function getVar(name)
         {
         get_string = document.location.search;         
         return_value = '';
         
         do { //This loop is made to catch all instances of any get variable.
            name_index = get_string.indexOf(name + '=');
            
            if(name_index != -1)
              {
              get_string = get_string.substr(name_index + name.length + 1, get_string.length - name_index);
              
              end_of_value = get_string.indexOf('&');
              if(end_of_value != -1)                
                value = get_string.substr(0, end_of_value);                
              else                
                value = get_string;                
                
              if(return_value == '' || value == '')
                 return_value += value;
              else
                 return_value += ', ' + value;
              }
            } while(name_index != -1)
            
         //Restores all the blank spaces.
         space = return_value.indexOf('+');
         while(space != -1)
              { 
              return_value = return_value.substr(0, space) + ' ' + 
              return_value.substr(space + 1, return_value.length);
							 
              space = return_value.indexOf('+');
              }
          
         return(return_value);        
}

function drop_change(name)
{
	//check where drop change orignated from
	if (name == "industry") {
		document.getElementById("status").value="update" ;
		document.companysignup.submit() ;
	}
	
	if (name == "qualifications") {
		document.getElementById("status").value="update" ;
		document.companysignup.submit() ;
	}
	
}

function drop_change_visible(value, test, item)
{
	if (value == test) {
		document.getElementById(item).className = "" ;
	} else {
		document.getElementById(item).className = "hide" ;
	}
}

function add_qual()
{
		var num = document.getElementById("numquals").value * 1 ; 
		document.getElementById("numquals").value = num + 1 ;
		document.getElementById("mpsstatus").value="update" ;
		document.memberprofile.submit() ;
}

function add_hist()
{
		var num = document.getElementById("numhist").value * 1 ; 
		document.getElementById("numhist").value = num + 1 ;
		document.getElementById("mpsstatus").value="update" ;
		document.memberprofile.submit() ;
}

function submit_search()
{
		document.getElementById("searchstatus").value="search" ;
		document.searchform.submit() ;
}

function submit_signup()
{
		document.getElementById("csstatus").value="submit" ;
		document.companysignup.submit() ;
}

function submit_membersignup()
{
		document.getElementById("msstatus").value="submit" ;
		document.membersignup.submit() ;
}

function submit_changepassword()
{
		document.getElementById("cpstatus").value="submit" ;
		document.changepassword.submit() ;
}

function submit_profile()
{
		document.getElementById("psstatus").value="submit" ;
		document.companyprofile.submit() ;
}

function submit_memberprofile()
{
		document.getElementById("mpsstatus").value="submit" ;
		document.memberprofile.submit() ;
}

function submit_mt(id)
{
		document.getElementById("mtstatus").value = "submit" ;
		document.getElementById("emtstatus").value = id ;
		document.maintainticker.submit() ;
}

function submit_mn(id)
{
		document.getElementById("mnstatus").value = "submit" ;
		document.getElementById("emnstatus").value = id ;
		document.maintainnews.submit() ;
}

function submit_job()
{
		document.getElementById("jpstatus").value="submit" ;
		document.jobposting.submit() ;
}

function submit_cf()
{
		document.getElementById("cfstatus").value="submit" ;
		document.contactform.submit() ;
}

function set_confirmid(id)
{
	document.getElementById("confirmid").value = id ;
}

function clearInput(e){
if(e.name=='itreqlabel' && e.value=='Other')e.value="";
if(e.name=='packagevalue' && e.value=="£££")e.value="";
if(e.name=='name' && e.value=="Name")e.value="";
if(e.name=='email' && e.value=="Email Address")e.value="";
if(e.name=='keyword' && e.value=="keyword")e.value="";
if(e.name=='username' && e.value=="Email/Username")e.value="";
if(e.name=='password' && e.value=="Password")e.value="";

}