function SideMenuController() {
  var menudiv = document.getElementById('menudiv');
  var menucontrollerlink = document.getElementById('menucontroller');

  var temp = document.getElementsByName('left');
  var contentbox = temp[0];

  if (menudiv.style.display == 'none') {
    menucontrollerlink.innerHTML = 'Hide Menu';
    menucontrollerlink.alt = 'Hide those menus!';
    menucontrollerlink.title = 'Hide those menus!';
    contentbox.id = 'left';
    $('#menudiv').show();

    $.post('visitorpreferences.php', {'showmenu': 1});
  }
  else {
    menucontrollerlink.innerHTML = 'Show Menu';
    menucontrollerlink.alt = 'I want those menus back!';
    menucontrollerlink.title = 'I want those menus back!';
    contentbox.id = '';
    $('#menudiv').hide();

    $.post('visitorpreferences.php', {'showmenu': 0});
  }
}

$(function() {
  if ($('#left').hasClass('floatingContent')) $('#navlist').append('<li><a href="#stay" title="Hide those menus!" id="menucontroller">Hide Menu</a></li>');
  else $('#navlist').append('<li><a href="#stay" title="Hide those menus!" id="menucontroller">Show Menu</a></li>');

  $('#menucontroller').click(function() {
    var $menucontroller = $(this);
    var $menudiv = $('#menudiv');
    var $left = $('#left');

    /* Menu is currently showing, hide it */
    if ($left.hasClass('floatingContent')) {
      $menudiv.hide();
      $left.removeClass('floatingContent');
      $menucontroller.html('Show Menu');
      $.post('visitorpreferences.php', {'showmenu': 0});
    }
    /* Menu is currently hiding, show it */
    else {
      $menudiv.show();
      $left.addClass('floatingContent');
      $menucontroller.html('Hide Menu');
      $.post('visitorpreferences.php', {'showmenu': 1});
    }

    return false;
  });
});