function counter_update(fieldname, showcountlayer, signcount)
{
	commentvalue = document.getElementById(fieldname).value;

	commentchars = commentvalue.length;
	charsleft = (signcount-commentchars);

	if (charsleft<=0)
		charsleft=0;

	if (commentchars>signcount)
		commentvalue = document.getElementById(fieldname).value=document.getElementById(fieldname).value.substr(0,signcount);

	document.getElementById(showcountlayer).innerHTML=charsleft;
}

function counter_new_update(fieldname, showcountlayer, signcount)
{
	commentvalue = $(fieldname).val();
	commentchars = commentvalue.length;
	charsleft = (signcount-commentchars);


	if (charsleft<=0)
		charsleft='0';


	if (commentchars>signcount) {
		$(fieldname).val($(fieldname).val().substr(0,signcount));
	}

	$(fieldname).parent('form').next('div').children('.signs').html(charsleft);
}