// Created by Ian Wetherbee on 1/21/2009 to use the new templating system with the old function definitions

header_file = "/javascripts/menu.html"
footer_file = "/javascripts/footer.php"

function echo_file(file, tag) {
	new Ajax.Request(file,
		{method: 'get',
		onSuccess: function(trans) {replacetext(tag, trans.responseText)},
		onFailure: function(){alert('Something went wrong getting header/footer');}
	});
}

// Return html for rotating image masthead and sidebar navigation
// set placeholder
// start request
// finish request
// replace text
// render

//Header:
header_text = '<div id="AJAX_HEADER">Header<div><div>'

//Footer:
footer_text = '</div></div>Footer</div><!--AJAX_FOOTER-->'


function lstemplate_top () {
	echo_file(header_file, header_text);
	return header_text
}

// Return html for content closing, footer and credits.

function lstemplate_bot(updatedate) {
	echo_file(footer_file, footer_text);
	return footer_text
}

function replacetext(tag, text) {
	body=document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
	bodytext = body.innerHTML;
	replaced = bodytext.replace(tag, text);
	body.innerHTML = replaced;
}