function showStats(sS) {
document.getElementById(sS).style.visibility="visible";
}

function hideStats(hS) {
document.getElementById(hS).style.visibility="hidden";
}

function showClosing(e) {
document.getElementById(e).style.visibility="visible";
}

function showSmilies(s) {
document.getElementById(s).style.visibility="visible";
}

function hideSmilies(s) {
document.getElementById(s).style.visibility="hidden";
}

function showColorThemes(c) {
document.getElementById(c).style.visibility="visible";
}

function hideColorThemes(c) {
document.getElementById(c).style.visibility="hidden";
}

function showLayer(d) {
eval(document.getElementById(d).style.visibility="visible");
}

function showTransNotice(d) {
document.getElementById(d).style.visibility="visible";
}


function placeLayer(w) {
        if (document.layers){
        xCoord = e.x;
        yCoord = e.y;
	}

        else if (document.all){
        xCoord = event.clientX;
        yCoord = event.clientY;
	}

        else if (document.getElementById){
        xCoord = e.clientX;
        yCoord = e.clientY;
	}

document.getElementById(w).style.top = yCoord+10;
document.getElementById(w).style.left = xCoord-20;
}

function showLyr(w) { // use this for any layer

document.getElementById(w).style.visibility="visible";

//document.onmousemove = placeLayer;
//if(document.captureEvents) {document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE);}

}

function hideLyr(w) {
   if(w=="all") {
      document.getElementById("menuLayer").style.visibility="hidden";
      document.getElementById("evtLayer").style.visibility="hidden";
      document.getElementById("adLayer").style.visibility="hidden";
      document.getElementById("chatMenu").style.visibility="hidden";
   }
   else {
      document.getElementById(w).style.visibility="hidden";
   }
}