function validateLoginForm() {
	if (document.login.user.value=="") {
		alert("Please enter an account name.");
		return false;
	} else {
		return true;
	}
}

function validateContactForm() {
	message = document.contactform.message.value;
	
	if (message=="") {
		alert ("Please enter a message.");
	} else {
		document.contactform.sendbutton.value = "sending...";
		document.contactform.sendbutton.disabled = "true";
		sendMessage();	
	}
}

function sendMessage() {

	url = "sendmail.php?to=" + document.contactform.recipient.value + "&message=" + document.contactform.message.value;
	
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
		//for IE7, Mozilla, Safari, etc: use native object
		var http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
	} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
		//use ActiveX control for IE5.x and IE6
		var http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	}
	

	http_request.onreadystatechange = function() {
		if(http_request.readyState == 4){
          if(http_request.status == 200){
				alert ("Thanks! Your message has been sent to " + document.contactform.recipient.value + "!");
				document.contactform.message.value = "";
				document.contactform.sendbutton.value = "Talk to ice!";
				document.contactform.sendbutton.disabled = false;
		  }
		}
	};

	http_request.open('GET', url, true);
	http_request.send(null);

}