var ajax = new Ajax();
var count = 59;
var seconds = 60;
var firstDelay = 60;
var ctInterval = null;
var intervalID = null;
var first = false;
  
var hand = function(str) {
  var t_status = document.getElementById('twitterstatus');
  var ts = document.getElementById('twitter_ajax_status');
  if (t_status != null) {
    if (str.length > 0) {
	  t_status.innerHTML = str;
    }
    else {
	  t_status.innerHTML = 'Error retrieving twitter data.';
    }
    document.getElementById('twitter_ajax_status').style.display = 'none';
    setTimeout("document.getElementById('twitter_ajax_status').innerHTML = '';", 2000);
  }
}
  
var getTwitterStatus = function() {
  var ts = document.getElementById('twitter_ajax_status');
  ts.innerHTML = 'Updating...Please wait...';
  ts.style.display = 'block';
  ajax.doGet('/php_inc/twitterstatus.php', hand);
}
  
var updateTwitterStatus = function() {
  seconds = 59;
  var first_delay = 2;
  if (first) {
	setTimeout("getTwitterStatus();", firstDelay * 1000);
	seconds -= first_delay;
	first = false;
  }
  intervalID = setInterval("getTwitterStatus();", seconds * 1000);
}
  
//updateTwitterStatus();