function validateKeywordSearch() {
	var ret = true;
	var value = trim(tsGetElementById('SearchText').value);
	if (value=='') {
		tsAlert('Please enter a keyword or search term');
		tsGetElementById('SearchText').focus();
		ret = false;
	}
	return ret;
}

function createCookie(name,value,days) {
	if (days) {
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
		var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
	}
	else var expires = "";
	document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}

function readCookie(name) {
	var nameEQ = name + "=";
	var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
	for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
		var c = ca[i];
		while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
		if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
	}
	return false;
}
function eraseCookie(name) {
	createCookie(name,"",-1);
}

function getURLParam(strParamName){
var strReturn = "";
var strHref = window.location.href;
if ( strHref.indexOf("?") > -1 ){
	var strQueryString = strHref.substr(strHref.indexOf("?")).toLowerCase();
	var aQueryString = strQueryString.split("&");
	for ( var iParam = 0; iParam < aQueryString.length; iParam++ ){
	if (aQueryString[iParam].indexOf(strParamName + "=") > -1 ){
	
	var aParam = aQueryString[iParam].split("=");
	
	strReturn = aParam[1];
	
	break;
	}
	}
}
return strReturn;
}