 82;
	  var opaque = (opacity / 100);
	  var bgcolor = options.bgcolor || '#000000';
	  var dark=document.getElementById('darkenScreenObject');
	  if (!dark) {
		// The dark layer doesn't exist, it's never been created.  So we'll
		// create it here and apply some basic styles.
		// If you are getting errors in IE see: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/927917
		var tbody = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
		var tnode = document.createElement('div');           // Create the layer.
			tnode.style.position='absolute';                 // Position absolutely
			tnode.style.top='0px';                           // In the top
			tnode.style.left='0px';                          // Left corner of the page
			tnode.style.overflow='hidden';                   // Try to avoid making scroll bars            
			tnode.style.display='none';                      // Start out Hidden
			tnode.id='darkenScreenObject';                   // Name it so we can find it later
		tbody.appendChild(tnode);                            // Add it to the web page
		dark=document.getElementById('darkenScreenObject');  // Get the object.
	  }
	  if (vis) {
		// Calculate the page width and height 
		if( document.body && ( document.body.scrollWidth || document.body.scrollHeight ) ) {
			var pageWidth = document.body.scrollWidth+'px';
			var pageHeight = document.body.scrollHeight+'px';
		} else if( document.body.offsetWidth ) {
		  var pageWidth = document.body.offsetWidth+'px';
		  var pageHeight = document.body.offsetHeight+'px';
		} else {
		   var pageWidth='100%';
		   var pageHeight='100%';
		}   
		//set the shader to cover the entire page and make it visible.
		dark.style.opacity=opaque;                      
		dark.style.MozOpacity=opaque;                   
		dark.style.filter='alpha(opacity='+opacity+')'; 
		dark.style.zIndex=zindex;        
		dark.style.backgroundColor=bgcolor;  
		dark.style.width= pageWidth;
		dark.style.height= pageHeight;
		dark.style.display='block';                          
	  } else {
		 dark.style.display='none';
	  }
	}
	
	function popItScroll(theLink){ 
	window.open(theLink,null,'height=800,width=700,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes'); 
	}
	function showIt(theBox){
		if(theBox.style.display==""){
			theBox.style.display="none";
		}else{
			theBox.style.display="";
		}
	}