function nostatus(){

	window.status = document.title;

	return true

}



document.onmouseover = nostatus

document.onmouseout = nostatus





function textCounter(area,maxlength){

	if(area.value.length >= maxlength){

		alert("You've reached the " + maxlength + " character limit.");

		area.value = area.value.substring(0, maxlength);

		event.returnValue = false;

	}

}





//Contact & Newsletter Pages

function validate_contact_form(TheForm){

	clear_contact_form(TheForm);

	var required = "";

	if (TheForm.Name.value.length == 0) { required += "\n     - Name"; TheForm.Name.className="textBoxRequired"; }

	if (TheForm.Email.value.length == 0) { required += "\n     - Email"; TheForm.Email.className="textBoxRequired"; }

	else if (TheForm.Email.value.search(/(\w+[\w|\.|-]*\w+)(@\w+[\w|\.|-]*\w+\.\w{2,4})/) == -1) { required += "\n     - Please specify a valid email address"; TheForm.Email.className="textBoxRequired"; }

	

	if (required != "") {

		alert("Please fill in the required field(s):" + required);

		return false;

	}

}



function reset_contact_form(TheForm){

	var x = confirm("Are you sure you want to clear all of your data and start over?");

	if(x){

		clear_contact_form(TheForm);

		TheForm.Name.focus();

		TheForm.reset();

	}

}



function clear_contact_form(TheForm){

	TheForm.Name.className = "textBox";

	TheForm.Email.className = "textBox";

}