function follower(){
	$.ajax({
		url: "http://api.twitter.com/1/users/show/mikeharidopolos.json",
		cache:true,
		dataType: "jsonp",
		success:function(data){
			data.followers_count;
			//gets follower count
		}
	});
}
function checkEmail(f) {
		$("#slide").animate({marginLeft:"-700px"}, 700);
	    $.ajax({
	        type: "POST",
	        url: "/store-address.php",
	        data: 'ajax=true&FNAME='+escape($('#fname').val())+'&LNAME='+escape($('#lname').val())+'&EMAIL='+escape($('#email').val())+'&MMERGE6='+escape($('#zip').val())+'&MMERGE3='+escape($('#phone').val()),
	        success: function(msg) {
				//alert(msg);
				if(msg ==  "Thank you. Please check your email to confirm sign up."){
					$("#slide").animate({marginLeft:"-1400px"}, 700, function(){
						$("#signup").css({overflow:"visible"});
						$("#wait,#form").css({visibility:"hidden"});
					});
				}else if(msg == "Error: "+f.email.value.toLowerCase()+" is already subscribed to list Friends of Mike H List"){
					$('.green').html(f.email.value.toLowerCase()+" is already subscribed to Mike's mailing list");
					$("#slide").animate({marginLeft:"-1400px"}, 700, function(){
						$("#signup").css({overflow:"visible"});
						$("#wait,#form").css({visibility:"hidden"});
					});
				}else{
					$("#slide").animate({marginLeft:"0px"}, 700);
					$('.message').addClass('red').html(msg);
				}
	        }
	    }); 
		return false;

}
function clearInput(value, id) {
var input = document.getElementById(id); 
	if(value == input.value){ 
		input.value = '';
	}else{ 
		input.value = input.value;
	} 
}
function fillIn(value, id){
var input = document.getElementById(id);
	if(input.value == ''){ 
		input.value = value;
	}else{ 
		input.value = input.value; 
	}
}
function createCookie(name,value,days) {
	if (days) {
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
		var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
	}
	else var expires = "";
	document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}
function readCookie(name) {
	var nameEQ = name + "=";
	var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
	for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
		var c = ca[i];
		while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
		if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
	}
	return null;
}
function eraseCookie(name) {
	createCookie(name,"",-1);
}