//Adds text to any part of the body of a HTML
function addNode(tagParent,strText,boolAddToBack, boolRemoveNode)
{
  var strNode = document.createTextNode(strText);//holds the test which will be added
   
  //gets the properties of the node
  tagParent = getDocID(tagParent);
  
  //checks if the user whats to replace the node in order to start with a clean slate
  //it also checks if there is a chode node to replace
  if (boolRemoveNode == true && tagParent.childNodes.length > 0)
	//replaces the current node with what the user wants
	tagParent.replaceChild(strNode,tagParent.childNodes[0]);
  else
  {
  	//checks if the user whats to added to the back of the id or the front
  	if(boolAddToBack == true)
		tagParent.appendChild(strNode);
  	else
		//This is a built-in function of Javascript will add text to the beginning of the child
  		insertBefore(strNode,tagParent.firstChild);
  }//end of if else
  
  //returns the divParent in order for the user to use it for more uses
  return tagParent;
}//end of addNode()

//does the display the a message in a on the page weather then an alert
function displayMessage(tagMessage,strMessText,boolAddToBack, boolRemoveNode)
{
	//gets the message properties and sets the text furthermore it does the display
	tagMessage = addNode(tagMessage,strMessText,boolAddToBack, boolRemoveNode);
	tagMessage.style.display = "block";	
	
	return tagMessage;
}//end of displayMessage()

//gets the document properties in order to use them as there are many types of browers with different versions
function getDocID(tagLayer)
{
	var tagProp = "";//holds the proerties of tagLayer

	//gets the whichLayer Properties depending of the differnt bowers the user is using
	if (document.getElementById)//this is the way the standards work
		tagProp = document.getElementById(tagLayer);
	else if (document.all)//this is the way old msie versions work
		tagProp = document.all[tagLayer];
	else if (document.layers)//this is the way nn4 works
		tagProp = document.layers[tagLayer];
		
	return tagProp;
}//end of getDocID()