//VOTE POLL -------------------------------------
    function makeVote(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 = alertVote;
      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 alertVote() {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
            result = http_request.responseText;
            document.getElementById('vote_msg').innerHTML = result;
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }

function getCheckedValue(radioObj) {
    if(!radioObj)
        return "";
    var radioLength = radioObj.length;
    if(radioLength == undefined)
        if(radioObj.checked)
            return radioObj.value;
        else
            return "";
    for(var i = 0; i < radioLength; i++) {
        if(radioObj[i].checked) {
            return radioObj[i].value;
        }
    }
    return "";
}

   function submit_vote(obj) {
      var vote_value = getCheckedValue(document.forms['vote-form'].elements['opt']);
      var poststr = "poll_id=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("poll_id").value ) +
                    "&voteid=" + encodeURI( vote_value);
      makeVote('polls/vote.php', poststr);
   }

   function getxmlhttp(){
        var page_request = false;
        if (window.XMLHttpRequest){
            return xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
        }else if (window.ActiveXObject){
            try {
                return xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
            }catch (e){
                try{
                    return xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                }catch (e){}
            }
        }else{
            return false
        }
    }

    function getpage(url, container){
        xmlhttp = getxmlhttp();
        xmlhttp.open('GET', url);
        xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function(){
            if(xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200){
                document.getElementById(container).innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
                tinyMCE.execCommand("mceAddControl",false,'content');
            }else{
            document.getElementById(container).innerHTML = "<h3>Loading.....</h3>";
                //document.getElementById(container).innerHTML = '<div style="text-align:center;"><img src="images/ajax-loader.gif" /></div>';
            }
            //alert(xmlhttp.status);
            //document.getElementById(container).innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
        }
        xmlhttp.send(null);
    }