function textCounter (field, countfield, maxlimit)

  {

  	if (field.value.length > maxlimit)

  	field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit);

  	else

  	countfield.value = maxlimit - field.value.length;

  }

  function newWindow (mypage,myname,w,h,features)

  {

  	if(screen.width)

  	{

  		var winl = (screen.width-w)/2;
  		var wint = (screen.height-h)/2;

  	}

  	else

  	{

  		winl = 0;wint =0;

  	}

  	if (winl < 0) winl = 0;
  	if (wint < 0) wint = 0;

  	var settings = 'height=' + h + ',';
  	settings += 'width=' + w + ',';
  	settings += 'top=' + wint + ',';
  	settings += 'left=' + winl + ',';
  	settings += features;
  	settings += ' scrollbars=yes ';

  	win = window.open(mypage,myname,settings);

  	win.window.focus();

  }
 
 
/***********************************************
* Switch Menu script- by Martial B of http://getElementById.com/
* Modified by Dynamic Drive for format & NS4/IE4 compatibility
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

var persistmenu="yes" //"yes" or "no". Make sure each SPAN content contains an incrementing ID starting at 1 (id="sub1", id="sub2", etc)
var persisttype="sitewide" //enter "sitewide" for menu to persist across site, "local" for this page only

if (document.getElementById){ //DynamicDrive.com change
document.write('<style type="text/css">\n')
document.write('.submenu{display: none;}\n')
}

function SwitchMenu(obj){
	if(document.getElementById){
	var el = document.getElementById(obj);
	var ar = document.getElementById("masterdiv").getElementsByTagName("span"); //DynamicDrive.com change
		if(el.style.display != "block"){ //DynamicDrive.com change
			for (var i=0; i<ar.length; i++){
				if (ar[i].className=="submenu") //DynamicDrive.com change
				ar[i].style.display = "none";
			}
			el.style.display = "block";
		}else{
			el.style.display = "none";
		}
	}
}

function get_cookie(Name) { 
var search = Name + "="
var returnvalue = "";
if (document.cookie.length > 0) {
offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search)
if (offset != -1) { 
offset += search.length
end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset);
if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
returnvalue=unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))
}
}
return returnvalue;
}

function onloadfunction(){
if (persistmenu=="yes"){
var cookiename=(persisttype=="sitewide")? "switchmenu" : window.location.pathname
var cookievalue=get_cookie(cookiename)
if (cookievalue!="")
document.getElementById(cookievalue).style.display="block"
}
}

function savemenustate(){
var inc=1, blockid=""
while (document.getElementById("sub"+inc)){
if (document.getElementById("sub"+inc).style.display=="block"){
blockid="sub"+inc
break
}
inc++
}
var cookiename=(persisttype=="sitewide")? "switchmenu" : window.location.pathname
var cookievalue=(persisttype=="sitewide")? blockid+";path=/" : blockid
document.cookie=cookiename+"="+cookievalue
}

if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", onloadfunction, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", onloadfunction)
else if (document.getElementById)
window.onload=onloadfunction

if (persistmenu=="yes" && document.getElementById)
window.onunload=savemenustate

function checkemail (emailStr) 
{
var checkTLD=1;
var knownDomsPat=/^(com|net|org|edu|int|mil|gov|arpa|biz|aero|name|coop|info|pro|museum)$/;
var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/;
var specialChars="\\(\\)><@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]";
var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]";
var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")";
var ipDomainPat=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/;
var atom=validChars + '+';
var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")";
var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$");
var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$");
var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat);

if (matchArray==null) 
{
alert("Sorry, email is incorrect");
return false;
}
var user=matchArray[1];
var domain=matchArray[2];

for (i=0; i<user.length; i++) {
if (user.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
alert("Sorry, email is incorrect");
return false;
   }
}
for (i=0; i<domain.length; i++) {
if (domain.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
alert("Sorry, email is incorrect");
return false;
   }
}

if (user.match(userPat)==null) 
{
alert("Sorry, email is incorrect");
return false;
}

var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat);
if (IPArray!=null) {

for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
if (IPArray[i]>255) {
alert("Sorry, email is incorrect");
return false;
   }
}
return true;
}

var atomPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "$");
var domArr=domain.split(".");
var len=domArr.length;
for (i=0;i<len;i++) {
if (domArr[i].search(atomPat)==-1) {
alert("Sorry, email is incorrect");
return false;
   }
}

if (checkTLD && domArr[domArr.length-1].length!=2 && 
domArr[domArr.length-1].search(knownDomsPat)==-1) {
alert("Sorry, email is incorrect");
return false;
}

if (len<2) {
alert("Sorry, email is incorrect");
return false;
}

return true;
}


var win=null;
function NewWindow(mypage,myname,w,h,scroll,pos){
if(pos=="random"){LeftPosition=(screen.width)?Math.floor(Math.random()*(screen.width-w)):100;TopPosition=(screen.height)?Math.floor(Math.random()*((screen.height-h)-75)):100;}
if(pos=="center"){LeftPosition=(screen.width)?(screen.width-w)/2:100;TopPosition=(screen.height)?(screen.height-h)/2:100;}
else if((pos!="center" && pos!="random") || pos==null){LeftPosition=0;TopPosition=20}
settings='width='+w+',height='+h+',top='+TopPosition+',left='+LeftPosition+',scrollbars='+scroll+',location=no,directories=no,status=yes,menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=no';
win=window.open(mypage,myname,settings);}
// -->


function hide_layer(id) {
        if (document.getElementById) { // DOM3 = IE5, NS6
        document.getElementById(id).style.visibility = 'hidden';
        }
}
function show_layer(id) {
        if (document.getElementById) { // DOM3 = IE5, NS6
        document.getElementById(id).style.visibility = 'visible';
        }
}



<!-- Original:  Gilbert Davis -->

<!-- This script and many more are available free online at -->
<!-- The JavaScript Source!! http://javascript.internet.com -->

<!-- Begin
function loadImages() {
if (document.getElementById) {  // DOM3 = IE5, NS6
document.getElementById('hidepage').style.visibility = 'hidden';
}
else {
if (document.layers) {  // Netscape 4
document.hidepage.visibility = 'hidden';
}
else {  // IE 4
document.all.hidepage.style.visibility = 'hidden';
      }
   }
}
//  End -->

function email(name, domain, suffix)
{
   var address = name + "\u0040" + domain + "." + suffix;
   var url = "mailto:" + address;
   document.write("<a href=\"" + url + "\">" + address + "</a>");
}
function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_showHideLayers() { //v6.0
  var i,p,v,obj,args=MM_showHideLayers.arguments;
  for (i=0; i<(args.length-2); i+=3) if ((obj=MM_findObj(args[i]))!=null) { v=args[i+2];
    if (obj.style) { obj=obj.style; v=(v=='show')?'visible':(v=='hide')?'hidden':v; }
    obj.visibility=v; }
}