function showContent()
{
	var menu = document.getElementById("issuemenu");
	var issue = menu.options[menu.selectedIndex].value;
	makeRequest("http://www.shadowgrove.com/newsletter_content.php?issue=" + issue);
}

function publish()
{
	var menu = document.getElementById("issuemenu");
	var issue = menu.options[menu.selectedIndex].value;
	location="nl_publish.php?issue=" + issue;
}

function makeRequest(url) {
  http_request = false;
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
     http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
     if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
        http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
     }
  } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
     try {
        http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
     } catch (e) {
        try {
           http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        } catch (e) {}
     }
  }
  if (!http_request) {
     alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
     return false;
  }
  http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
  http_request.open('GET', url, true);
  http_request.send(null);
}

function alertContents() {
	if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
		if (http_request.status == 200) {
			document.getElementById("newsletter_content").innerHTML = http_request.responseText;			
		}
	}
}