var request;
var slideData = new Array();

request = getAjaxObject();

function execute() {
	request.onreadystatechange = stateChanged;
	request.open("GET", "random.php", true);
	request.send(null);
}

function stateChanged() { 

	if (request.readyState == 4) { 
		var req = request.responseXML.documentElement;
		var items = req.getElementsByTagName("item");
		
		for (i=0; i<items.length; i++) {
			slideData[i] = new Array(
				items[i].getElementsByTagName("image")[0].firstChild.data,
				items[i].getElementsByTagName("link")[0].firstChild.data,
				items[i].getElementsByTagName("firstline")[0].firstChild.data,
				items[i].getElementsByTagName("secondline")[0].firstChild.data
			);
		}

		setTimeout(startSlideshow, 10);
	}
}


function startSlideshow() {
	var slideshow = new timedSlideShow($('layout-featured'), slideData);
}


function setText (input) {
	if (input.options[input.selectedIndex].value == "date") {
		document.getElementById("q").value = "YYYY-MM-DD";
	} else if (document.getElementById("q").value == "YYYY-MM-DD") {
		document.getElementById("q").value = "";
	}
	
}