function makeRequest($request, $useAlt = false)
 {
     $refererURI = isset($_SESSION['lastOutBoundURI']) ? $_SESSION['lastOutBoundURI'] : "http://" . $this->mainURL;
     $request = $useAlt ? "http://" . $this->altURL . $request : "http://" . $this->mainURL . $request;
     // get data
     require_once "inc/classes/SimpleHTTP.php";
     $http = SimpleHTTP::getInstance();
     //utf-8 prefered
     $http->charset = $this->cfg['_CHARSET'];
     $http->method = $this->method;
     $http->postquery = $this->postquery;
     $this->htmlPage = $http->instance_getData($request, $refererURI);
     $this->htmlPage = setCharset($this->htmlPage, $http->charset);
     $this->lastRequest = $request;
     // return
     return $http->state == SIMPLEHTTP_STATE_OK;
 }