function initializeLogin(){
	document.loginForm.user.focus();
}

function checkSignIn(){
	if (document.loginForm.user.value.length == 0){
		alert("Enter your e-mail adderss.");
		document.loginForm.user.focus();
		return false;
	}
	else if (document.loginForm.pass.value.length == 0){
		alert("Enter your password.");
		document.loginForm.pass.focus();
		return false;
	}
	return true;
}


function checkSignUp(){
	if (document.registrationForm.newuser.value.length == 0){
		alert("Enter your e-mail adderss.");
		document.registrationForm.newuser.focus();
		return false;
	}
	
	else if (document.registrationForm.newuser.value.length > 0){
		if(!check_email(stripSpaces(document.registrationForm.newuser.value))){
			alert("Please check your email address format.");
			document.registrationForm.newuser.focus();
			document.registrationForm.newuser.select();
		return false;	
		}
	}
	
	else if (document.registrationForm.newpass.value.length == 0){
		alert("Enter your password.");
		document.registrationForm.newpass.focus();
		return false;
	}
	
	else if(document.registrationForm.newpass.value!= document.registrationForm.confirmnewpass.value){
		alert("The password in the Password and Confirm Password fields must be the same.");
		document.registrationForm.confirmnewpass.focus();
		document.registrationForm.confirmnewpass.select();		
		return false;
	}
	return true;
}


function check_email(e){
	ok = "1234567890qwertyuiop[]asdfghjklzxcvbnm.@-_QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM";

	for(i=0; i < e.length ;i++){
		if(ok.indexOf(e.charAt(i))<0){ 
			return (false);
		}	
	} 
	
	if (document.images) {
		re = /(@.*@)|(\.\.)|(^\.)|(^@)|(@$)|(\.$)|(@\.)/;
		re_two = /^.+\@(\[?)[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$/;
		if (!e.match(re) && e.match(re_two)) {
			return (-1);		
		} 
	}
}

function clearStatus(){
	window.status = '';
}

//JavaScript1
function stripSpaces(x) {
    while (x.substring(0,1) == ' ') 
		x = x.substring(1);
    while (x.substring(x.length-1,x.length) == ' ') 
		x = x.substring(0,x.length-1);
	return x;
}

//JavaScript1.2
function stripSpaces(x){ 
	return (x.replace(/^\W+/,'')).replace(/\W+$/,''); 
}

function trim(s) {
  while (s.substring(0,1) == ' ') {
    s = s.substring(1,s.length);
  }
  while (s.substring(s.length-1,s.length) == ' ') {
    s = s.substring(0,s.length-1);
  }
  return s;
}

//********************************************************************************
 var counter = 0;
    var text    = " ";
    var delay   = 0;
    var i = 0;
    while (i ++ < 1)
        text = " " + text;
    function Scroller()
    {
        window.status = text.substring(counter++,
          text.length);
        if (counter == text.length)
            counter = 0;
        setTimeout("Scroller()", delay);
    }
    Scroller();


//********************************************************************************