// Redirect to alternate locations *********************************************
function searchFormSubmit(form) {

     if (form.aff.value == 'archives' || form.aff[1].checked == true) {

	 var region = 'lh';
         window.location = "http://www.newslibrary.com/nlsearch.asp?" + 
		"search_mode=all&action=search&date_mode=year&year=last+180+days&" +
		"sort=d%3Ah&nitems=10&region=" + region + "&dbquery=" + form.keywords.value;
             return false;

     } else if (form.aff.value == 'web' || form.aff[2].checked == true) {

         var encoded_keywords = encodeURIComponent(form.keywords.value);
         var section_num = '453';
         var url_version = 'ysr';
	 var sitename = 'heraldleader';
         var params = 'product=Yahoo%2COverture&' +
                      'collection=WEB&' +
                      'live_template=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.' + sitename + '.com%2F' + section_num + '%2Fv-' 
				+ url_version + '%2Findex.html&' + 
                      'error_template=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.' + sitename + '.com%2F' + section_num + '%2Fv-yerr%2Findex.html&' +
                      'preview_template=http%3A%2F%2Fpreview.' + sitename + '.com%2F' + section_num + '%2Fv-' 
				+ url_version + '%2Findex.html&' +
                      'results_per_page=10'; 
         window.location = "http://search.heraldleader.com/search-bin/search.pl.cgi?sf_Keywords=" 
		+ encoded_keywords + '&' + params;
         return false;

     }

     return true;
 }

// end Redirect ****************************************************************

// getParams *******************************************************************
function getParams(params) {
   var Params = new Object ();
   if ( ! params ) return Params; // return empty object
   var Pairs = params.split(/[;&]/);
   for ( var i = 0; i < Pairs.length; i++ ) {
      var KeyVal = Pairs[i].split('=');
      if ( ! KeyVal || KeyVal.length != 2 ) continue;
      var key = unescape( KeyVal[0] );
      var val = unescape( KeyVal[1] );
      val = val.replace(/\+/g, ' ');
      Params[key] = val;
   }
   return Params;

}
// end getParams *****************************************************************