initLettingsAjax = function()
{		
	if($('regions'))
	{
		$('regions').addEvent('change', function(e) {
			if($('regions').value != "")
			{	 
				var base = 'http://www.let2day.co.uk';
				var url = base+'/ajax/selectregion?';

				url += 'region='+$('regions').value;
				/* our ajax istance */
				new Ajax(url, { 
					update: 'selectarea',
					method: 'get',
					onComplete: function() {
						//remove waiting gif
					},
					onFailure: function() {
						//ERROR OCCURS
						
					},
					onCancel: function() {
						//CANCEL OCCURS
					}
				}).request();
			}//end if
			else
			{
				if($('selectarea'))$('selectarea').innerHTML = "";
				
			}
		});
	}
}//end function

getGeneralLettings = function($page)
{			 
	var base = 'http://www.let2day.co.uk';
	var url = base+'/ajax/getgenerallettings?';

	url += 'sortfilter='+$('sort').value;
	if($page!='')url += '&page='+$page;
	
	/* our ajax istance */
	new Ajax(url, { 
		update: 'rightcol',
		method: 'get',
		onComplete: function() {
			//remove waiting gif
		},
		onFailure: function() {
			//ERROR OCCURS
			
		},
		onCancel: function() {
			//CANCEL OCCURS
		}
	}).request();
	
	if($('rightcol'))$('rightcol').innerHTML = "<img align='center' src='"+base+"/public/images/ajax/loader.gif' alt='loading'/>";

}//end function

getSearchResults = function($page)
{			 
	var base = 'http://www.let2day.co.uk';
	var url = base+'/ajax/getsearchresults?';

	url += 'sortfilter='+$('sort').value;
	if($page!='')url += '&page='+$page;
	
	/* our ajax istance */
	new Ajax(url, { 
		update: 'rightcol',
		method: 'get',
		onComplete: function() {
			//remove waiting gif
		},
		onFailure: function() {
			//ERROR OCCURS
			
		},
		onCancel: function() {
			//CANCEL OCCURS
		}
	}).request();
	
	if($('rightcol'))$('rightcol').innerHTML = "<img align='center' src='"+base+"/public/images/ajax/loader.gif' alt='loading'/>";

}//end function

function changeMain(filename,base)
{
	$('mainimage').src = base+'/public/'+filename;
}

function keywordblur()
{
	if($('keywordinput').value == "")
	{	 
		$('keywordinput').value = "keyword e.g. area, street name or postcode";
	}//end if
}

function keywordfocus()
{
	if($('keywordinput').value == "keyword e.g. area, street name or postcode")
	{	 
		$('keywordinput').value = "";
	}//end if
}