//stretches the page to the bottom of the browser function fillPage() { //get height of display area of browser window (i.e. non-toolbar, etc. area; supported by higher browsers --> lower browsers return "0") var winHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight; if(document.getElementById && document.getElementsByTagName) { //gets height of web page itself (area btw body tags; this area may be smaller or larger than winHeight) var bodyHeight = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].clientHeight //gets height of content area var contentHeight = document.getElementById("content").offsetHeight; //only apply correction if page isn't already filling browser window if(bodyHeight < winHeight) { //gets the height difference to be added to the content div (minus 1/15, as otherwise scrollbars appear) var newHeight = contentHeight + (winHeight-bodyHeight); newHeight = newHeight - newHeight/15; //adds difference calc'd above to the content div // minHeight used to ensure div can expand when other js fn's change size of elements w/in content div document.getElementById("content").style.minHeight = newHeight + "px"; //checks for IE 6 - adds style as height (vs. minHeight) if found // navigator.appVersion for IE 4,5,6 = 4 if(navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer" && parseFloat(navigator.appVersion) < 5) { document.getElementById("content").style.height = newHeight + "px"; } } } } //centres page vertically based on window height - js must be after tag + body tag must have id (here, it's 'body') function centrePageVert() { //get height of window (supported by higher browsers --> lower browsers return "0") var winHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight; //pageBG is div w/ all content except Header. 80px is height of header var contentHeight = document.getElementById('pageBG').clientHeight + 80; if(winHeight > contentHeight) { //gets a little less than 1/2 the difference btw window height and page height to top (looks better w/o full 1/2 added var addTop = Math.floor((winHeight-contentHeight)/2.8); //adds difference calc'd above to top body margin (checks if getElementById supported 1st to avoid errors) if(document.getElementById){ document.getElementById('body').style.marginTop = addTop + "px"; } } } /*inserts Flash onto the page (used to avoid IE "Click to activate..." nag ran = total # of random #'s to choose from (0 = always) flaFile = path to swf w = swf width h = swf height fv = flashVars div = div containing swf killTime = time to keep fla onscreen (0 = permanent) */ function insertFla(ran, flaFile, w, h, fv, div, killTime) { //randomly adds fla //setTimeout used to delay this slightly to let FlashVars load if(Math.floor(Math.random()*ran) == 0) { window.setTimeout('addFla("' + flaFile + '",' + w + ',' + h + ',"' + fv + '","' + div + '",' + killTime +')',1); } //addFla(flaFile, w, h, fv, div, killTime } //uses swfobject (downloaded online) function addFla(flaFile, w, h, fv, div, killTime) { var so1 = new SWFObject(flaFile, "swfHeader", w, h, "7", "#FFFFFF"); so1.addParam("movie", flaFile); so1.addParam("wmode", "transparent"); so1.addParam("FlashVars", fv); so1.write(div); window.setTimeout("killFla('" + div + "'," + killTime + ")",killTime); } //added so user can still click on header after killTime seconds in FF function killFla(div, killTime) { if(killTime > 0) { document.getElementById(div).innerHTML = ""; } }