/*******************************************************************
 *    Copyright © 2006 Dragon of The South. All rights reserved.   *
 *    ---------------------------------------------------------    *							
 *******************************************************************/

				
var preloadFlag = false;
function preloadImages() 
{
	if (document.images) 
	{
		// Club information menu images
		aboutus_over = newImage("images/aboutus_over.jpg");
		pasteventss_over = newImage("images/pastevents_over.jpg");
		sponsors_over = newImage("images/sponsors_over.jpg");		

		// dragon/Lion dance menu images
		instruments_over = newImage("images/instruments_over.jpg");
		liondance_over = newImage("images/liondance_over.jpg");
		dragondance_over = newImage("images/dragondance_over.jpg");					
	
		// media menu images
		picgallery_over = newImage("images/picturegallery_over.jpg");
		vidgallery_over = newImage("images/vidgallery_over.jpg");
					
		preloadFlag = true;
	}
}

function newImage(arg) 
{
	if (document.images) 
	{
		rslt = new Image();
		rslt.src = arg;
		return rslt;
	}
}

function changeImages() 
{
	if (document.images && (preloadFlag == true)) 
	{
		for (var i=0; i<changeImages.arguments.length; i+=2) 
		{
			document[changeImages.arguments[i]].src = changeImages.arguments[i+1];
		}
	}
}


function rollover2(num, element, menu) 
{							
	// display dropmenu rollover images
	// num = 1 is onmouseover event, 
			
	if(num==1)
	{
		document.getElementById(menu).style.visibility = 'visible';
		document.getElementById(element).style.color = '#ffff00';
	}
	else if(num==2)
	{
		document.getElementById(menu).style.visibility = 'hidden';	
		document.getElementById(element).style.color = '#ffffff';			
	}								
}


function displaydate()
{
	var days = new Array("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday");
	var months = new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec");
	
	//get current date and assign each section 
	today = new Date();
	thisDate = today.getDate()
	thisDay = today.getDay()
	thisMonth = today.getMonth()
	thisYear = today.getYear()

	//write date in words and figures
	todayDay = days[thisDay]
	todayMonth = months[thisMonth]
	document.write(todayDay+", "+thisDate+" "+todayMonth+" "+thisYear)	
}





// function to retrieve query string from browser search/address bar 
var qsParm = new Array();
function qs() 
{
	var query = window.location.search.substring(1);
	var parms = query.split('&');
	for (var i=0; i<parms.length; i++) 
	{
   		var pos = parms[i].indexOf('=');
   		if (pos > 0) 
   		{
      			var key = parms[i].substring(0,pos);
      			var val = parms[i].substring(pos+1);
      			qsParm[key] = val;
   		}
   	}
}			


//initialization 
qsParm['articleid'] = null;
qsParm['galleryid'] = null;
qs();



// test to dsiplay query string
//function displayquerystring()
//{	
//	if (qsParm['articleid'])
//	document.write('<h3>Query String: ' + qsParm['articleid'] +'</h3>');		
//}