function getParameter ( queryString, parameterName ) {
	var parameterName = parameterName + "=";
	if ( queryString.length > 0 ) {
		begin = queryString.indexOf ( parameterName );
		if ( begin != -1 ) {
			begin += parameterName.length;
			end = queryString.indexOf ( "&" , begin );
			if ( end == -1 ) {
				end = queryString.length
			}
			return unescape ( queryString.substring ( begin, end ) );
		}
		return "null";
	}
}
/*
var framesetQuery = "";
if ( window.top.location.search != 0 ) {
	framesetQuery = window.top.location.search;
	//alert('Parameter: '+framesetQuery );//Joseph Testing
	alias = getParameter(framesetQuery, 'alias');
	//alert('alias: '+alias);//Joseph Testing
} else {
	//alert('no alias');//Joseph Testing
	framesetQuery = null;
	alias = "1";
}
*/