//-------------------------------- -------------------------------- 
	//Page Footer menu
	function theMenu(thePage,loc)
	{
		var myPages=new Array();
		var theLink="";
		
		myPages[1]="Home";
		myPages[2]="Contact";
		myPages[3]="Leave Feedback";
	//	myPages[4]="Read Feedback";

		if (loc=="foot")
		{
			theLink="<p class=\"lnkBar\"> | ";
		} else if ( loc=="navBar") {
			document.write("<u>Navigation</u><br />");
			theLink="<p>";
		}
		
		for ( var i in myPages)
		{

		
			if (myPages[i]==thePage)
			{
				
				theLink=theLink + "> <span class=\"onPage\">" +  myPages[i] +  "</span> < ";
			
			} else {
				
				switch (myPages[i])
				{
					
					case "Home":
						theLink=theLink + "<a href=\"index.php\">Home</a>  ";
					break;
					
					case "Contact":
						theLink=theLink + "<a href=\"contact.php\">Contact Us</a>  ";
					break;
					
					case "Leave Feedback":
						theLink=theLink + "<a href=\"feedback.php\">Leave Feedback</a>  ";
					break;
					
					case "Read Feedback":
						theLink=theLink + "<a href=\"contact.php\">Read Feedback</a>  ";
					break;
					
				default:
				
				
				} //End Switch
			} // if myPages
		
		if (loc=="foot")
		{
			theLink=theLink + " | ";
			
		} else if (loc=="navBar") {
			theLink=theLink + "<br />";
		}
		
		}  //for
		
		theLink=theLink + "</p>";
		document.write(theLink);
		
	}

//-------------------------------- -------------------------------- 
	// sets date
	function getDate()
	{	
		var currentTime = new Date()
		var month = currentTime.getMonth() + 1
		var day = currentTime.getDate()
		var year = currentTime.getFullYear()
		
		return theDate=year + "-" + month + "-" + day;
	}
	

//-------------------------------- -------------------------------- 	
	//clears a field of the default value.
	function clearField(theField)
	{
		   if (theField.defaultValue == theField.value) theField.value = '';
  			  else if (theField.value == '') theField.value = theField.defaultValue;
	
	}
	

//-------------------------------- -------------------------------- 
	function checkRequired()
	{
		var verified=true;
		var errorMsg="";
		
		if (document.forms[0].firstName.value==""  || document.forms[0].firstName.value=="First Name" || document.forms[0].firstName.value.length>30)
		{
			verified=false; 
			errorMsg=errorMsg + "Please enter your first name, must be less than 30 characters long.\n";
		}		
		if (document.forms[0].lastName.value==""  || document.forms[0].lastName.value=="Last Name" || document.forms[0].lastName.value.length>30)
		{
			verified=false; 
			errorMsg=errorMsg + "Please enter a valid last name, must be less than 30 characters long.\n";
		}	
		if (document.forms[0].email1.value==""  || document.forms[0].email1.value=="e-Mail Address" || document.forms[0].email1.value.length>70)
		{
			verified=false; 
			errorMsg=errorMsg + "Please enter an email address.\n";
		}	
		if (document.forms[0].email2.value==""  || document.forms[0].email2.value=="re-enter e-Mail Address" )
		{
			verified=false; 
			errorMsg=errorMsg + "Please enter a matching email address.\n";
		}
		if (document.forms[0].email1.value != document.forms[0].email2.value )
		{
			verified=false; 
			errorMsg=errorMsg + "Email address entries need to match.\n";
		}
		if (verified==false)
		{
			window.alert("Please enter all of the required informtion noted below.\n" + errorMsg );
			return false;
		}
		else
		{	
			return true;
		}
	}