
// the data for spelling out xaotec randomly
var title = new Array (
	new Array("x", "><", "}{", "][", "»«", "×"),
	new Array("a", "@", "ª", "à", "á", "â", "ã", "ä", "å", "4"),
	new Array("o", "ò", "ó", "ô", "õ", "ö", "ø", "0"),
	new Array("t", "÷", "±", "+", "<strike>/</strike>", "<strike>|</strike>", "7"),
	new Array("e", "è", "é", "ê", "ë", "3"),
	new Array("c", "ç", "©", "¢", "<")
	);

// spell out xaotec
function spellIt()
{
	var name = "&nbsp;&nbsp;";
	for (var i=0; i<title.length; i++)
	{
		var j = Math.floor(Math.random() * (title[i].length));
		var letter = title[i][j];
		name += letter + "&nbsp;&nbsp;";
	}
	return name;
}

// get a phrase from the message list, and output it to the page
function getPhrase()
{
	return "ps: it's pronounced kA-<b>ä</b>-tik";
}

// generate the name, and the phrase-of-the-day
function writeHeader(title, phrase)
{
	if (title == null)
		title = spellIt();
	if (phrase == null)
		phrase = getPhrase();
	document.write("<a class='white' href='/'><h1 class=header>" + 
		title + "</h1></a>\n");
	document.write("<div class=msg>" + phrase + "</div>\n");
}

// generate navigation common to all site pages. TODO - once
// on xaotec, make these links all site-absolute
function writeNav()
{
	var nav = 
		'<div class="rnav">\n'+
		':<a class=nav href="/">home</a>:<br />\n'+
		':<a class=nav href="/contact.html">contact</a>:<br />\n'+
		':<a class=nav href="/articles/">articles</a>:<br />\n'+
		':<a class=nav href="/photos-web">photos</a>:<br />\n'+
		':<a class=nav href="/wedding">wedding</a>:<br />\n'+
		':<a class=nav href="/cgi/weblog-add.cgi?category=diary">new post</a>:<br />\n'+
		'</div>\n';
	document.write(nav);
}

// write navigation specific to bex's blog
function writeBexNav()
{
	var bexNav = 
		'<div class="rnav">'+
		'deep links...<br />'+
		':<a class=nav href="/bex/archive/index.html">archives</a>:<br />'+
		':<a class=nav href="/cgi/new_blog.php">new blog</a>:<br />'+
		':<a class=nav href="/bex/pics/index.html">pics</a>:<br />'+
		'</div>';
	document.write(bexNav);
}

function writeFooter()
{
	var footer = 
		'<div class="msgBox">\n'+
		'copyright 2004, xaotec inc.\n'+
		'</div>\n';
	document.write(footer);
}

