function ajax(){
	
		    try {
	        ajaxObject = new XMLHttpRequest();
	    }
	    catch (e) {
	        try {
	            ajaxObject = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
	        }
	        catch (e) {
	            try {
	                ajaxObject = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	            }
	            catch (e) {
	                alert("Your browser does not support AJAX.");
	                return false;
	            }
	        }
	    }
		return ajaxObject;
}
function sendMail() {
	    var ajaxObject;
		ajaxObject = ajax();

		var name = document.getElementById('contact[name]');
		var email = document.getElementById('contact[email]');
		var phone = document.getElementById('contact[phone]');

	    var formObject = document.getElementById("contact-form");
	    var responseObject = document.getElementById("emailer-response");

	    ajaxObject.onreadystatechange = function() {
	        if(ajaxObject.readyState == 1) {
	            name.disabled = "disabled";
	            email.disabled = "disabled";
				phone.disabled = "disabled";
				responseObject.className = "";
	            responseObject.innerHTML = "The request has been set up...";
				responseObject.style.colot = "green";
	        }
	        else if(ajaxObject.readyState == 4) {
	            name.disabled = "";
	            email.disabled = "";
				phone.disabled = "";
	            if(ajaxObject.status == 200) {
					responseObject.style.colot = "green";
	                responseObject.innerHTML = ajaxObject.responseText;
	            }
	            else if(ajaxObject.status == 400) {
					responseObject.style.color = "red";
	                responseObject.innerHTML = ajaxObject.responseText;
	            }
	            else {
					responseObject.style.colot = "red";
	                responseObject.innerHTML = "Are you still connected to the internet?"
	            }
	        }
	    }
	    var params = "contact[name]=" + name.value + "&contact[email]=" + email.value + "&contact[phone]=" + phone.value;
	    ajaxObject.open("POST","ajax/request.php",true);
	    ajaxObject.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
	    ajaxObject.setRequestHeader("Content-length", params.length);
	    ajaxObject.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
	    ajaxObject.send(params);
	}