function login()
{
xmlhttpPost(document.getElementById("loginRef").href,getquerystring()+"&a=entry");
}




function xmlhttpPost(strURL, query) {
    var xmlHttpReq = false;
    var self = this;
    // Mozilla/Safari
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
        self.xmlHttpReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    // IE
    else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
        self.xmlHttpReq = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    }
    self.xmlHttpReq.open('POST', strURL, true);
    self.xmlHttpReq.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
    self.xmlHttpReq.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if (self.xmlHttpReq.readyState == 4) {
            updatepage(self.xmlHttpReq.responseText);
        }
    }
    self.xmlHttpReq.send(query);
}

function getquerystring() {
    var form     = document.forms['backroomLogin'];
    var user = form.user.value;
    var passwd = form.user.value;
    qstr = 'u=' + escape(user) + "&p=" + escape(passwd);  // NOTE: no '?' before querystring
    return qstr;

}

function updatepage(str){
    document.getElementById("result").innerHTML = str;
}