function createXMLHttpRequest() { 
        var visit; 
        if(window.XMLHttpRequest) { 
                try { 
                        visit = new XMLHttpRequest(); 
                } catch(e) { 
                        visit = false; 
                } 
        } else if(window.ActiveXObject) { 
                try { 
                        visit = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); 
                } catch(e) { 
                        visit = false; 
                } 
        } 
        return visit; 
} 

var vupdate = createXMLHttpRequest(); 

function sendVisitRequest() { 
		vupdate.open('get', '/visits.php'); 
        vupdate.onreadystatechange = handleVisitResponse; 
        vupdate.send(null); 
} 

function handleVisitResponse() { 

        if(vupdate.readyState == 4){ 
				//document.getElementById('livevisits').innerHTML = "";
				document.getElementById('livevisits').innerHTML = vupdate.responseText; 
				visittimer=0;
				startvisits();
        }   
} 

var visittimer = 0;
function startvisits()
{
  if(visittimer <=60)
  {
	visittimer++;
	setTimeout("startvisits()",1000);
  }
  else
  {
	sendVisitRequest();
  }
}
startvisits();