function alertField(jobj,err,pass)
	{
	var err_elm = jobj.parents("form:first").find(".error."+err.id);
	if (pass)
		{
		jobj.removeClass("highlight");
		jobj.addClass("successful");
		if (err.id) err_elm.html("");
		if (err_elm.hasClass("dblock")) err_elm.fadeOut(300);
		return true;
		}
	else
		{
		jobj.removeClass("successful");
		jobj.addClass("highlight");
		err_elm.html(err.message);
		if (err_elm.hasClass("dblock")) err_elm.fadeIn(300);
		return false;
		}
	}

var reg_exp_bad_name_chars = new RegExp("[^a-zA-Z\-\' ]","g");
var reg_exp_bad_email_chars = new RegExp("[^a-zA-Z0-9_@\+\-\.]","g");
var reg_exp_nnums = new RegExp("[^0-9]","g");
var reg_exp_perimeter_spaces = new RegExp("^( )+|( )+$","g");
var reg_exp_consecutive_spaces = new RegExp(" +","g");

function fixName(name)
	{
	name = name ? name+"" : "";
	name = name.replace(reg_exp_perimeter_spaces,"");
	name = name.replace(reg_exp_consecutive_spaces," ");
	name = name.replace(reg_exp_bad_name_chars,"");
	return name;
	}

function fixEmail(email)
	{
	email = email ? email+"" : "";
	return email.replace(reg_exp_bad_email_chars,"");
	}

function fixMemNum(mem_num)
	{
	mem_num = mem_num ? mem_num+"" : "";
	return mem_num.replace(reg_exp_nnums,"");
	}

function fixPhoneNum(phone_num)
	{
	phone_num = phone_num ? phone_num+"" : "";
	return phone_num.replace(reg_exp_nnums,"");
	}

function inputHasValue(jobj)
	{
	if (!jobj.val() || (jobj.attr("type") != "hidden" && jobj.val() == jobj[0].defaultValue)) return false;
	return true;
	}

function strContains(val,str_arr)
	{
	val = typeof(val) == "object" ? val.value : (val || "");
	for (var i=0;i<str_arr.length;i++)
		{
		if (val.indexOf(str_arr[i]) == -1) return false;
		}
	return true;
	}

function inputOnBlur(inp)
	{
	var i = $(inp);
	i.removeClass("current");
	if (!i.val() && i[0] && i[0].defaultValue)
		{
		i.val(i[0].defaultValue);
		i.addClass("example");
		}
	}

function inputOnFocus(inp)
	{
	var i = $(inp);
	i.addClass("current");
	if (i[0] && i.val() == i[0].defaultValue)
		{
		i.val("");
		i.removeClass("example");
		}
	}

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);
	}

function getURLVars(from_str)
	{
	if (from_str) var url = from_str;
	else var url = ((typeof(window.location) == "string") ? window.location : window.location.href) || "";
	var var_string = url.split("?")[1] || "";
	var var_pairs = var_string.split("&");
	var get_object = new Object();
	for (var i=0;i<var_pairs.length;i++)
		{
		var pair = var_pairs[i].split("=");
		if (pair.length == 2) get_object[pair[0]] = pair[1];
		}
	return get_object;
	}
$_GET = getURLVars();