// HREF FUNCTION		
		function hrefFormat(loc){
			var base = document.getElementsByTagName('base');
			if (base && base[0] && base[0].href) {
		     	loc = base[0].href + loc;
		 	}
 			return loc;
		}

		// LINK FUNCTION		
		function gohref(loc){
			loc = hrefFormat(loc);
			location.href = loc;
		}
 
		function sessionAppend() {

			var session_string = "";							
			return session_string;
		}

		// CATALOG SEARCH
		function SearchSubmit() {
			
			if (document.searchForm.item_search.value == "") {
				alert("Please enter a search term.");
				if (top.IsFormAdvanced)
					document.searchForm.item_search.focus();
			}
			else {
				
				gohref("index.php?level2=catalog&level3=item_list&item_search=" + document.searchForm.item_search.value + sessionAppend());

			}
		}

		// EVENT POPUP FUNCTION
		function launchWindow(v,w,x,y,z) {	
			PopUpWindow = window.open ("event_popup.php?&event_id=" + w + "&event_recurring_id=" + v + "&date_key=" + x + sessionAppend(), "PopUp", "location=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,width=" + y + ",height=" + z + ",resizeable=no");
			PopUpWindow.opener.name = "index_parent";
		}
		
		$(document).ready(function(){
			$('#dog_links').click(function(){
        window.location.href = $('#dog_link').attr('href');
      });
			$('#cat_links').click(function(){
        window.location.href = $('#cat_link').attr('href');
      });
      $('#right_links').click(function(){
			  window.location.href = $('#right_link').attr('href');
			});
			
			var search = $('#item_search');
      var search_value = 'brand, keyword, item or category'
      search.attr('value',search_value);
      search.focus(function() {
        search.attr('value','');
      });
		});