function getId(Id)
	{
		return document.getElementById(Id);
	} // end function getID(Id)

function new_freecap()
{
        // loads new freeCap image
        if(document.getElementById)
        {
                // extract image name from image source (i.e. cut off ?randomness)
                thesrc = document.getElementById("freecap").src;
                //thesrc = thesrc.substring(0,thesrc.lastIndexOf(".")+4);
                // add ?(random) to prevent browser/isp caching
                document.getElementById("freecap").src = thesrc+"&"+Math.round(Math.random()*1000);
        } else {
                alert("Sorry, cannot autoreload freeCap image\nSubmit the form and a new freeCap will be loaded");
        }
}
	function contactcheck()
	{
		if (getId("fieldName").value == '')
		{
			alert ("Please enter your name!");
			return false;
		} // end if

		if (getId("fieldTelephone").value == '' && getId("fieldEmail").value == '')
		{
			alert ("Please enter your telephone number or email address!");
			return false;
		} // end if
		
		if (getId("fieldWord").value == '')
		{
			alert ("Please enter the word from the image!");
			return false;
		} // end if

		return true;
	} // end function

	function candidatecheck()
	{
		if (getId("fname").value == '')
		{
			alert ("Please enter your First Name!");
			return false;
		} // end if

		if (getId("name").value == '')
		{
			alert ("Please enter your Surname!");
			return false;
		} // end if

		if (getId("word").value == '')
		{
			alert ("Please enter the word from the image!");
			return false;
		} // end if
	} // end function

	function quickregcheck()
	{
		if (getId("name_reg").value == '')
		{
			alert ("Please enter your Name!");
			return false;
		} // end if

		if ((getId("email_reg").value == '') && (getId("tel_reg").value == ''))
		{
			alert ("Please enter either your telephone number or your email address!");
			return false;
		} // end if
	} // end function