var ALERT_TITLE = "Alert";
		var ALERT_BUTTON_TEXT = "OK";

		if(document.getElementById) {
			window.alert = function(txt) {
				createAlert(txt);
			}
		}

function createAlert(txt) {
	d = document;
	if($("modalContainer")) return;

	mObj = d.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].appendChild(d.createElement("div"));
	mObj.id = "modalContainer";
	 // make sure its as tall as it needs to be to overlay all the content on the page
	mObj.style.height = document.documentElement.scrollHeight + "px";

	// create the DIV that will be the alert 
	alertObj = mObj.appendChild(d.createElement("div"));
	alertObj.id = "alertBox";
	// MSIE doesnt treat position:fixed correctly, so this compensates for positioning the alert
	if(d.all && !window.opera) alertObj.style.top = document.documentElement.scrollTop + "px";
	// center the alert box
	alertObj.style.left = (d.documentElement.scrollWidth - alertObj.offsetWidth)/2 + "px";

	// create an H1 element as the title bar
	h1 = alertObj.appendChild(d.createElement("h1"));
	h1.appendChild(d.createTextNode(ALERT_TITLE));

	// create a paragraph element to contain the txt argument
	msg = alertObj.appendChild(d.createElement("p"));
	msg.appendChild(d.createTextNode(txt));

	// create an anchor element to use as the confirmation button.
	btn = alertObj.appendChild(d.createElement("a"));
	btn.id = "closeBtn";
	btn.appendChild(d.createTextNode(ALERT_BUTTON_TEXT));
	btn.href = "#";
	new Draggable('alertBox');
	center('alertBox')
	// set up the onclick event to remove the alert when the anchor is clicked
	btn.onclick = function() { removeAlert();return false; }
	document.onkeypress = stopRKey;
}
function stopRKey(evt) {
	var evt  = (evt) ? evt : ((event) ? event : null);
	var node = (evt.target) ? evt.target : ((evt.srcElement) ? evt.srcElement : null);
	if ((evt.keyCode == 13) && (node.type=="text")) { removeAlert();return false; }
}
function center(element, offsetX, offsetY){
//set default values
	offsetX = offsetX || 0;
	offsetY = offsetY || 0;
    try{
        element = $(element);
    }catch(e){
        return;
    }

    var my_width  = 0;
    var my_height = 0;

    if ( typeof( window.innerWidth ) == 'number' ){
        my_width  = window.innerWidth;
        my_height = window.innerHeight;
    }else if ( document.documentElement && 
             ( document.documentElement.clientWidth ||
               document.documentElement.clientHeight ) ){
        my_width  = document.documentElement.clientWidth;
        my_height = document.documentElement.clientHeight;
    }
    else if ( document.body && 
            ( document.body.clientWidth || document.body.clientHeight ) ){
        my_width  = document.body.clientWidth;
        my_height = document.body.clientHeight;
    }

    element.style.position = 'absolute';
    element.style.zIndex   = 99;

    var scrollY = 0;

    if ( document.documentElement && document.documentElement.scrollTop ){
        scrollY = document.documentElement.scrollTop;
    }else if ( document.body && document.body.scrollTop ){
        scrollY = document.body.scrollTop;
    }else if ( window.pageYOffset ){
        scrollY = window.pageYOffset;
    }else if ( window.scrollY ){
        scrollY = window.scrollY;
    }

    var elementDimensions = Element.getDimensions(element);

    var setX = ( my_width  - elementDimensions.width  ) / 2;
    var setY = ( my_height - elementDimensions.height ) / 2 + scrollY;

    setX = ( setX < 0 ) ? 0 : setX;
    setY = ( setY < 0 ) ? 0 : setY;

    element.style.left = setX + offsetX + "px";
    element.style.top  = setY + offsetY + "px";

    element.style.display  = 'block';
}

function removeAlert() {
	document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].removeChild($("modalContainer"));
}