listingPage = false;

/* gets the list of photos to use for the splash screen */
function getFeaturedShows()
{
	// XMLHttpRequest object
	var oXmlHttp = createXMLHttp();

	// open method for XMLHttpRequest object
	oXmlHttp.open( "POST", "script/getFeaturedShows.asp", true );
		
	// Request header for POST data
	oXmlHttp.setRequestHeader( "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" );

	// onreadystatechange listener, for response from server
	oXmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function() 
	{	
		// if the response is received
		if ( oXmlHttp.readyState == 4 ) 
		{
			// if the response is 'OK'
			if ( oXmlHttp.status == 200 )
			{
			
				var response = oXmlHttp.responseText;	// response text
				
				printFeaturedShows( response.split( "&&" ) );
			}
		}
	}; // end onreadystatechange listener
	
	// send the data to the server
	oXmlHttp.send( "" );
	
} /* end getSplashPhotos function */

function printFeaturedShows( showList )
{

	featureDiv = document.getElementById( "featuredList" );
	featureDiv.innerHTML = "";
	
	span = document.createElement( "div" );
	span.className = "featuredTitle";
	span.appendChild( document.createTextNode( "Featured Shows" ) );
	featureDiv.appendChild( span );
	featureDiv.appendChild( document.createElement( "br" ) );
	
	for ( var i = 0; i < showList.length; i++ )
	{
	
		showInfo = showList[i].split( "||" );

		a = document.createElement( "a" );
		a.setAttribute( "href", "listing.html?eventNum=" + showInfo[ 0 ] );
		
		img = document.createElement( "img" );
		img.setAttribute( "border", "0" );
		img.setAttribute( "src", "eventImages/" + showInfo[1] );
		img.setAttribute( "width", "190" );
		img.setAttribute( "height", "70" );
		a.appendChild( img );
		
		div = document.createElement( "div" );
		div.className = "showInfo";
		
		span = document.createElement( "span" );
		span.className = "title";
		span.innerHTML = showInfo[2];
		div.appendChild( span );
		div.appendChild( document.createElement( "br" ) );
		
		span = document.createElement( "span" );
		span.className = "location";
		span.innerHTML = showInfo[3];
		div.appendChild( span );

		a.appendChild( div );
		featureDiv.appendChild( a );
		featureDiv.appendChild( document.createElement( "br" ) );
		
	}
}