function makeRequest(conindex) {
        var httpRequest;

        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
            httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
            if (httpRequest.overrideMimeType) {
                httpRequest.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
                // See note below about this line
            }
        } 
        else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
            try {
                httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
                } 
                catch (e) {
                           try {
                                httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                               } 
                             catch (e) {}
                          }
                                       }

        if (!httpRequest) {
            alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
            return false;
        }
        httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContents(httpRequest); };
        httpRequest.open('POST', 'content.php', true);
		httpRequest.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
        httpRequest.send(getQuery(conindex));
    }
	
	function getQuery(conindex) {
		var rquery
		
		rquery = "conindex=" + conindex;
		return rquery;
	}
	
    function alertContents(httpRequest) {

        if (httpRequest.readyState == 4) {
            if (httpRequest.status == 200) {
                document.getElementById('bottom').innerHTML = httpRequest.responseText + "<div class=\"clear\"></div>";
            } else {
                alert('There was a problem with the request.');
            }
        }

    }