function URLEncode(url){
	var SAFECHARS = "0123456789" + "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" + "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" + "-_.!~*'()"; // RFC2396 Mark characters
	var HEX = "0123456789ABCDEF";
	var plaintext = url;
	var encoded = "";
	for (var i = 0; i < plaintext.length; i++ ) {
		var ch = plaintext.charAt(i);
		if (ch == " ") {
			encoded += "+"; // x-www-urlencoded, rather than %20
		} else if (SAFECHARS.indexOf(ch) != -1) {
			encoded += ch;
		} else {
			var charCode = ch.charCodeAt(0);
			if (charCode > 255) {
				alert( "Unicode Character '" + ch + "' cannot be encoded using standard URL encoding.\n" + "(URL encoding only supports 8-bit characters.)\n" + "A space (+) will be substituted." );
				encoded += "+";
			} else {
				encoded += "%";
				encoded += HEX.charAt((charCode >> 4) & 0xF);
				encoded += HEX.charAt(charCode & 0xF);
			}
		}
	}
	return encoded;
}
function URLDecode(url){
	var HEXCHARS = "0123456789ABCDEFabcdef";
	var encoded = url;
	var plaintext = "";
	var i = 0;
	while (i < encoded.length) {
		var ch = encoded.charAt(i);
		if (ch == "+") {
			plaintext += " ";
			i++;
		} else if (ch == "%") {
			if (i < (encoded.length-2) && HEXCHARS.indexOf(encoded.charAt(i+1)) != -1 && HEXCHARS.indexOf(encoded.charAt(i+2)) != -1 ) {
				plaintext += unescape( encoded.substr(i,3) );
				i += 3;
			} else {
				alert( 'Bad escape combination near ...' + encoded.substr(i) );
				plaintext += "%[ERROR]";
				i++;
			}
		} else {
			plaintext += ch;
			i++;
		}
	} // while 
	return plaintext;
}