function jsonit(myurl,xstartoffset,direction)
	{
		myurl = myurl + "&startoffset=" + xstartoffset + "&direction=" + direction;
		if (direction == 'forward')
		{
			startoffset = xstartoffset + 6;
		}
		else
		{
			if (startoffset <=0)
			{
				startoffset = 0;
			}
			else
			{
				startoffset = xstartoffset - 6;
			}
		}
		var req = null;
		if (document.getElementById)
		{
		}
		else
		{
			return false;
		}
		if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
		{
			req = new XMLHttpRequest();
		}
		else if (window.ActiveXObject) 
		{
			try
			{
				req = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
			}
			catch (e)
			{
				try
					{
						req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
					} 
				catch (e)
				{}
			}
		}
		
		req.onreadystatechange = function()
		{
			if(req.readyState == 4)
			{
			
				if(req.status == 200)
				{
					eval("var response = ("+req.responseText+")");
					if (response.status != 'eof')
					{
						theitems(response.items);
						var tb_pathToImage = "images/loadingAnimation.gif";
						tb_init('a.thickbox, area.thickbox, input.thickbox');//pass where to apply thickbox
						imgLoader = new Image();// preload image
						imgLoader.src = tb_pathToImage;
					}
					else
					{
						jsonit(myurl,0,'forward');
					}
				}
				else
				{
					alert(+ req.status + " " + req.statusText);
				}
			}
		}
		req.open("GET", myurl, true);
		req.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"); 
		req.send(null);
		tb_init('a.thickbox, area.thickbox, input.thickbox');
	}
	
	function theitems(items)
	{
		var masterdiv = document.getElementById('master');
		if ( masterdiv.hasChildNodes() )
		{
			while ( masterdiv.childNodes.length >= 1 )
			{
				masterdiv.removeChild( masterdiv.firstChild );       
			} 
		}
		if (items.description.length>0)
		{
			for(j=0;j<items.photoid.length;j++)
			{
				var myp = document.createElement('p');
				myp.id = 'p' + items.photoid[j];
				
				var myimg = document.createElement('img');
//				myimg.src = 'cmsfiles/th' + items.filename[j];
				myimg.src = 'lib_resizer.asp?gallerypath=cmsfiles&imagepath=sm'+items.filename[j]+'&aratio=s&w=60';
				myimg.className = 'photo';
				myimg.border = 0;
				var mya = document.createElement('a');
				mya.href = 'cmsfiles/' +  items.filename[j];
				if ((items.caption[j] != '') & (items.caption[j] != ' '))
				{
					mya.title = items.caption[j];
				}
				else
				{
					if ((items.description[j] != '') & (items.description[j] != ' '))
					{
						mya.title = items.caption[j];
					}
					else
					{
						if ((items.description[j] != '') & (items.description[j] != ' '))
						{
							mya.title = items.caption[j];
						}
					}
				}
				mya.className = 'thickbox';
				mya.rel = 'latest-top';
				mya.appendChild(myimg);
				myp.appendChild(mya);
				
				j++;
				if (j<items.photoid.length)
				{
					var myimg = document.createElement('img');
					myimg.src = 'cmsfiles/th' + items.filename[j];
					
					myimg.src = 'lib_resizer.asp?gallerypath=cmsfiles&imagepath='+items.filename[j]+'&aratio=s&w=60';
					
					myimg.className = 'photo';
					myimg.border = 0;
					var mya = document.createElement('a');
					mya.href = 'cmsfiles/' +  items.filename[j];
					if ((items.caption[j] != '') & (items.caption[j] != ' '))
					{
						mya.title = items.caption[j];
					}
					else
					{
						if ((items.description[j] != '') & (items.description[j] != ' '))
						{
							mya.title = items.caption[j];
						}
						else
						{
							if ((items.description[j] != '') & (items.description[j] != ' '))
							{
								mya.title = items.caption[j];
							}
						}
					}
					mya.className = 'thickbox';
					mya.rel = 'latest-top';
					mya.appendChild(myimg);
					myp.appendChild(mya);
				}
				
				masterdiv.appendChild(myp);
				
				// begin repeat for each item in a row
				j++;
				if (j<items.photoid.length)
				{
					var myimg = document.createElement('img');
					myimg.src = 'cmsfiles/th' + items.filename[j];
					
					myimg.src = 'lib_resizer.asp?gallerypath=cmsfiles&imagepath='+items.filename[j]+'&aratio=s&w=60';
					
					myimg.className = 'photo';
					myimg.border = 0;
					var mya = document.createElement('a');
					mya.href = 'cmsfiles/' +  items.filename[j];
					if ((items.caption[j] != '') & (items.caption[j] != ' '))
					{
						mya.title = items.caption[j];
					}
					else
					{
						if ((items.description[j] != '') & (items.description[j] != ' '))
						{
							mya.title = items.caption[j];
						}
						else
						{
							if ((items.description[j] != '') & (items.description[j] != ' '))
							{
								mya.title = items.caption[j];
							}
						}
					}
					mya.className = 'thickbox';
					mya.rel = 'latest-top';
					mya.appendChild(myimg);
					myp.appendChild(mya);
				}
				
				masterdiv.appendChild(myp);
				//end repear
			}
		}
	}