function addLoadEvent(func) {
	var oldonload = window.onload;
	if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {
		window.onload = func;
		} else {
			window.onload = function() {
				oldonload();
				func();
				}
	}
}
function displayAbbreviations() {
	var abbr = document.getElementsByTagName("abbr");//grab all abbr functions.
	if(abbr.length < 1) return false;//if there are no abbr tags, return. 
	if(!document.getElementsByTagName || !document.createElement || !document.createTextNode) return false;//tests for old browsers.

	abbrTitle = new Array();//create an array for the titles.
	abbrAbbr = new Array();//create a new array for the actual markup.
	dtElement = new Array();//create a new array for the dt element.
	dtElementText = new Array();//create a new array for the dt element text.
	ddElement = new Array();//create a new array for the dd element.
	ddElementText = new Array();//create a new array for the dd element text.
	
	var definitionList = document.createElement("dl");//create the definition list
	for(i=0; i < abbr.length; i++) {//loop through the abbr's and grab the titles.
		
		abbrTitle[i] = abbr[i].getAttribute("title");//grab the titles and insert into new array.
		if(abbr[i].childNodes.length < 1) continue;//IE6, abbr has 0 child nodes, CONTINUE to the next loop.ie skip.
		abbrAbbr[i] = abbr[i].firstChild.nodeValue;//grab the markup and insert it into an array
		
		dtElement[i] = document.createElement("dt");//create the new dt element in the array.
		dtElementText[i] = document.createTextNode(abbrAbbr[i]);//create the new text node for the dtElement and insert markup.
		dtElement[i].appendChild(dtElementText[i]);//stick the text node to the dt Element.
		
		ddElement[i] = document.createElement("dd");//create the new dd element in the array.
		ddElementText[i] = document.createTextNode(abbrTitle[i]);//create the new dd element text node and insert title.
		ddElement[i].appendChild(ddElementText[i]);//stick the text node to the ddElement.
		
		definitionList.appendChild(dtElement[i]);//stick the dt element to the definitionList.
		definitionList.appendChild(ddElement[i]);//stick the dd element to the definitionList.
		}
	if(definitionList.childNodes.length < 1) return false;//since the definition list wasn't built in IE, it has no childnodes so escape. 
	
	var dlHeader = document.createElement("h2");//create a header element.
	var dlHeaderText = document.createTextNode("List of Definitions");//create the definition header text node.
	dlHeader.appendChild(dlHeaderText);//stick the text node to the dlHeader.
	
	document.body.appendChild(dlHeader);//stick the definition header to the body of the document.
	document.body.appendChild(definitionList);//stick the definitionlist to the document.
}
function displayCitations() {
	var blockquotes = document.getElementsByTagName("blockquote");//grab all blockquote elements in the document
	if(blockquotes.length < 1) return false;//if there are no blockquotes, return.
	
	var citations = new Array();//create new array for sitations.
	var sourceAnchor = new Array();//create a new array for the made links.
	var sourceAnchorText = new Array();//create a new array for the text.
	 
	for(i=0; i < blockquotes.length; i++){
		if(!blockquotes[i].getAttribute("cite")) continue;
		citations[i] = blockquotes[i].getAttribute("cite");
		
		sourceAnchor[i] = document.createElement("a");//create the anchor link
		sourceAnchorText[i] = document.createTextNode("Source");//set the anchor link text to source
		sourceAnchor[i].appendChild(sourceAnchorText[i]);//stick the text to the anchor
		
		sourceAnchor[i].href = citations[i];//set the anchor source to what was grabbed
		sourceAnchor[i].setAttribute("title", citations[i]);//set the anchor title to what was grabbed
		
		var allElm = blockquotes[i].getElementsByTagName("*");//grab all the elements inside the blockquotes including any breaks.
		if(allElm.length < 1) continue;//if the quotes contains no elements continue to the next loop.
		var lastElm = allElm[allElm.length - 1];//the last element is the length of all the elements in the block minus one.
		var superscript = document.createElement("sup");
		superscript.appendChild(sourceAnchor[i]);//stick the link inside a superscript.
		lastElm.appendChild(superscript);//stick the superscript to the last child in the blockquote.
		}
}
function displayAccesskeys() {
	if(!document.getElementsByTagName || !document.createElement || !document.createTextNode) return false;//tests for old browsers.
	var allAnchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");// get all anchors in the document.
	var theTitle = new Array();//new array for the title.
	var theNumber = new Array();//new array for the number.
	var liElement = new Array();//new array for the li elements
	var liElementText = new Array();//new array for the li element text.
	
	var accessList = document.createElement("ul");//create a new list for the links.
	for(i=0; i < allAnchors.length; i++) {
		if(!allAnchors[i].getAttribute("accesskey")) continue;//if it doesn't have an acceskey, skip to the next loop.
		theTitle[i] = allAnchors[i].firstChild.nodeValue;//grab the title for the list.
		theNumber[i] = allAnchors[i].getAttribute("accesskey");//grab the number for the list.
		
		liElement[i] = document.createElement("li");//create a new li element.
		liElementText[i] = document.createTextNode(theNumber[i] + ": " + theTitle[i]);//insert the text into the text node
		liElement[i].appendChild(liElementText[i]);//stick the text node to the li.
		
		accessList.appendChild(liElement[i]);//stick the list item to the main list
		}
	var accessHeader = document.createElement("h2");//create a h2 for the header.
	var accessHeaderText = document.createTextNode("Access Keys");//create the text node for the header.
	accessHeader.appendChild(accessHeaderText);//stick the header text to the h2.
	
	document.body.appendChild(accessHeader);//stick the header to the child.
	document.body.appendChild(accessList);//stick the list to the body.
}

addLoadEvent(displayAbbreviations);
addLoadEvent(displayCitations);
addLoadEvent(displayAccesskeys);

This is another script from the DOM scripting book. Not really relevant to anybody else. Useful for reminding myself about the DOM.

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