//this one is from Dustin Diaz (http://www.dustindiaz.com/getelementsbyclass/), great work guy, if thisone works, you're saving my life

function getElementsByClass(searchClass,node,tag) 
{
	var classElements = new Array();
	if ( node == null )
	{
		node = document;
	}
	
	if ( tag == null )
	{
		tag = '*';
	}
	
	var els = node.getElementsByTagName(tag);
	var elsLen = els.length;
	var pattern = new RegExp("(^|\\s)"+searchClass+"(\\s|$)");
	for (i = 0, j = 0; i < elsLen; i++) 
	{
		if ( pattern.test(els[i].className) ) 
		{
		       classElements[j] = els[i];
		       j++;
		}
	}
	return classElements;
}