//here you place the ids of every element you want.
var ids=new Array('contactForm', 'aboutMe', 'flickrBadge');


function makeactive(tab) {
 document.getElementById("tab1").className = ""; 
 document.getElementById("tab2").className = ""; 
 document.getElementById("tab3").className = "";
 document.getElementById("tab"+tab).className = "active";
}



function switchid(id){	
	hideallids();
	showdiv(id);
}

function hideallids(){
	//loop through the array and hide each element by id
	for (var i=0;i<ids.length;i++){
		hidediv(ids[i]);
	}		  
}

function hidediv(id) {
	//safe function to hide an element with a specified id
	if (document.getElementById) { // DOM3 = IE5, NS6
		document.getElementById(id).style.display = 'none';
		
	}
	else {
		if (document.layers) { // Netscape 4
			document.id.display = 'none';
			
			
		}
		else { // IE 4
			document.all.id.style.display = 'none';
		}
	}
}

function showdiv(id) {
	//safe function to show an element with a specified id
		  
	if (document.getElementById) { // DOM3 = IE5, NS6
		document.getElementById(id).style.display = 'block';
	}
	else {
		if (document.layers) { // Netscape 4
			document.id.display = 'block';
		}
		else { // IE 4
			document.all.id.style.display = 'block';
		}
	}
}