function searchBoxClear() {//all pages to clear the search box and change text colour to black
	var search=document.getElementById('query');
	search.value="";
	search.style.color="black";
}


function showPassword() {
	var passwordField = document.getElementById("secret");
	if(passwordField.type = "password") {
		passwordField.type = "text";
	}
}


function checkLength(element,limit) {
	if (element.value.length>limit) {
		element.value=element.value.substring(0,limit);
		alert("Sorry, there is a " + limit + " character limit on this field");
	}
}

function checkForValues(nameID,emailID,messageID) {
	if (document.getElementById(nameID).value=="" || document.getElementById(emailID).value=="" || document.getElementById(messageID.value=="")) {
		alert("Please fill in all the fields, thank you");
		return false;
	} else {
		return true;
	}
}