var commentsReq;

function loadCommentCounts(commentCountsURL) {
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
        commentsReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
        commentsReq.onreadystatechange = processCommentCounts;
        commentsReq.open("POST", commentCountsURL, true);
        commentsReq.send(null);
    // branch for IE/Windows ActiveX version
    } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
        commentsReq = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        if (commentsReq) {
            commentsReq.onreadystatechange = processCommentCounts;
            commentsReq.open("POST", commentCountsURL, true);
            commentsReq.send();
        }
	}
}

function processCommentCounts() {
	// only if req shows "complete"
	if (commentsReq.readyState == 4) {
		// only if "OK"
		if (commentsReq.status == 200) {
			// ...processing statements go here...
			try { //Internet Explorer
				reqXml=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
				reqXml.async="false";
				reqXml.loadXML(commentsReq.responseText);
			}  
			catch(e)  {
				try { // Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, etc.
					parser=new DOMParser();
					reqXml=parser.parseFromString(commentsReq.responseText,"text/xml");
				}
				catch(e) {
					alert(e.message);
					return;
				}
			}
			var entries = reqXml.getElementsByTagName("blogEntry");
			for (var i=0; i<entries.length; i++) {
				var bloggerElements = entries[i].getElementsByTagName("entry");
				var itemDate;
				if (bloggerElements.length > 0) {
					entry = bloggerElements[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
				} else {
					bloggerElements = entries[i].getElementsByTagName("entry");
					entry = bloggerElements[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
				}
				var commentCountElements = entries[i].getElementsByTagName("count");
				var commentCount;
				if (commentCountElements.length > 0) {
					commentCount = commentCountElements[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
				} else {
					commentCountElements = entries[i].getElementsByTagName("count");
					commentCount = commentCountElements[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
				}
				var commentText = "Comments";
				if (commentCount == 1) {
					commentText = "1 Comment";
				} else if (commentCount > 1) {
					commentText = commentCount + " Comments";
				}

				var commentDivId = "commentsLink" + entry.substring(0, entry.lastIndexOf(".shtml"));
				if (document.getElementById(commentDivId) != null) {
					document.getElementById(commentDivId).innerHTML = commentText;
				}
			}
			paragraphTags = document.getElementsByTagName("p");
		}
	}
}