//preloading images for ":hover"
function preload(){
    pic1= new Image();
    pic1.src="../img/nav_link_hover.jpg";
    pic2= new Image();
    pic2.src="../img/nav_bullet_hover.gif";
    pic3= new Image();
    pic3.src=" ../img/left_nav_hover_border.jpg";

}

function toggle(id) {

	var elem = document.getElementById(id);

	var all_li = document.getElementById("flash_menu").getElementsByTagName("span");
	
	elems = [];
	for(i = 0; i < all_li.length; i++)
	{
		if(all_li[i].parentNode.tagName.toLowerCase() == "li")
			elems[elems.length] = all_li[i];
	}
	
	for(i = 0; i < elems.length; i++)
	{
//		elems[i].className = (elems[i] != elem || elems[i].className == "open_user") ? "users" : "open_user";
		
		if (elems[i] != elem || elems[i].style.display  == "block"){
			elems[i].style.display = "none";
		}
		else {
			elems[i].style.display = "block";
		}
			
	}
}