var http_request = false;
   function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters) {
      http_request = false;
      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 = alertContents;
      http_request.open('POST', url, true);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      http_request.send(parameters);
   }

   function alertContents() {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
            result = http_request.responseText;
            //document.getElementById('contactFormResult').innerHTML = result;            
            //alert(result);
            switchContactViews();
            document.getElementById('contact_results_li').innerHTML = result;
         } else {
            alert('We were unable to send an email for you. Please try again later.');
         }
      }
   }
   
   function get(obj) {
      //var poststr = "email=" + escape(encodeURI(document.frontPageContact.qEmail.value )) +"&name" + escape(encodeURI( document.frontPageContact.qName.value ))+"&message" + escape(encodeURI( document.frontPageContact.qComment.value ));
      document.getElementById('submitBtn').value = "Sending...";
      document.getElementById('submitBtn').disabled = true;
        var poststr = "email=" + encodeURI( document.frontPageContact.qEmail.value ) +
                    "&name=" + encodeURI( document.frontPageContact.qName.value )+
                    "&message=" + encodeURI( document.frontPageContact.qComment.value );
      makePOSTRequest('contactform.php', poststr);
   }
   
   function switchContactViews(){
        if (document.getElementById('index_main_right').style.display == 'block'){
            document.getElementById('index_main_right').style.display = 'none';
            document.getElementById('contact_results').style.display = 'block';
        }else{
            document.getElementById('index_main_right').style.display = 'block';
            document.getElementById('contact_results').style.display = 'none';
            document.getElementById('submitBtn').value = "Send";
            document.getElementById('submitBtn').disabled = false;
        }
   }
   
   function resetContactFields(){
            document.getElementById('qEmail').value = '';
            document.getElementById('qName').value = '';
            document.getElementById('qComment').value = '';
            switchContactViews();
   }