function grabRecentBlogPosts(){
                var ajaxRequest; 
    try {  ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP');   }
    catch (e) 
    {
        try {   ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');    }
        catch (e2) 
        {
          try {  ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();     }
          catch (e3) {  ajaxRequest = false;   }
        }
     }
                 
                // Create a function that will receive data sent from the server
                ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function(){
                                if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4){
                                                var blogResponse = ajaxRequest.responseText;
                                                document.getElementById("latest_from_blog").innerHTML = blogResponse;
                                } else if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 1 ||ajaxRequest.readyState == 2 || ajaxRequest.readyState == 3) {
                                                document.getElementById("latest_from_blog").innerHTML = "<img src=\"/images/ajax-loader3.gif\" alt=\"Loading...\" />";
                                }
                }
                
                var url = "/grab_recent_blog_posts.php"; // No question mark needed
                var params = "newsletter_email=hai";
                ajaxRequest.open("POST",url,true);
                ajaxRequest.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
                ajaxRequest.send(params);

}

function submitEmail(){
	var ajaxRequest; 
    try {  ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP');   }
    catch (e) 
    {
        try {   ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');    }
        catch (e2) 
        {
          try {  ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();     }
          catch (e3) {  ajaxRequest = false;   }
        }
     }
	 
	// Create a function that will receive data sent from the server
	ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function(){
		if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4){
			var emailResponse = ajaxRequest.responseText;
			if(emailResponse == "email-added") {
				document.getElementById("newsletter_area").innerHTML = "<p>Thank you.  You will now receive all future newletters from Designaweb!";
			} else {
				document.getElementById("newsletter_area_error").innerHTML = "<p style=\"color: #0CB0CC\">" + emailResponse + "</p>";
		}
		} else if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 1 ||ajaxRequest.readyState == 2 || ajaxRequest.readyState == 3) {
			document.getElementById("newsletter_area_error").innerHTML = "<img src=\"/images/ajax-loader2.gif\" alt=\"Loading...\" />";
		}
	}
	
	var url = "/subscribe_to_newsletter2.php"; // No question mark needed
	var email = document.getElementById("newsletter_email").value;
	var params = "newsletter_email=" + email;
	ajaxRequest.open("POST",url,true);
	ajaxRequest.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
	ajaxRequest.send(params);

}