function preferenceMenu(obj)
{
	var el = document.getElementById(obj);
	if(el.style.display != "block")
	{
			el.style.display = "block";
		} else {
			el.style.display = "none";
	}
}
function sideNav(obj)
{
	var el = document.getElementById(obj);
	if(el.style.display != "none")
	{
			el.style.display = "none";
		} else {
			el.style.display = "block";
	}
}

function getPage(page){
	var xmlhttp=false; //Clear our fetching variable
	
	try {
			xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP'); //Try the first kind of active x object…
	} catch (e) {
			try {
				xmlhttp = new
				ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP'); //Try the second kind of active x object
			} catch (E) {
				xmlhttp = false;
			}
	}
	
	if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest!='undefined') {
			xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); //If we were able to get a working active x object, start an XMLHttpRequest
	}
		
    var file = 'news.php'; //This is the path to the file we just finished making *
    xmlhttp.open('GET', file + page, true); //Open the file through GET, and add the page we want to retrieve as a GET variable **
    xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function() {
		if (xmlhttp.readyState==4) { //Check if it is ready to recieve data
				var content = xmlhttp.responseText; //The content data which has been retrieved ***
				if( content ){ //Make sure there is something in the content variable
					  document.getElementById('content').innerHTML = content; //Change the inner content of your div to the newly retrieved content ****
				}
		}
	}
	xmlhttp.send(null) //Nullify the XMLHttpRequest
	return;
}