function loadXML(URL) {
var xmlHttp=null;
if (window.ActiveXObject) {
xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
} else if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
if (xmlHttp!=null) {
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function() {
onResponse(xmlHttp);
};
xmlHttp.open("GET", URL, true);
xmlHttp.send(null);
} else {
alert('Your browser does not support XMLHTTP.');
}
// clean up
delete xmlHttp;
}
function checkReadyState(obj) {
if (obj.readyState == 4) {
if (obj.status == 200) {
return true;
} else {
alert("Problem retrieving XML data.");
}
xmlHttp=null;
}
}
function onResponse(xmlHttp) {
if (checkReadyState(xmlHttp)) {
cleanWhitespace(xmlHttp.responseXML);
var strLeftNav='';
var expert=displayLeftNav(xmlHttp,'expert');
var quicktips=displayLeftNav(xmlHttp,'quicktips');
var tools=displayLeftNav(xmlHttp,'tools');
var games=displayLeftNav(xmlHttp,'games');
getQuote(xmlHttp);
getBook(xmlHttp);
strLeftNav+=expert+quicktips+tools+games;
//alert(strPage);
// writeSource(strPage);
document.getElementById("leftNav").innerHTML=strLeftNav;
rotateQuote();
rotateBook();
}
}
var arrCallout=new Array();
function displayLeftNav(xmlHttp,obj) {
var strNav=xmlHttp.responseXML.getElementsByTagName(obj);
var lstNav=strNav[0].getElementsByTagName("item");
var strDivOpen='';
var strDivClose='
';
var strULOpen='';
var strLIOpen='•
'+strText+strLIClose;
}
}
strPage+=strDivOpen+''+
strULOpen;
strPage+=strTemp;
strPage+=strULClose+strDivClose;
return strPage;
}
function popup(objId) {
var strTemp="";
var spread=spreaddesc=title="";
spread=arrBooksSpread[objId];
spreaddesc=arrBooksSpreadDesc[objId];
title=arrBooksTitle[objId];
var strHTML=''+title+''+spreaddesc+'
';
var popup=window.open('','source','width=500,height=320');
popup.document.write(strHTML);
popup.document.close();
}
var arrQuoteText=new Array();
var arrQuoteSource=new Array();
var arrBooksTitle=new Array();
var arrBooksCover=new Array();
var arrBooksDescription=new Array();
var arrBooksSpread=new Array();
var arrBooksSpreadDesc=new Array();
var arrBooksURL=new Array();
var q_count=b_count=0;
function getQuote(xmlHttp) {
var xmlQuote=xmlHttp.responseXML.getElementsByTagName('upperquote');
var lstQuote=xmlQuote[0].getElementsByTagName('quote');
for (var i=0;i
';
objTitle.innerHTML='';
objTitle.innerHTML=arrBooksTitle[b_count];
objSummary.innerHTML='';
objSummary.innerHTML=arrBooksDescription[b_count];
objLink.innerHTML='';
objLink.innerHTML='• LOOK INSIDE THE BOOK';
objSpread.innerHTML='';
objSpread.innerHTML=arrBooksSpread[b_count];
objSpreadDesc.innerHTML='';
objSpreadDesc.innerHTML=arrBooksSpreadDesc[b_count];
setTimeout("rotateBook()",7000);
}
function displayCallout(obj) {
var callout=document.getElementById('callout');
var text=document.getElementById('txtCallout');
callout.style.top=findPos(obj.id)[1]-34+'px';
callout.style.left=obj.offsetWidth+93+'px';
callout.style.display='block';
text.innerHTML='';
text.innerHTML=arrCallout[obj.id];
}
function hideCallout(obj) {
var callout=document.getElementById('callout');
callout.style.display='none';
}
function findPos(obj) {
var objE=document.getElementById(obj);
var curleft = curtop = 0;
if (objE.offsetParent) {
curleft = objE.offsetLeft
curtop = objE.offsetTop
while (objE = objE.offsetParent) {
curleft += objE.offsetLeft
curtop += objE.offsetTop
}
}
topE_left=curleft;
topE_top=curtop;
return [curleft,curtop];
}
function cleanWhitespace(node) {
var notWhitespace = /\S/;
for (var x = 0; x < node.childNodes.length; x++) {
var childNode = node.childNodes[x]
if ((childNode.nodeType == 3)&&(!notWhitespace.test(childNode.nodeValue))) {
// that is, if it's a whitespace text node
node.removeChild(node.childNodes[x])
x--
}
if (childNode.nodeType == 1) {
// elements can have text child nodes of their own
cleanWhitespace(childNode)
}
}
}
function init() {
/* var counter=0;
var objLeftNav=document.getElementById('leftNav');
var arrAList=objLeftNav.getElementsByTagName('a');
for (var i=0;i!['+strNav[0].getAttribute('alt')+'](/littlescholastic/images/'+strNav[0].getAttribute('image')+'){kind=small}
