function visitProvider(providerURL, packageID, merchantID)
{
  var refPage = escape(window.location.href);
  window.open("visitMerchant.php?purl="+providerURL+"&pid="+packageID+"&mid="+merchantID+"&ref="+refPage);
}

function updateLinks(advertDiv, linkID, merchantID, affiliateID)
{
 if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return false;
 var redirectPage="";
 var newLink="";
 var refPage = window.location.href;

 var links = advertDiv.getElementsByTagName("a");
 for ( var i=0; i < links.length; i++)
 {
   newLink = encodeURIComponent(links[i].href);
   redirectPage = "visitMerchant.php?lurl="+newLink+"&lid="+linkID+"&mid="+merchantID+"&affid="+affiliateID+"&ref="+refPage;

   links[i].href = redirectPage;
 }
}