// 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";
		}