////////////////////////// START: general functions ////////////////////////////////
function randomString(intLength) {
	var chars = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXTZabcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
	var string_length = intLength;
	var randomstring = '';
	for (var i=0; i<string_length; i++) {
		var rnum = Math.floor(Math.random() * chars.length);
		randomstring += chars.substring(rnum,rnum+1);
	}
	return randomstring;
}

function getQueryVariable(variable) {  
	var query = window.location.search.substring(1); 
	var vars = query.split("&");
	for (var i=0;i<vars.length;i++) {
		var pair = vars[i].split("="); 
		if (pair[0] == variable) { 
			return pair[1];  
		}
	}
}
///////////////////////// END: general functions ////////////////////////////////

function init(){

}
