var xmlHttp;

function $(bla) {

  return document.getElementById(bla);

}

function addEvent(obj, evType, fn) {

  if (obj.addEventListener) {
    obj.addEventListener(evType, fn, false)
    return true
  } else if (obj.attachEvent){
    obj.attachEvent("on"+evType, fn)
    return true
  } else {
    return false
  }

}

//opacity changer
function changeOpacity ( element, newValue ) {

  if ( typeof ( element ) != 'undefined' ) {

    element.style.opacity = newValue / 100;
    element.style.MozOpacity = newValue / 100;
    element.style.KhtmlOpacity = (newValue / 100);
    element.style.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + (newValue ) + ")";

  }

}

function GetXmlHttpObject( handler ) {

  var objXMLHttp = null;

  if( window.XMLHttpRequest ) {

    objXMLHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
    objXMLHttp.onload = handler;
    objXMLHttp.onerror = handler;
    objXMLHttp.onreadystatechange = handler;

  } else if( window.ActiveXObject ) {

    try {

      objXMLHttp = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');

    } catch(e) {

      try {

        objXMLHttp = new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP');

      }

      catch(e) {}

    }

    //set handler for m$
    if ( objXMLHttp != null ) {

      objXMLHttp.onreadystatechange = handler;

    }

  }

  return objXMLHttp;

}

function search() {
         
var el = 'content';
try {

  $('content').innerHTML;

} catch (e) {

  el = 'content-long';
}
        
         
new Ajax.Updater(el, '/search.php', {
  method: 'post',
  parameters: $('searchForm').serialize(true)
  });
         
  return false;
}