//// general helper functions
//function getElementFromID(id) {
//  var el = (document.getElementById)? document.getElementById(id): (document.all)? document.all[id]: (document.layers)? document.layers[id]: null;
//  if (el) el.css = (el.style)? el.style: el;
//  return el;
//}

function sb_launch(X, title) {
    if (X.id) {
        var url = window.location.href;
        var type = X.id;
        if ('sb_email' == type) { return sb_launch_email(title, url) }
        else if ('sb_print' == type) { return sb_launch_print(title, url) }
        else if ('sb_delicious' == type) { return sb_launch_delicious(title, url) }
        else if ('sb_digg' == type) { return sb_launch_digg(title, url) }
        else if ('sb_facebook' == type) { return sb_launch_facebook(title, url) }
        else if ('sb_reddit' == type) { return sb_launch_reddit(title, url) }
        else return false;
    }
    else return false;
}
function sb_launch_delicious(t, u) {
    window.open('http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&noui&jump=close&url=' + encodeURIComponent(u) + '&title=' + encodeURIComponent(t), 'delicious', 'toolbar=no,width=626,height=436,scrollbar=auto');
    return true;
}
function sb_launch_digg(t, u) {
    var d = '';
    window.open('http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=' + encodeURIComponent(u) + '&title=' + encodeURIComponent(t) + '&bodytext=' + encodeURIComponent(d) + '&topic=world_news', 'digg', 'toolbar=no,width=626,height=436,scrollbar=auto');
    return true;
}
function sb_launch_reddit(t, u) {
    window.open('http://reddit.com/submit?url=' + u + '&title=' + t, 'reddit', 'toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436,scrollbar=auto');
    return true;
}
function sb_launch_facebook(t, u) {
    window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=' + encodeURIComponent(u) + '&t=' + encodeURIComponent(t), 'sharer', 'toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436,scrollbars=1');
    return true;
}

function sb_launch_print(t, u) {
    if (u.indexOf('?')>-1) {
        window.open('' + u + '&print=yes', 'print', 'toolbar=1,status=0,width=740,height=436,scrollbars=1,menubar=1');
    }
    else {
        window.open('' + u + '?print=yes', 'print', 'toolbar=1,status=0,width=740,height=436,scrollbars=1,menubar=1');
    }
    return true;
}
function sb_launch_email(t, u) {
    window.open('/emailafriend/index.aspx?u=' + encodeURIComponent(u) + '&t=' + encodeURIComponent(t), 'email', 'toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436,scrollbars=1');
    return true;
}