// handle the language switching
	function switchLanguage(language) {
			myPage = unescape(location.href);
			myEnd = myPage.length;
			myPage = myPage.substring(7,myEnd);
			myPageArray = myPage.split("/");
			myPageArraySize = myPageArray.length - 1;
			myLanguage = language;
			language = '';
			
			// domain and final page are easy - always first and last in the array
			myDomain = myPageArray[0];
			page = myPageArray[myPageArraySize];
			
			// folder on the other hand is very tricky - could be no folder, figs, no figs, etc
			    languageCheck = myPageArray[1];
			 // alert ('Language is ' + language);
			 // alert ('languageCheck = ' + languageCheck);
			 // alert ('Page array size is ' + myPageArray.length);
			 
			if (myLanguage != "eng") { // if user hasn't chosen english
		        if (languageCheck == 'deu' || languageCheck == 'esp' || languageCheck == 'fre' || languageCheck == 'ita') {
		      	if (myPageArray.length == 4) {
		      		myFolder = '/' + myPageArray[2] + '/'; // if current language is not english
		      	} else {
		      		myFolder = '/'; 
		      	}
		      } else {
		      	if (myPageArray.length == 3) {
		        	myFolder = '/' + myPageArray[1] + '/';  // if current language is english
		        } else {
		        	myFolder = '/'; 
		      	}
		    	} 
		    } else { // if user has chosen english
		    		if (languageCheck == 'deu' || languageCheck == 'esp' || languageCheck == 'fre' || languageCheck == 'ita') {
			      	if (myPageArray.length == 4) {
			      		myFolder = myPageArray[2] + '/'; // if current language is not english
			      	} else {
			      		myFolder = ''; 
			      	}
			      } else {
			      	if (myPageArray.length == 3) {
			        	myFolder = myPageArray[1] + '/';  // if current language is english
			        } else {
			        	myFolder = ''; 
			      	}
			      }
		    }
    	
			myUrl = 'http://' + myPageArray[0] + '/';
			
			if (myLanguage == 'eng') {myLanguage = "";}
			newPage = myUrl + myLanguage + myFolder + page;
						
			// clear var
			// myPage = "";		
			// languageCheck = "";
			// myPageArray = "";
			// page = "";	
			// myLanguage = "";
			
			window.location = newPage;
                        // window.location.replace(newPage);
}