function searchCheck(){

errmsg = "";
errors = 0;

	if (document.forms['search'].search_terms.value == ""){
	errors++;
	errmsg = errmsg + "You must enter your search terms.\n";
	}


	//determine output
	if (errors > 0){
	alert(errmsg);
	return false;
	} else {
	return true;
	}

}

function newsletterCheck(){


errmsg = "";
errors = 0;	

	if (document.forms['join_newsletter'].newsletter_name.value == ""){
	errors++;
	errmsg = errmsg + "You must enter your name.\n";
	}


//EMAIL VALIDATION

	var str=eval("document.forms['join_newsletter'].newsletter_email.value");
	var filter= (/^([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*)@((?:[\w-]+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})\.([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z]{2})?)$/i);

	if (filter.test(str)){
	} else {
	errmsg+= "Please enter a valid e-mail address\n";
	errors++;
	}

	//determine output
	if (errors > 0){
	alert(errmsg);
	return false;
	} else {
	return true;
	}

}


// FADER

var opacity = 0;
var display = 1;

function updatetext(){

	display++;

		if (display == total){
		display = 0;
		}

	y = document.getElementById("cosstick");
	y.innerHTML = contents[display];

	var t = setTimeout("fadein()", 7000);
}

function fadein(){
	if (opacity < 11){
	value=(10-opacity);
	y= document.getElementById("cosstick");
	y.style.opacity = value/10;
	y.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=' + value*10 + ')';
	var t = setTimeout("fadein()",50);
	opacity++;
	} else {
	updatetext();
	fadeout();
	}

}


function fadeout(){
	if (opacity >-1){
	y= document.getElementById("cosstick");
	value=(10-opacity);
	y.style.opacity = value/10;
	y.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=' + value*10 + ')';
	opacity--;
	var t = setTimeout("fadeout()",50);
	} else {
	}
}


function inputupdate(formid, ourid, checkval){
	var txt = eval("document.forms['"+formid+"']."+ourid+".value");
	if (txt == checkval){
	eval("document.forms['"+formid+"']."+ourid+".value = \"\"");
	}
}