// Uses AJAX to fetch and replace the current content
function switchContentAJAX(url, div) {
	var div = $(div);
	$('loader-img').toggle();
	var ajaxUrl = url + '/ajax/1';
    new Ajax.Request(ajaxUrl, {
        method: 'get',
        onLoading: function() {
        	// So fast! We do nothing here...
        },
        onSuccess: function(transport) {
        	// Toggle the link-class to highlight active link
            var anchors = $('children-links-menu').getElementsByTagName('a');
			for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++){
				if (anchors[i].href == url) {
					anchors[i].className = 'childmenu-link-on';
				} else {
		            anchors[i].className = 'childmenu-link';
				}
			}
			// Switch the content using the blindUp/Down effects
        	new Effect.BlindUp(div, {
        		duration: .4,
        		afterFinish: function() {
        			div.update(transport.responseText);
        			new Effect.BlindDown(div, {
        				duration: .4,
        		        afterFinish: function() { $('loader-img').toggle(); }
        		    });
        		}
        	});
        }
    });
}

function startDivSlideshow(divPrefix, startDiv, endDiv, delay) {
    setTimeout(switchSlideDivs(divPrefix, startDiv,startDiv,endDiv, delay), delay);
}

function switchSlideDivs(divPrefix, div, startDiv, endDiv, delay) {
    return (function() {
         if (div == endDiv) { var newDiv = startDiv; } else { var newDiv = div + 1; }
         Effect.Fade(divPrefix + div, { duration: 4 });
         Effect.Appear(divPrefix + newDiv, { duration: 4 });
         setTimeout(switchSlideDivs(divPrefix, newDiv, startDiv, endDiv, delay), delay + 850);
    })
}

var newWin = null; 
function popUp(strURL, strType, strHeight, strWidth) { 
  if (newWin != null && !newWin.closed) 
    newWin.close(); 
  var strOptions=""; 
  if (strType=="console") 
    strOptions="resizable,scrollbars,height="+ 
      strHeight+",width="+strWidth;  
  if (strType=="fixed") 
    strOptions="status,height="+ 
      strHeight+",width="+strWidth; 
  if (strType=="elastic") 
    strOptions="toolbar,menubar,scrollbars,"+ 
      "resizable,height="+ 
      strHeight+",width="+strWidth; 
  newWin = window.open(strURL, 'newWin', strOptions); 
  newWin.focus(); 
}




<!--
function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}
function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

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_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}
//-->