// Initialize the home page
function init_home() {

    // Initialize the calendar on the home page
    init_ShortCalendar(9);
}


// Validate the search page
function validate_search() {

    // Set up a blank warning message
    var Message = "";

    // Notify the user if no search text was entered
    if (document.getElementById("SearchString").value.replace(/^\s*|\s*$/g, "") == "") {
        Message += "\u2022 You must specify something to search for." + "\r\n";
        document.getElementById("SearchString").style.backgroundColor="#FFDDDD";
    } else {
        document.getElementById("SearchString").style.backgroundColor="#FFFFFF";
    }

    // If a message exists, then display it as an alert and return false
    if (Message != "") {
        alert (Message);
        return false;
    }

    return true;
}