//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)
var featuredcontentglider={
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.$next.attr('loadpage', (selected<config.$contentdivs.length-1)? selected+1+'pg' : 0+'pg')
config.$prev.attr('loadpage', (selected==0)? config.$contentdivs.length-1+'pg' : selected-1+'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.$togglerdiv.fadeIn(1000, function(){
featuredcontentglider.glide(config, config.selected)
if (config.autorotate==true){ //auto rotate contents?
config.stepcount=0 //set steps taken
config.totalsteps=config.$contentdivs.length*config.autorotateconfig[1] //Total steps limit: num of contents x num of user specified cycles)
featuredcontentglider.autorotate(config)
}
})
config.$togglerdiv.click(function(){
featuredcontentglider.cancelautorotate(config.togglerid)
})
},
autorotate:function(config){
var rotatespeed=config.speed+config.autorotateconfig[0]
window[config.togglerid+"timer"]=setInterval(function(){
if (config.totalsteps>0 && config.stepcount>=config.totalsteps){
clearInterval(window[config.togglerid+"timer"])
}
else{
config.$next.click()
config.stepcount++
}
}, rotatespeed)
},
cancelautorotate:function(togglerid){
if (window[togglerid+"timer"])
clearInterval(window[togglerid+"timer"])
},
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){
$(document).ready(function(){
config.$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
})
})
}
}