//Featured Content Glider: By http://www.dynamicdrive.com//Created: Dec 22nd, 07'//Updated (Jan 29th, 08): Added four possible slide directions: "updown", "downup", "leftright", or "rightleft"//Updated (Feb 1st, 08): Changed glide behavior to reverse direction when previous button is clicked//Updated (Feb 12th, 08): Added ability to retrieve gliding contents from an external file using Ajax ("remotecontent" variable added to configuration)//Updated (July 21st, 09): Updated to work in jQuery 1.3.x//Updated (Dec 13th, 09): Added keyboard navigation, so left/ right arrow keys now move glider. Fixed bug with auto rotation when "next" link isn't defined.jQuery.noConflict()var featuredcontentglider={	leftrightkeys: [37, 39], //keycodes to move glider back and forth 1 slide, respectively. Enter [] to disable feature.	csszindex: 100,	ajaxloadingmsg: '<b>Fetching Content. Please wait...</b>',	glide:function(config, showpage, isprev){		var selected=parseInt(showpage)		if (selected>=config.$contentdivs.length){ //if no content exists at this index position			alert("No content exists at page "+(selected+1)+"! Loading 1st page instead.")			selected=0		}		var $target=config.$contentdivs.eq(selected)		//Test for toggler not being initialized yet, or user clicks on the currently selected page):		if (config.$togglerdiv.attr('lastselected')==null || parseInt(config.$togglerdiv.attr('lastselected'))!=selected){			var $selectedlink=config.$toc.eq(selected)			config.nextslideindex=(selected<config.$contentdivs.length-1)? selected+1 : 0			config.prevslideindex=(selected==0)? config.$contentdivs.length-1 : selected-1			config.$next.attr('loadpage', config.nextslideindex+"pg") //store slide index to go to when "next" link is clicked on			config.$prev.attr('loadpage', config.prevslideindex+'pg')			var startpoint=(isprev=="previous")? -config.startpoint : config.startpoint			$target.css(config.leftortop, startpoint).css("zIndex", this.csszindex++) //hide content so it's just out of view before animating it			var endpoint=(config.leftortop=="left")? {left:0} : {top:0} //animate it into view			$target.animate(endpoint, config.speed)			config.$toc.removeClass('selected')			$selectedlink.addClass('selected')			config.$togglerdiv.attr('lastselected', selected+'pg')		}	},	getremotecontent:function($, config){		config.$glider.html(this.ajaxloadingmsg)		$.ajax({			url: config.remotecontent,			error:function(ajaxrequest){				config.$glider.html('Error fetching content.<br />Server Response: '+ajaxrequest.responseText)			},			success:function(content){				config.$glider.html(content)				featuredcontentglider.setuptoggler($, config)			}		})	},	aligncontents:function($, config){		config.$contentdivs=$("#"+config.gliderid+" ."+config.contentclass)		config.$contentdivs.css(config.leftortop, config.startpoint).css({height: config.$glider.height(), visibility: 'visible'}) //position content divs so they're out of view:	},	setuptoggler:function($, config){		this.aligncontents($, config)		config.$togglerdiv.hide()		config.$toc.each(function(index){				$(this).attr('pagenumber', index+'pg')				if (index > (config.$contentdivs.length-1))					$(this).css({display: 'none'}) //hide redundant "toc" links		})		var $nextandprev=$("#"+config.togglerid+" .next, #"+config.togglerid+" .prev")		$nextandprev.click(function(event){ //Assign click behavior to 'next' and 'prev' links			featuredcontentglider.glide(config, this.getAttribute('loadpage'), this.getAttribute('buttontype'))			event.preventDefault() //cancel default link action		})		config.$toc.click(function(event){ //Assign click behavior to 'toc' links			featuredcontentglider.glide(config, this.getAttribute('pagenumber'))			event.preventDefault()		})		config.$togglerdiv.fadeIn(0, function(){			featuredcontentglider.glide(config, config.selected)			if (config.autorotate==true){ //auto rotate contents?				config.stepcount=0 //set steps taken				config.totalsteps=config.$contentdivs.length*config.autorotateconfig[1] //Total steps limit: num of contents x num of user specified cycles)				featuredcontentglider.autorotate(config)			}		})		config.$togglerdiv.click(function(){			featuredcontentglider.cancelautorotate(config.togglerid)		})		if (this.leftrightkeys.length==2){			$(document).bind('keydown', function(e){				featuredcontentglider.keyboardnav(config, e.keyCode)			})		}	},	autorotate:function(config){		var rotatespeed=config.speed+config.autorotateconfig[0]		window[config.togglerid+"timer"]=setInterval(function(){			if (config.totalsteps>0 && config.stepcount>=config.totalsteps){				clearInterval(window[config.togglerid+"timer"])			}			else{				featuredcontentglider.glide(config, config.nextslideindex, "next")				config.stepcount++			}		}, rotatespeed)	},	cancelautorotate:function(togglerid){		if (window[togglerid+"timer"])			clearInterval(window[togglerid+"timer"])	},	keyboardnav:function(config, keycode){		if (keycode==this.leftrightkeys[0])			featuredcontentglider.glide(config, config.prevslideindex, "previous")		else if (keycode==this.leftrightkeys[1])			featuredcontentglider.glide(config, config.nextslideindex, "next")		if (keycode==this.leftrightkeys[0] || keycode==this.leftrightkeys[1])			featuredcontentglider.cancelautorotate(config.togglerid)	},	getCookie:function(Name){ 		var re=new RegExp(Name+"=[^;]+", "i") //construct RE to search for target name/value pair		if (document.cookie.match(re)) //if cookie found			return document.cookie.match(re)[0].split("=")[1] //return its value		return null	},	setCookie:function(name, value){		document.cookie = name+"="+value	},	init:function(config){		jQuery(document).ready(function($){			config.$glider=$("#"+config.gliderid)			config.$togglerdiv=$("#"+config.togglerid)			config.$toc=config.$togglerdiv.find('.toc')			config.$next=config.$togglerdiv.find('.next')			config.$prev=config.$togglerdiv.find('.prev')			config.$prev.attr('buttontype', 'previous')			var selected=(config.persiststate)? featuredcontentglider.getCookie(config.gliderid) : config.selected			config.selected=(isNaN(parseInt(selected))) ? config.selected : selected //test for cookie value containing null (1st page load) or "undefined" string				config.leftortop=(/up/i.test(config.direction))? "top" : "left" //set which CSS property to manipulate based on "direction"			config.heightorwidth=(/up/i.test(config.direction))? config.$glider.height() : config.$glider.width() //Get glider height or width based on "direction"			config.startpoint=(/^(left|up)/i.test(config.direction))? -config.heightorwidth : config.heightorwidth //set initial position of contents based on "direction"			if (typeof config.remotecontent!="undefined" && config.remotecontent.length>0)				featuredcontentglider.getremotecontent($, config)			else				featuredcontentglider.setuptoggler($, config)			$(window).bind('unload', function(){ //clean up and persist				config.$togglerdiv.unbind('click')				config.$toc.unbind('click')				config.$next.unbind('click')				config.$prev.unbind('click')				if (config.persiststate)					featuredcontentglider.setCookie(config.gliderid, config.$togglerdiv.attr('lastselected'))				config=null							})		})	}}