function clientSideInclude(id, url) {
  var req = false;
  // For Safari, Firefox, and other non-MS browsers
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
    try {
      req = new XMLHttpRequest();
    } catch (e) {
      req = false;
    }
  } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
    // For Internet Explorer on Windows
    try {
      req = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
    } catch (e) {
      try {
        req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
      } catch (e) {
        req = false;
      }
    }
  }
 var element = document.getElementById(id);
 if (!element) {
  alert("Bad id " + id +
   "passed to clientSideInclude." +
   "You need a div or span element " +
   "with this id in your page.");
  return;
 }
  if (req) {
    // Synchronous request, wait till we have it all
    req.open('GET', url, false);
    req.send(null);
    element.innerHTML = req.responseText;
  } else {
    element.innerHTML =
   "Sorry, your browser does not support " +
      "XMLHTTPRequest objects. This page requires " +
      "Internet Explorer 5 or better for Windows, " +
      "or Firefox for any system, or Safari. Other " +
      "compatible browsers may also exist.";
  }
}

function newImage(arg) {
  if (document.images) {
    rslt = new Image();
    rslt.src = arg;
    return rslt;
  }
}

function changeImages() {
  if (document.images && (preloadFlag == true)) {
    for (var i=0; i<changeImages.arguments.length; i+=2) {
      document[changeImages.arguments[i]].src = changeImages.arguments[i+1];
    }
  }
}

var preloadFlag = false;
function preloadImages() {
  if (document.images) {
    sp_menu_home_over = newImage("images/sp-menu-home-over.gif");
    sp_menu_events_over = newImage("images/sp-menu-events-over.gif");
    sp_menu_forum_over = newImage("images/sp-menu-forum-over.gif");
    sp_menu_articles_over = newImage("images/sp-menu-articles-over.gif");
    sp_menu_store_over = newImage("images/sp-menu-store-over.gif");
    sp_menu_links_over = newImage("images/sp-menu-links-over.gif");
    sp_menu_contact_over = newImage("images/sp-menu-contact-over.gif");
    equip = newImage("images/equip_on.jpg");
    preloadFlag = true;
  }
}