function parseURLVariables() {
   var searchLocation = window.location.search;
   var getVariables = searchLocation.substring(1,searchLocation.length);
   var keyValuePairs = getVariables.split("&");
   var optionArray = new Array();
   var keyValueSplit = new Array();

   for(var index=0; index<keyValuePairs.length; index++) {
      keyValueSplit = keyValuePairs[index].split("=");
      optionArray[keyValueSplit[0]]=keyValueSplit[1];
   }

   return optionArray;
}