function submitSearch() { var searchTypeField = document.getElementById("searchType"); var searchTextField = document.getElementById("searchText"); if(searchTypeField != null && searchTextField != null) { if(searchTypeField.value == "web") { window.location.href = "http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=yscpb&p=" + searchTextField.value; } else { window.location.href = "/search/?keywords=" + searchTextField.value; } } else { if(searchTypeField == null) { alert("submitSearch error: searchType field is undefined"); } else { alert("submitSearch error: searchTextField field is undefined"); } } } // Opens a new browser window and writes HTML to display function showPopupWithDynamicContent(winName, winWidth, winHeight, pageTitle, pageCss, pageBody) { // specify window parameters win = window.open("", winName, "width=" + winWidth + ", height=" + winHeight + ", status, scrollbars, resizable"); // wrote content to window win.document.write('' + pageTitle + ''); win.document.write('' + pageBody + ''); win.document.write(''); win.document.close(); // If we are on NetScape, we can bring the window to the front if (navigator.appName.substring(0,8) == "Netscape") win.focus(); } function openWindow(url, winName, attributes) { window.open(url, winName, attributes); } function createCookie(name,value,days) { if (days) { var date = new Date(); date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000)); var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString(); } else var expires = ""; document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/"; } function readCookie(name) { var nameEQ = name + "="; var ca = document.cookie.split(';'); for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) { var c = ca[i]; while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length); if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length); } return null; } function eraseCookie(name) { createCookie(name,"",-1); } /***************************************************************************************************/ // truncate string, pass string and number of characters to be displayed before appending ellipsis; // intended for simple client side strings (usernames, etc.) does not account for sentences, spaces; // do not user for server side purposes! use "Create Shortened String" template // Example: "CheeseHead4Life" becomes "CheeseH..." function stringTruncate(stringobj,lengthobj) { // string to truncate if (!stringobj) return (""); var gotstring = stringobj; // number of characters to be displayed before appending ellipsis var gotlength = lengthobj; // default number of characters if none specified if (!gotlength) { gotlength = 10; } return ((gotlength) < gotstring.length?(gotstring.slice(0,gotlength) + "…"):gotstring); } // end of stringTruncate() /****************************************************************************************************/ function shortenText(text, length) { var ellipsis = '...'; // if text length does not exceed limit then return text as is if (text.length <= length) return text; // convert text string for (var i = length-1; text.charAt(i) != ' '; i--) { length--; } return text.substr(0, length) + ellipsis; } function removeBreakes(text) { var br_re = /<\s*br\s*\/?\s*>/ig; var result = text.replace(br_re, " "); result = trim(result); return result; } function trim(text) { var result = text.replace(/^\s*/, "").replace(/\s*$/, ""); result = result.replace(/\s{2,}/, " "); return result; }