// http://www.thewatchmakerproject.com/journal/292/a-better-dollar-function-getelementsbyanything

function $() {
	var elements = new Array();
	for (var i=0,len=arguments.length;i<len;i++) {
		var element = arguments[i];
		if (typeof element == 'string') {
			var matched = document.getElementById(element);
			if (matched) {
				elements.push(matched);
			} else {
				var allels = (document.all) ? document.all : document.getElementsByTagName('*');
				var regexp = new RegExp('(^| )'+element+'( |$)');
				for (var i=0,len=allels.length;i<len;i++) if (regexp.test(allels[i].className)) elements.push(allels[i]);
			}
			if (!elements.length) elements = document.getElementsByTagName(element);
			if (!elements.length) {
				elements = new Array();
				var allels = (document.all) ? document.all : document.getElementsByTagName('*');
				for (var i=0,len=allels.length;i<len;i++) if (allels[i].getAttribute(element)) elements.push(allels[i]);
			}
			if (!elements.length) {
				var allels = (document.all) ? document.all : document.getElementsByTagName('*');
				for (var i=0,len=allels.length;i<len;i++) if (allels[i].attributes) for (var j=0,lenn=allels[i].attributes.length;j<lenn;j++) if (allels[i].attributes[j].specified) if (allels[i].attributes[j].nodeValue == element) elements.push(allels[i]);
			}
		} else {
			elements.push(element);
		}
	}
	if (elements.length == 1) {
		return elements[0];
	} else {
		return elements;
	}
}


function setFocus() {
	if (document.getElementsByTagName) {
	    var lists = document.getElementsByTagName("input");
	    for (var i=0; i<lists.length; i++) {
	      if (lists[i].className.match("focusfirst")) {
		         lists[i].focus();
		         lists[i].select();
		  	     }
         return true;
	      
	  	}
  	}
  
}


  
/**
 * DHTML email validation script. Courtesy of SmartWebby.com (http://www.smartwebby.com/dhtml/)
 */

function echeck(str) {

		var at="@"
		var dot="."
		var lat=str.indexOf(at)
		var lstr=str.length
		var ldot=str.indexOf(dot)
		if (str.indexOf(at)==-1){
			   return false
		}

		if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr){
		   return false
		}

		if (str.indexOf(dot)==-1 || str.indexOf(dot)==0 || str.indexOf(dot)==lstr){
		    return false
		}

		 if (str.indexOf(at,(lat+1))!=-1){
		    return false
		 }

		 if (str.substring(lat-1,lat)==dot || str.substring(lat+1,lat+2)==dot){
		    return false
		 }

		 if (str.indexOf(dot,(lat+2))==-1){
		    return false
		 }
		
		 if (str.indexOf(" ")!=-1){
		    return false
		 }

 		 return true					
	}