var rateimg = new Image();
rateimg.src = "/img/global/rate1.gif";

var rateimg2 = new Image();
rateimg2.src = "/img/global/rate2.gif";

var rateimg3 = new Image();
rateimg3.src = "/img/global/rate3.gif";

function rateColorit(id, i) {
	for(j=1;j<=5;j++) {
		img=document.getElementById('rate_'+id+'_'+j);
		if (j<=i) img.src=rateimg3.src;
			else img.src=rateimg2.src;
		}
	}
function rateColoritBack(id) {
	for(j=1;j<=5;j++) {
		img=document.getElementById('rate_'+id+'_'+j);
		if (j<=rating[id]) img.src=rateimg.src;
			else img.src=rateimg2.src;
		}
	}

function rateit(section, entryid, rate) {
    	makeRequest('/rate.php?section='+section+'&entryid='+entryid+'&rate='+rate, parse_rate);
	return false;
	}

    function parse_rate() {
        if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
            if (http_request.status == 200) {
		eval(http_request.responseText);
            } else {
//                alert('There was a problem with the request.');
            }
        }

    }

    function makeRequest(page, func) {

        http_request = false;

        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
            http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
            if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
                http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
                // See note below about this line
            }
        } 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('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
            return false;
        }
        http_request.onreadystatechange = func;
        http_request.open('GET', page, true);
        http_request.send(null);

    }