   var http_request = false;
   function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters) {
      http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
            //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
         }
      } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
         try {
            http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
         } catch (e) {
            try {
               http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {}
         }
      }
      if (!http_request) {
         alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
         return false;
      }
      
      http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
      http_request.open('POST', url, true);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      http_request.send(parameters);
   }

   function alertContents() {
		document.getElementById('myform').style.display="none";
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {

            result = http_request.responseText;
            document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = result;            
         } else {
            document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = "Ooops! There was a problem. Please try again later";
         }
      }
   }
   
   function get(obj) {
   		if (document.getElementById("nlName").value!="" && document.getElementById("nlName").value!="Name" && document.getElementById("nlEmail").value!="" && document.getElementById("nlEmail").value!="Email")
   			{
			      var poststr = "name=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("nlName").value ) +
                    "&email=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("nlEmail").value );
			      	makePOSTRequest('inc/post.php', poststr);
			      	document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = "<img style='float:left; margin-right:10px; width:31px; height:31px;' src='img/homepage/loader.gif' /> Please wait... It only takes a few seconds";
			 }
			 else
			 {
			 	alert("All fields are required");
			 }
   }
