// this is for opening pop-up windows function openWindow (earl,name,widgets) { var url = earl; popupWin = window.open (url,name,widgets); popupWin.opener.top.name="opener"; popupWin.focus(); } /* %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% */ var agt = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(); var versInt = parseInt(navigator.appVersion); var is_aol = (agt.indexOf("aol") != -1); function CNN_goTo( url ) { window.location.href = url; } function CNN_openPopup( url, name, widgets, openerUrl ) { var host = location.hostname; var popupWin = window.open( url, name, widgets ); if ( popupWin && popupWin.opener ) { if ( openerUrl ) { popupWin.opener.location = openerUrl; popupWin.focus(); } popupWin.opener.top.name = "opener"; } } // _____________________________________________________________ WebMonkey code /* WM_setCookie(), WM_readCookie(), WM_killCookie() A set of functions that eases the pain of using cookies. Source: Webmonkey Code Library (http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/javascript/code_library/) Author: Nadav Savio */ // This next little bit of code tests whether the user accepts cookies. function WM_browserAcceptsCookies() { var WM_acceptsCookies = false; if ( document.cookie == '' ) { document.cookie = 'WM_acceptsCookies=yes'; // Try to set a cookie. if ( document.cookie.indexOf( 'WM_acceptsCookies=yes' ) != -1 ) { WM_acceptsCookies = true; } // If it succeeds, set variable } else { // there was already a cookie WM_acceptsCookies = true; } return ( WM_acceptsCookies ); } function WM_setCookie( name, value, hours, path, domain, secure ) { if ( WM_browserAcceptsCookies() ) { // Don't waste your time if the browser doesn't accept cookies. var numHours = 0; var not_NN2 = ( navigator && navigator.appName && (navigator.appName == 'Netscape') && navigator.appVersion && (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 2) ) ? false : true; if ( hours && not_NN2 ) { // NN2 cannot handle Dates, so skip this part if ( (typeof(hours) == 'string') && Date.parse(hours) ) { // already a Date string numHours = hours; } else if ( typeof(hours) == 'number' ) { // calculate Date from number of hours numHours = ( new Date((new Date()).getTime() + hours*3600000) ).toGMTString(); } } document.cookie = name + '=' + escape(value) + ((numHours)?(';expires=' + numHours):'') + ((path)?';path=' + path:'') + ((domain)?';domain=' + domain:'') + ((secure && (secure == true))?'; secure':''); // Set the cookie, adding any parameters that were specified. } } // WM_setCookie function WM_readCookie( name ) { if ( document.cookie == '' ) { // there's no cookie, so go no further return false; } else { // there is a cookie var firstChar, lastChar; var theBigCookie = document.cookie; firstChar = theBigCookie.indexOf(name); // find the start of 'name' var NN2Hack = firstChar + name.length; if ( (firstChar != -1) && (theBigCookie.charAt(NN2Hack) == '=') ) { // if you found the cookie firstChar += name.length + 1; // skip 'name' and '=' lastChar = theBigCookie.indexOf(';', firstChar); // Find the end of the value string (i.e. the next ';'). if (lastChar == -1) lastChar = theBigCookie.length; return unescape( theBigCookie.substring(firstChar, lastChar) ); } else { // If there was no cookie of that name, return false. return false; } } } // WM_readCookie function WM_killCookie( name, path, domain ) { var theValue = WM_readCookie( name ); // We need the value to kill the cookie if ( theValue ) { document.cookie = name + '=' + theValue + '; expires=Fri, 13-Apr-1970 00:00:00 GMT' + ((path)?';path=' + path:'') + ((domain)?';domain=' + domain:''); // set an already-expired cookie } } // WM_killCookie // ______________________________________________________________________ Apple // Copyright © 2000 by Apple Computer, Inc., All Rights Reserved. // initialize global variables var detectableWithVB = false; var pluginFound = false; function canDetectPlugins() { if ( detectableWithVB || (navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins.length > 0) ) { return true; } return false; } function detectFlash() { pluginFound = detectPlugin( 'Shockwave', 'Flash' ); // if not found, try to detect with VisualBasic if ( !pluginFound && detectableWithVB ) { pluginFound = detectActiveXControl( 'ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.1' ); } return pluginFound; } function detectDirector() { pluginFound = detectPlugin( 'Shockwave', 'Director' ); // if not found, try to detect with VisualBasic if ( !pluginFound && detectableWithVB ) { pluginFound = detectActiveXControl( 'SWCtl.SWCtl.1' ); } return pluginFound; } function detectQuickTime() { pluginFound = detectPlugin( 'QuickTime' ); // if not found, try to detect with VisualBasic if ( !pluginFound && detectableWithVB ) { pluginFound = detectQuickTimeActiveXControl(); } return pluginFound; } function detectReal() { pluginFound = detectPlugin( 'RealPlayer' ); // if not found, try to detect with VisualBasic if ( !pluginFound && detectableWithVB ) { pluginFound = ( detectActiveXControl('rmocx.RealPlayer G2 Control') || detectActiveXControl('RealPlayer.RealPlayer(tm) ActiveX Control (32-bit)') || detectActiveXControl('RealVideo.RealVideo(tm) ActiveX Control (32-bit)') ); } return pluginFound; } function detectRealOne() { pluginFound = detectPlugin( 'RealOne Player Version Plugin' ) || detectPlugin( 'RealPlayer Version Plugin' ); // if not found, try to detect with VisualBasic if ( !pluginFound && detectableWithVB ) { pluginFound = detectRealOneActiveXControl(); } return pluginFound; } function detectWindowsMedia() { pluginFound = detectPlugin( 'Windows Media' ); // if not found, try to detect with VisualBasic if ( !pluginFound && detectableWithVB ) { pluginFound = detectActiveXControl( 'MediaPlayer.MediaPlayer.1' ); } return pluginFound; } function detectPlugin() { // allow for multiple checks in a single pass var daPlugins = arguments; // consider pluginFound to be false until proven true var pluginFound = false; // if plugins array is there and not fake if ( navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins.length > 0 ) { var pluginsArrayLength = navigator.plugins.length; // for each plugin... for ( var pluginsArrayCounter = 0; pluginsArrayCounter < pluginsArrayLength; pluginsArrayCounter++ ) { // loop through all desired names and check each against the current plugin name var numFound = 0; for ( var namesCounter = 0; namesCounter < daPlugins.length; namesCounter++ ) { // if desired plugin name is found in either plugin name or description if ( (navigator.plugins[pluginsArrayCounter].name.indexOf(daPlugins[namesCounter]) >= 0) || (navigator.plugins[pluginsArrayCounter].description.indexOf(daPlugins[namesCounter]) >= 0) ) { // this name was found numFound++; } } // now that we have checked all the required names against this one plugin, // if the number we found matches the total number provided then we were successful if ( numFound == daPlugins.length ) { pluginFound = true; // if we've found the plugin, we can stop looking through at the rest of the plugins break; } } } return pluginFound; } // detectPlugin // Here we write out the VBScript block for MSIE Windows if ( (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE') != -1) && (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Win') != -1) ) { document.writeln( '