var timeoutid;
   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);
      timeoutid = window.setTimeout(function(){http_request.abort()}, 15000);
   }

   function alertContents() {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         clearTimeout(timeoutid);
	 var submitbutton = document.getElementById("mysubmit");
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            var ajaxresponse = http_request.responseText;
            alert(ajaxresponse);
            //document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = ajaxresponse;
	    submitbutton.value = "Message sent.";
	    submitbutton.disabled = false;
	    if(typeof pageTracker != "undefined"){
	            pageTracker._trackPageview("/contactsubmit");
	    }
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem submitting your form.  Please give us a call at 800-458-2541.');
	    submitbutton.value = "Retry Message";
	    submitbutton.disabled = false;
         }
      }
   }
   
   function ajaxformsubmit(obj) {
      var poststr =  "REFERER=" + window.location +
                     "&myname=" + encodeURIComponent(document.getElementById("myname").value)+
                    "&myphone=" + encodeURIComponent(document.getElementById("myphone").value)+
                    "&myemail=" + encodeURIComponent(document.getElementById("myemail").value)+
                    "&myissue=" + encodeURIComponent(document.getElementById("myissue").value);
      makePOSTRequest(template_url+"/contactsubmit.php", poststr);
   }

function formsubmit(me){
        if(document.getElementById("myname").className=="preinput"
         ||document.getElementById("myphone").className=="preinput"){
                alert("Please fill your name and contact info before submitting form.");
        }
        else{
                ajaxformsubmit(me);
		var submitbutton = document.getElementById("mysubmit");
		submitbutton.value = "Sending...";
		submitbutton.disabled = true;
        }
	return false;
}
function clearinput(me){
        if(me.className=="preinput"){
                me.className="postinput";
                me.value="";
        }
}