var bustcachevar=1 //bust potential caching of external pages after initial request? (1=yes, 0=no)
        var loadedobjects=""
        var rootdomain="http://"+window.location.hostname
        var bustcacheparameter=""

        function ajaxpage(url, containerid){
        var page_request = false
        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) // if Mozilla, Safari etc
        page_request = new XMLHttpRequest()
        else if (window.ActiveXObject){ // if IE
        try {
        page_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")
        } 
        catch (e){
        try{
        page_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
        }
        catch (e){}
        }
        }
        else
        return false
        page_request.onreadystatechange=function(){
        if (page_request.readyState == 1 ) {
            // LOADING
            fireLoadingBar();
        }
          
        if (page_request.readyState == 2 ) {
            // LOADED
            closeLoadingBar();
        }
        loadpage(page_request, containerid)
        }
        if (bustcachevar) //if bust caching of external page
        bustcacheparameter=(url.indexOf("?")!=-1)? "&"+new Date().getTime() : "?"+new Date().getTime()
        page_request.open('GET', url+bustcacheparameter, true)
        page_request.send(null)
        }

        function loadpage(page_request, containerid){
        if (page_request.readyState == 4 && (page_request.status==200 || window.location.href.indexOf("http")==-1))
        document.getElementById(containerid).innerHTML=page_request.responseText
        }

        function loadobjs(){
        if (!document.getElementById)
        return
        for (i=0; i<arguments.length; i++){
        var file=arguments[i]
        var fileref=""
        if (loadedobjects.indexOf(file)==-1){ //Check to see if this object has not already been added to page before proceeding
        if (file.indexOf(".js")!=-1){ //If object is a js file
        fileref=document.createElement('script')
        fileref.setAttribute("type","text/javascript");
        fileref.setAttribute("src", file);
        }
        else if (file.indexOf(".css")!=-1){ //If object is a css file
        fileref=document.createElement("link")
        fileref.setAttribute("rel", "stylesheet");
        fileref.setAttribute("type", "text/css");
        fileref.setAttribute("href", file);
        }
        }
        if (fileref!=""){
        document.getElementsByTagName("head").item(0).appendChild(fileref)
        loadedobjects+=file+" " //Remember this object as being already added to page
        }
        }
        }

        function fireLoadingBar() {
         loadingBarRelocate();
         document.getElementById("loading_bar").style.display = "block";
         document.body.onscroll = loadingBarRelocate;
         window.onscroll = loadingBarRelocate;
        }

        function closeLoadingBar() {
         document.getElementById("loading_bar").style.display = "none";
        }

        function loadingBarRelocate() {
         var scrolledX, scrolledY;
         if( self.pageYOffset ) {
           scrolledX = self.pageXOffset;
           scrolledY = self.pageYOffset;
         } else if( document.documentElement && document.documentElement.scrollTop ) {
           scrolledX = document.documentElement.scrollLeft;
           scrolledY = document.documentElement.scrollTop;
         } else if( document.body ) {
           scrolledX = document.body.scrollLeft;
           scrolledY = document.body.scrollTop;
         }

         var centerX, centerY;
         if( self.innerHeight ) {
           centerX = self.innerWidth;
           centerY = self.innerHeight;
         } else if( document.documentElement && document.documentElement.clientHeight ) {
           centerX = document.documentElement.clientWidth;
           centerY = document.documentElement.clientHeight;
         } else if( document.body ) {
           centerX = document.body.clientWidth;
           centerY = document.body.clientHeight;
         }

         var leftOffset = scrolledX + (centerX - 250) / 2;
         var topOffset = scrolledY + (centerY - 200) / 2;

         document.getElementById("loading_bar").style.top = topOffset + "px";
         document.getElementById("loading_bar").style.left = leftOffset + "px";
        }