function getPath(someurl){
 d = document;
 csite = d.domain;
 sp = someurl.indexOf(csite) + csite.length;
 cpath = someurl.substring(sp);
 if (cpath.search(/index/)!=-1){
  re = "(.*?)\/index.shtml";
  myRe = new RegExp(re);
  cpath = cpath.match(myRe);
 }
return cpath;
}

function cleanLastSlash(someurl){
 lastchar = someurl.length-1;
 if (someurl.charAt(lastchar)=="/"){someurl = someurl.substring(0,(someurl.length-1))}
 return someurl;
}