function ajaxFunction(){

	var ajaxRequest;



	try{

		// Opera 8.0+, Firefox, Safari

		ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();

	} catch (e){

		// Internet Explorer Browsers

		try{

			ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");

		} catch (e) {

			try{

				ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");

			} catch (e){

				//browsers all not support, rare case

				alert("Your browser broke!");

				return false;

			}

		}



	}

	return ajaxRequest;

}

function showData() {

	htmlRequest = ajaxFunction();

	if (htmlRequest==null){ // If it cannot create a new Xmlhttp object.

		alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request");

		return;

	} 



	htmlRequest.onreadystatechange = function(){

		if(htmlRequest.readyState == 4){

			document.getElementById("shoutarea").innerHTML = htmlRequest.responseText;

		}

	}

	htmlRequest.open("GET", "http://www.blizzardpets.com/shoutbox/outputinfo.php", true);

	htmlRequest.send(null);

}



showData();

setInterval("showData()",5000);

function saveData(){

	htmlRequest = ajaxFunction();

	if (htmlRequest==null){ // If it cannot create a new Xmlhttp object.

		alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request");

		return;

	} 

	if(document.shoutbox.shouter_comment.value == "" || document.shoutbox.shouter_comment.value == "NULL"){

		alert('You need to fill in a message!');

		return;

	}

	htmlRequest.open('POST', 'http://www.blizzardpets.com/shoutbox/sendshout.php');

	htmlRequest.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');

	htmlRequest.send('message='+document.shoutbox.shouter_comment.value); 



	document.shoutbox.shouter_comment.value = ''; // Updates the shout boxs text area to NULL.

	document.shoutbox.shouter_comment.focus(); // Focuses the text area.



}