function makeRequest( url ){
	
	var httpRequest;

	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
		httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
		if (httpRequest.overrideMimeType) {
			httpRequest.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
		}
	} 
	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('GET', url, true);
	httpRequest.send('');
}			
function alertContents(httpRequest){
	if (httpRequest.readyState == 4){
		if (httpRequest.status == 200){
			var result = httpRequest.responseXML;
			parseresponse( result );
		} 
		else {
			alert('There was a problem with the request.');
		}
	}
}
function parseresponse( xmldoc ){

	result = xmldoc.documentElement;

	newcontent = result.getElementsByTagName('newcontent')[0].firstChild.data;
	document.getElementById('videoitems').innerHTML += newcontent;

	newoffset = result.getElementsByTagName('newoffset')[0].firstChild.data;
	if(newoffset != 'NULL'){
		document.getElementById('showmore').innerHTML = newoffset;
	}
	else{
		document.getElementById('showmore').innerHTML = '';
	}
}