function gup( name )
{
	name = name.replace(/[\[]/,"\\\[").replace(/[\]]/,"\\\]");
	var regexS = "[\\?&]"+name+"=([^&#]*)";
	var regex = new RegExp( regexS );
	var results = regex.exec( window.location.href );
	if( results == null )
	{
		return "";
	}
	else 
	{
		//DS: escape / unescape is not UTF-8 compliant.
		//return unescape(results[1]);
		return decodeURIComponent(results[1]);
	}	
}