var xmlhttp
var countdown = 20000
setTimeout(loadFeedItem, countdown);


function addEmail(email)
{
xmlhttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
if (xmlhttp==null)
  {
  alert ("Your browser does not support XMLHTTP!");
  return;
  }
var url="addEmail.php?address=" + email;
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=updateEmail;
xmlhttp.open("GET",url,true);
xmlhttp.send(null);
    document.getElementById('address').value = '';
}
function updateEmail()
{
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4)
  {
  document.getElementById("email").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
  setTimeout(restoreEmail, 5000);
  }
}
function restoreEmail() {
      document.getElementById("email").innerHTML="Join our fan e-mail list for the latest updates by e-mail!";
}

function loadFeedItem()
{
xmlhttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
if (xmlhttp==null)
  {
  alert ("Your browser does not support XMLHTTP!");
  return;
  }
var url="feed.php";

xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=updateTicker;
xmlhttp.open("POST",url,true);
xmlhttp.send(null);
setTimeout(loadFeedItem, countdown);
}

function updateTicker()
{
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4)
  {
  document.getElementById("ticker").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
  }
}

function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
  {
  // code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
  return new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
if (window.ActiveXObject)
  {
  // code for IE6, IE5
  return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
return null;
}