// new window
var win = null;
function NewWindow(mypage,myname,w,h,scroll){
LeftPosition = (screen.width) ? (screen.width-w)/2 : 0;
TopPosition = (screen.height) ? (screen.height-h)/2 : 0;
settings ='height='+h+',width='+w+',top='+TopPosition+',left='+LeftPosition+',scrollbars='+scroll+',resizable';
win = window.open(mypage,myname,settings);
}

// comment limit
function textCounter(id) {
var rc_comment =document.getElementById('com_text' + id);
var lbl_comm_count =document.getElementById('lblcount' + id);
var maxlimit = 300;

if (rc_comment.value.length > maxlimit){
rc_comment.value = rc_comment.value.substring(0, maxlimit);
 } else {
 lbl_comm_count.innerHTML = (maxlimit - rc_comment.value.length) + ' characters left';
 }
}

// bookmarking
function AddToFavorites(url,title)   
 {  
   // var title = titleget; 
   // var url = urlget;  
	
    if (window.sidebar) // Firefox  
        window.sidebar.addPanel(title, url, '');  
    else if(window.opera && window.print) // Opera  
    {  
        var elem = document.createElement('a');  
        elem.setAttribute('href',url);  
        elem.setAttribute('title',title);  
        elem.setAttribute('rel','sidebar'); // required to work in opera 7+  
        elem.click();  
    }   
    else if(document.all) // IE  
        window.external.AddFavorite(url,title);  
}
// form validation
// confirmation