// JavaScript Document
var http_request = false;
   function makeRequest(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;
      }
	  Effect.Fade('loggedin', { duration: 0.5 });
	  Effect.Appear('loggingout', { duration: 0.5 });
      http_request.onreadystatechange = alertLogoutContents;
      http_request.open('GET', url + parameters, true);
      http_request.send(null);
   }

   function alertLogoutContents() {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
            setTimeout('Effect.Fade(\'loggingout\', { duration: 0.5 })', 3000);
			setTimeout('Effect.Appear(\'loggedout\', { duration: 0.5 })', 3000);
			//Hide/show additional elements on logout
			for (x in user_mask)
				{
					setTimeout('Effect.Fade(\'user_mask[x]\', { duration: 0.5 })', 3000);
				}
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }
   
   function quadodologout() {
      var getstr = "?";
      makeRequest('/beta/user/logout_ajax.php', getstr);
   }