function setcountdown(theyear,themonth,theday,thehour,themin,thesec)
{
	yr=theyear;mo=themonth;da=theday;hr=thehour;min=themin;sec=thesec;
}
//////////CONFIGURE THE COUNTDOWN SCRIPT HERE//////////////////
//STEP 1: Configure the countdown-to date, in the format year, month, day, hour(0=midnight,23=11pm), minutes, seconds:
setcountdown(2008,11,04,00,00,00);
//STEP 2: Change the two text below to reflect the occasion, and message to display on that occasion, respectively
var occasion="Bulls vs Lakers game";
var message_on_occasion="Go Chicago Bulls!";
//STEP 3: Configure the below 5 variables to set the width, height, background color, and text style of the countdown area
var countdownwidth='520px';
var countdownheight='35px';
var countdownbgcolor='lightyellow';
var opentags='<font face="Verdana"><small>';
var closetags='</small></font>';
//////////DO NOT EDIT PAST THIS LINE//////////////////
var montharray=new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec");
var crosscount='';

function countdown()
{
	crosscount=document.getElementById("countdownie");
	var today=new Date();
	var todayy=today.getYear();
	if (todayy < 1000)
		todayy+=1900;
	var todaym=today.getMonth();
	var todayd=today.getDate();
	var todayh=today.getHours();
	var todaymin=today.getMinutes();
	var todaysec=today.getSeconds();
	var todaystring=montharray[todaym]+" "+todayd+", "+todayy+" "+todayh+":"+todaymin+":"+todaysec;
	futurestring=montharray[mo-1]+" "+da+", "+yr+" "+hr+":"+min+":"+sec;
	dd=Date.parse(futurestring)-Date.parse(todaystring);
	dday=Math.floor(dd/(60*60*1000*24)*1);
	dhour=Math.floor((dd%(60*60*1000*24))/(60*60*1000)*1);
	dmin=Math.floor(((dd%(60*60*1000*24))%(60*60*1000))/(60*1000)*1);
	dsec=Math.floor((((dd%(60*60*1000*24))%(60*60*1000))%(60*1000))/1000*1);
	//if on day of occasion
	if(dday<=0&&dhour<=0&&dmin<=0&&dsec<=1&&todayd==da)
	{
		if (document.all||document.getElementById)
			crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+message_on_occasion+closetags;
		return;
	}
	//else, if not yet
	else
	{
		if (document.all||document.getElementById)
			crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+dday+ " days,"+dhour+" hrs,"+dmin+" min,"+dsec+" sec";
	}
}