// handy urlEncoder 
function urlEncode(inStr) {
	inStr = new String(inStr);
	outStr=' '; //not '' for a NS bug!
	for (i=0; i < inStr.length; i++) {
		aChar=inStr.substring (i, i+1);
		switch(aChar){
case '%': outStr += "%25"; break; case ',': outStr += "%2C"; break;
case '/': outStr += "%2F"; break; case ':': outStr += "%3A"; break;
case '~': outStr += "%7E"; break; case '!': outStr += "%21"; break;
case '"': outStr += "%22"; break; case '#': outStr += "%23"; break;
case '$': outStr += "%24"; break; case "'": outStr += "%27"; break;
case '`': outStr += "%60"; break; case '^': outStr += "%5E"; break;
case '&': outStr += "%26"; break; case '(': outStr += "%28"; break;
case ')': outStr += "%29"; break; case '+': outStr += "%2B"; break;
case '{': outStr += "%7B"; break; case '|': outStr += "%7C"; break;
case '}': outStr += "%7D"; break; case ';': outStr += "%3B"; break;
case '<': outStr += "%3C"; break; case '=': outStr += "%3D"; break;
case '>': outStr += "%3E"; break; case '?': outStr += "%3F"; break;
case '[': outStr += "%5B"; break; case '\\': outStr += "%5C"; break;
case ']': outStr += "%5D"; break; case ' ': outStr += "+"; break;
default: outStr += aChar;
		}
}
return outStr.substring(1, outStr.length);
}


// allows a search with radio buttons. this function is CCG specific, other network includes have diff site values
function multiSiteSearchSubmit(form) {
	qry = urlEncode(form.query.value)+"&typeName=33";
	if (qry=="") { alert('Please type in your search query.'); return; } // check for empty strings 
		redir = "";
	if (form.domain[0].checked) { // assumes global WebSearch is listed first
		redir = "http://search.cheatscodesguides.com/web?query=" + qry;
	} else if (form.domain[1].checked) { // assumes site search is second
		redir = "http://search.cheatscodesguides.com/articles?query=" + qry;
	}
	gotoval = redir;
	if (gotoval != "") { document.location=gotoval; }
	return false;
}

// onclick linktracker that uses ata
function ccg_trackclick(aid) {
	var now      = new Date();
	var random   = now.getTime();
	var ref 	 = "&r=" + escape(document.location);
		ref      = ref.split('/').join('%2F');
		ref      = ref.split('.').join('%2E');
		ref      = ref.split('%').join('$');		
	var origin = document.location.toString().substring(7); /* convert location to string, trim http:// */
		origin = origin.substring(0,origin.indexOf('/')); /* pull subdomain only */
		aid = aid + "-" + origin;
	var lnk      = "&p=http://www.ignlinktrack.com/" + aid;
		lnk      = lnk.split('/').join('%2F');
		lnk      = lnk.split('.').join('%2E');
		lnk      = lnk.split('%').join('$');
        i = new Image();
        i.src  = "http://atax.cheatscodesguides.com/network=cheatscodesguides&size=1x1" + lnk + ref + "&name=ATAtracker?"+ random + "\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden";
}

function trim(TRIM_VALUE){
	if(TRIM_VALUE.length < 1){ return""; }
	TRIM_VALUE = RTrim(TRIM_VALUE);
    TRIM_VALUE = LTrim(TRIM_VALUE);
    if(TRIM_VALUE==""){
		return "";
	}else{
    	return TRIM_VALUE;
    }
}

function RTrim(VALUE){
	var w_space = String.fromCharCode(32);
	var v_length = VALUE.length;
	var strTemp = "";
	if(v_length < 0){ return""; }
	var iTemp = v_length -1;
    while(iTemp > -1){
    	if(VALUE.charAt(iTemp) == w_space){}else{
        	strTemp = VALUE.substring(0,iTemp +1);
        	break;
		}
        iTemp = iTemp-1;
	}
	return strTemp;
}

function LTrim(VALUE){
	var w_space = String.fromCharCode(32);
	if(v_length < 1){ return""; }
	var v_length = VALUE.length;
    var strTemp = "";
    var iTemp = 0;
    while(iTemp < v_length){
		if(VALUE.charAt(iTemp) == w_space){} else{
        	strTemp = VALUE.substring(iTemp,v_length);
            break;
		}
        iTemp = iTemp + 1;
	}
    return strTemp;
} 

function checkBeforeSubmit() {        
	if (trim(document.searchForm.query.value) == "" || trim(document.searchForm.query.value) == "Game or Entertainment"){
		alert ("Search query is empty.");
    	document.searchForm.query.value = "";
        document.searchForm.query.focus();
        return false;
	}
    return true;
}

function submitButtonClicked() {
	if (checkBeforeSubmit()) {
    	document.searchForm.submit();
    }
}

// added to cacth the error by including a GPM include, we can't get the alerts from the ign cookie anyway, so return false
function checkWatch(){
	return false;
}