function getRankedTopics(ref_id,order_by,type,view_type,container){
   $.ajax({
   type: "GET",
   url: "/forum/ranked_topics?ref_id="+ref_id+"&order_by="+order_by+"&type="+type+"&view_type="+view_type,
   beforeSend: function(req){
     //news_asset.newsLoading=true;
   },
   complete: function(res, s){
     $("#"+container).html(res.responseText);
   }     
 });
}

//to display in main forum only
function getRankedTopics2(ref_id,order_by,type,view_type,container){
   $.ajax({
   type: "GET",
   url: "/forum/ranked_topics_main?ref_id="+ref_id+"&order_by="+order_by+"&type="+type+"&view_type="+view_type,
   beforeSend: function(req){
     //news_asset.newsLoading=true;
   },
   complete: function(res, s){
     $("#"+container).html(res.responseText);
   }     
 });
}

/*
* function insertTinyMCE: insert string to a TinyMCE object
* e: tinyMCE object ( HTML)
* s: string to insert
*/  
function insertTinyMCE(s)
{
  tinyMCE.execCommand('mceInsertContent',false,s);
}

/*
* function insertEmoticon2MCE: insert an emoticon to TinyMCE object
* e: tinyMCE object ( HTML)
* s: string to insert
*/    
function insertEmoticon2MCE(s)
{
    base_url = "http://img.tamtay.vn/misc/smilley/";
    si='<img src="'+base_url+s+'" />';
    insertTinyMCE(si);
}