if (document.images) {

  // new button
  article_shareOn = new Image();
  article_shareOn.src = "/images/shared/icon-share-ro.png"

  article_shareOff = new Image();
  article_shareOff.src = "/images/shared/icon-share.png"

  // new button
  article_printOn = new Image();
  article_printOn.src = "/images/shared/icon-print-ro.png"

  article_printOff = new Image();
  article_printOff.src = "/images/shared/icon-print.png"

  // new button
  article_emailOn = new Image();
  article_emailOn.src = "/images/shared/icon-email-ro.png"

  article_emailOff = new Image();
  article_emailOff.src = "/images/shared/icon-email.png"

}

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

function switchpage(select) {
  var index;
  for(index=0; index<select.options.length; index++)
    if(select.options[index].selected)
  {
    if(select.options[index].value!="")
    window.location.href=select.options[index].value;
    break;
  }
}

// fieldname, warningname, remainingname, maxchars
function CheckFieldLength(fn,wn,rn,mc) {
  var len = fn.value.length;
  if (len > mc) {
    fn.value = fn.value.substring(0,mc);
    len = mc;
  }
  document.getElementById(wn).innerHTML = len;
  document.getElementById(rn).innerHTML = mc - len;
}

function createCookie(name,value,days) {
  if (days) {
    var date = new Date();
    date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
    var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
  }
  else var expires = "";
  document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}

function readCookie(name) {
  var nameEQ = name + "=";
  var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
  for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
    var c = ca[i];
    while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
    if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
  }
  return null;
}

function eraseCookie(name) {
  createCookie(name,"",-1);
}

function display_featured_title (article_id) {
  theStr = featured_titles[article_id]
  document.getElementById('featuredTitleArea').innerHTML = theStr
}

function clear_featured_title () {
  theStr = '&nbsp;'
  document.getElementById('featuredTitleArea').innerHTML = theStr
}