function status(id) {
	var xmlhttp=false; 
							
	try {
		xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP'); // Firefox
	} catch (e) {
		try {
			xmlhttp = new
			ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP'); // IE
		} catch (E) {
			xmlhttp = false;
		}
	}
	
    if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest!='undefined') {
		xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); 
	}
							
    var url = '/mods/authors/status.php?author=' + id; 
	
	xmlhttp.open('GET', url, true); 
	xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() { 
		if (xmlhttp.readyState==4) { 
			var content = xmlhttp.responseText.split('||');  
			if (content) {
				document.getElementById('user_status').src = '/templates/default/img/status/' + content[0] + '.gif'; 
				document.getElementById('user_status').alt = content[1]; 
				document.getElementById('user_status').title = content[1]; 
			}
		}
	}
	xmlhttp.send(null); 
	return;
}