var http_request = false;


   function makeRequest(url, parameters,span_name, method) {
	
      http_request = false;
	  if (span_name=='')  span_name='myspan';
	  if (!method)  method='GET';
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
		 
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
            //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
         }
      } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
         try {
            http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
			
         } catch (e) {
            try {
               http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {}
         }
      }
      if (!http_request) {
         alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
         return false;
      }
	 
      http_request.onreadystatechange = function() {alertContents(http_request,span_name);};
      http_request.open(method, url + parameters, true);
      http_request.send(null);

   }

   function alertContents(http_request,span_name) {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
		  
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
            result = http_request.responseText;
			
            document.getElementById(span_name).innerHTML = result;            
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request. Status='+http_request.status+http_request.responseText);
         }
      }
   }
   
   function get(obj,dest,extras) {
      var getstr = "";
      for (i=0; i<obj.childNodes.length; i++) {
         if (obj.childNodes[i].tagName == "INPUT") {
            if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "text") {
               getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + encodeURIComponent(obj.childNodes[i].value) + "&";
            }
		    if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "file") {
               getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
            }
		    if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "hidden") {
               getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
            }
            if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "checkbox") {
               if (obj.childNodes[i].checked) {
                  getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
               } else {
                  getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=&";
               }
            }
            if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "radio") {
               if (obj.childNodes[i].checked) {
                  getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
               }
            }
         }   
         if (obj.childNodes[i].tagName == "SELECT") {
            var sel = obj.childNodes[i];
            getstr += sel.name + "=" + sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].value + "&";
         }
		 if (obj.childNodes[i].tagName == "TEXTAREA") {
		     getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + encodeURIComponent(obj.childNodes[i].innerText) + "&";
			 
		 }
         
      }
	 
		
	  //document.write(dest, extras+'&'+ getstr);
	   makeRequest('templates/core/comment_adding.html', getstr,'myspan');
       makeRequest(dest, extras+'&'+ getstr,'myspan');
   }