// wp-content/themes/yuewei File
//short for document.getElementById
function $() {
	if (arguments.length == 1) return get$(arguments[0]);
	var elements = [];
	$c(arguments).each(function(el){
		elements.push(get$(el));
	});
	return elements;
}
function get$(el){
	if (typeof el == 'string') el = document.getElementById(el);
	return el;
}

function $c(array){
	var nArray = [];
	for (i=0;el=array[i];i++) nArray.push(el);
	return nArray;
}

// get parameters of the comment form
function getParams(f){
	if(typeof(f)=='string')	f = $(f);
	var p='';
	var fi = f.getElementsByTagName('input');
	for (i=0; i<fi.length; i++ ) {
		e=fi[i];
		if (e.name!='') {
			if (e.type=='select')
				element_value=e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;
			else if (e.type=='checkbox' || e.type=='radio') {
				if (e.checked==false)	continue;	
				element_value=e.value;
			}
			else {
				element_value=e.value;
			}
			p+="&"+e.name+'='+encodeURIComponent(element_value);
		}
	}
	fi = f.getElementsByTagName('textarea');
	for (i=0; i<fi.length; i++)	p+="&"+fi[i].name+"="+encodeURIComponent(fi[i].value);
	p += "&random="+Math.random();
	return p;
}



//the function to get an ajax instance
function getXMLInstant(r)
{
	var xx;
	if(r!=1)ajaxStatus("block");
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) 
	{ // Mozilla, Safari,...
		xx = new XMLHttpRequest();
	} 
	else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
		try {
			xx = new ActiveXObject