/* commented out for Yahoo change
// search **********************************************************************
function searchFormSubmit(form) {
	if (form.aff[1].checked == true) {
		// this address needs to be changed once search is set up
		window.location = "http://www.newslibrary.com/nlsearch.asp?search_mode=all&action=search&date_mode=year&year=last+180+days&sort=d%3Ah&nitems=10&region=SO&dbquery=" + form.keywords.value;
		return false;
	} else if (form.aff[2].checked == true) {
                window.location = "http://www.sanluisobispo.com/cgi-bin/mi/overture/overture.pl?Keywords=" + form.keywords.value;
                return false;
        }
	return true;
}
// end search ******************************************************************
*/


function today_string() {
	// dependant on date functions defined in mi-utilities.js
	var today = new Date();
	return today.getDayString()+', '+today.getMonthString()+' '+today.getDate()+', '+today.getFullYear();
}

// search **********************************************************************
function searchFormSubmit(form) {
        if (form.aff.value == 'archives' || form.aff[1].checked == true) {
		window.location = "http://www.newslibrary.com/nlsearch.asp?search_mode=all&action=search&date_mode=year&year=last+180+days&sort=d%3Ah&nitems=10&region=SO&dbquery=" + form.keywords.value;
                return false;
        }
        else if (form.aff[2].checked == true || form.aff.value == 'web') {
                var encoded_keywords = encodeURIComponent(form.keywords.value);
                var section_num = '440';
                var url_version = 'ysr';
                var params = 'product=Yahoo%2COverture&' +
                             'collection=WEB&' +
                             'live_template=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sanluisobispo.com%2F' + section_num + '%2Fv-' + url_version + '%2Findex.html&' +
                             'error_template=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sanluisobispo.com%2F' + section_num + '%2Fv-yerr%2Findex.html&' +
                             'preview_template=http%3A%2F%2Fpreview.sanluisobispo.com%2F' + section_num + '%2Fv-' + url_version + '%2Findex.html&' +
                             'results_per_page=5' +
                             '&prop_related=1&prop_dym=1';
                 window.location = "http://search.sanluisobispo.com/search-bin/search.pl.cgi?sf_Keywords=" + encoded_keywords + '&' + params;

                return false;
     }
        return true;
}
// end search ******************************************************************
// getParams *******************************************************************
function getParams(params) {
   var Params = new Object ();
   if ( ! params ) return Params; // return empty object
   var Pairs = params.split(/[;&]/);
   for ( var i = 0; i < Pairs.length; i++ ) {
      var KeyVal = Pairs[i].split('=');
      if ( ! KeyVal || KeyVal.length != 2 ) continue;
      var key = unescape( KeyVal[0] );
      var val = unescape( KeyVal[1] );
      val = val.replace(/\+/g, ' ');
      Params[key] = val;
   }
   return Params;
}
// end getParams *****************************************************************