author has javascript code similar to user

js/author.js

+var startTime;
+var stopTime;
+var duration;
+var starturl;
+var stopurl;
+var markers = [];
+
+function eventInit() {
+	var deferred = $.Deferred();
+	console.log("Setting up");
+	deferred.resolve();
+	return deferred;
+};
+
+/* parse the URL, handle problems with it, do exception handling, etc. */
+function parse_url_list(url_start){
+	url_array = url_start.split("\n")
+	return url_array;
+}
+
+/* wrapper for the timing function in case it needs modified */
+function timestamp(){
+	return Date.now();
+}
+
+$(window).load(function() {
+	$("#submit").click(function(event){
+		startTime = timestamp();
+		event.preventDefault();
+
+		start_url = $("#start").val();
+		stop_url = $("#stop").val();
+		
+		//a lot to check in the URL, but for now assume it's good
+		start_url = parse_url_list(start_url);
+		stop_url = parse_url_list(stop_url);
+		console.log(start_url);
+		console.log(stop_url);
+//		window.open(start_url);		
+// 		if (start_url.toLowerCase() == "advogados"){
+// 		   window.location.href = "https://www.google.com";}
+// 		else{console.log("entered: " + start_url);}
+// 		  window.open(start_url);
+		stopTime = timestamp();
+		duration = stopTime-startTime;
+		console.log("started " + startTime);
+		console.log("stopped " + stopTime);
+		console.log("duration " + duration + " ms");
+	});
+		
+// 	$("#reset-button").click(resetform);
+});
+
+