function getParameter(name) 
{   
	var url = window.location.href;
	var paramsStart = url.indexOf("?");
	
	if(paramsStart != -1)
	{
		var paramString = url.substr(paramsStart + 1);
		var tokenStart = paramString.indexOf(name);
		
		if(tokenStart != -1)
		{
			paramToEnd = paramString.substr(tokenStart + name.length + 1);
			var delimiterPos = paramToEnd.indexOf("&");
			
			if(delimiterPos == -1)
			{
				return paramToEnd;
			}
			else 
			{	 
				return paramToEnd.substr(0, delimiterPos);
			}
		}
	}
	
	return "";
}