// JavaScript Document
function makeRequest(url, elementId) {
        var http_request = false;
        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { 
            http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
            if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
                http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            }
        } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { 
            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 = function() { elementContents(http_request, elementId); };
        http_request.open('GET', url, true);
        http_request.send(null);
    }
    function elementContents(http_request, elementId) {
        if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
            if (http_request.status == 200) {
				document.getElementById(elementId).innerHTML = http_request.responseText;  
            } else {
                document.getElementById(elementId).innerHTML = "Sorry, we're just too popular at the moment - maybe try again when it's not so busy.";
            }
        }
    }