var ddsmoothmenu={



//Specify full URL to down and right arrow images (23 is padding-right added to top level LIs with drop downs):

arrowimages: {down:['downarrowclass', 'spacer.png'], right:['rightarrowclass', 'spacer.png']},

transition: {overtime:300, outtime:300}, //duration of slide in/ out animation, in milliseconds

shadow: {enable:false, offsetx:5, offsety:5}, //enable shadow?

showhidedelay: {showdelay: 100, hidedelay: 50}, //set delay in milliseconds before sub menus appear and disappear, respectively



detectwebkit: navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("applewebkit")!=-1, //detect WebKit browsers (Safari, Chrome etc)

detectie6: document.all && !window.XMLHttpRequest,



getajaxmenu:function($, setting){ //function to fetch external page containing the panel DIVs

	var $menucontainer=$('#'+setting.contentsource[0]) //reference empty div on page that will hold menu

	$menucontainer.html("Loading Menu...")

	$.ajax({

		url: setting.contentsource[1], //path to external menu file

		async: true,

		error:function(ajaxrequest){

			$menucontainer.html('Error fetching content. Server Response: '+ajaxrequest.responseText)

		},

		success:function(content){

			$menucontainer.html(content)

			ddsmoothmenu.buildmenu($, setting)

		}

	})

},





buildmenu:function($, setting){

	var smoothmenu=ddsmoothmenu

	var $mainmenu=$("#"+setting.mainmenuid+">ul") //reference main menu UL

	//$mainmenu.parent().get(0).className=setting.classname || "ddsmoothmenu"

	var $headers=$mainmenu.find("ul").parent()

	$headers.hover(

		function(e){

			$(this).children('a:eq(0)').addClass('selected')

		},

		function(e){

			$(this).children('a:eq(0)').removeClass('selected')

		}

	)

	$headers.each(function(i){ //loop through each LI header

		var $curobj=$(this).css({zIndex: 100-i}) //reference current LI header

		var $subul=$(this).find('ul:eq(0)').css({display:'block'})

		$subul.data('timers', {})

		this._dimensions={w:this.offsetWidth, h:this.offsetHeight, subulw:$subul.outerWidth(), subulh:$subul.outerHeight()}

		this.istopheader=$curobj.parents("ul").length==1? true : false //is top level header?

		$subul.css({top:this.istopheader && setting.orientation!='v'? this._dimensions.h+setting.topPos+"px" : 0})

		$curobj.children("a:eq(0)").css(this.istopheader? {paddingRight: smoothmenu.arrowimages.down[2]} : {}).append( //add arrow images

			'<img src="'+ (this.istopheader && setting.orientation!='v'? smoothmenu.arrowimages.down[1] : smoothmenu.arrowimages.right[1])

			+'" class="' + (this.istopheader && setting.orientation!='v'? smoothmenu.arrowimages.down[0] : smoothmenu.arrowimages.right[0])

			+ '" style="border:0;" />'

		)

		if (smoothmenu.shadow.enable){

			this._shadowoffset={x:(this.istopheader?$subul.offset().left+smoothmenu.shadow.offsetx : this._dimensions.w), y:(this.istopheader? $subul.offset().top+smoothmenu.shadow.offsety : $curobj.position().top)} //store this shadow's offsets

			if (this.istopheader)

				$parentshadow=$(document.body)

			else{

				var $parentLi=$curobj.parents("li:eq(0)")

				$parentshadow=$parentLi.get(0).$shadow

			}

			this.$shadow=$('<div class="ddshadow'+(this.istopheader? ' toplevelshadow' : '')+'"></div>').prependTo($parentshadow).css({left:this._shadowoffset.x+'px', top:this._shadowoffset.y+'px'})  //insert shadow DIV and set it to parent node for the next shadow div

		}

		$curobj.hover(

			function(e){

				var $targetul=$subul //reference UL to reveal

				var header=$curobj.get(0) //reference header LI as DOM object

				clearTimeout($targetul.data('timers').hidetimer)

				$targetul.data('timers').showtimer=setTimeout(function(){

					header._offsets={left:$curobj.offset().left, top:$curobj.offset().top}

					var menuleft=header.istopheader && setting.orientation!='v'? 0 : header._dimensions.w

					menuleft=(header._offsets.left+menuleft+header._dimensions.subulw>$(window).width())? (header.istopheader && setting.orientation!='v'? -header._dimensions.subulw+header._dimensions.w : -header._dimensions.w) : menuleft //calculate this sub menu's offsets from its parent

					if ($targetul.queue().length<=1){ //if 1 or less queued animations

						$targetul.css({left:menuleft+setting.leftPos+"px", width:header._dimensions.subulw+'px'}).animate({height:'show',opacity:'show'}, ddsmoothmenu.transition.overtime)

						if (smoothmenu.shadow.enable){

							var shadowleft=header.istopheader? $targetul.offset().left+ddsmoothmenu.shadow.offsetx : menuleft

							var shadowtop=header.istopheader?$targetul.offset().top+smoothmenu.shadow.offsety : header._shadowoffset.y

							if (!header.istopheader && ddsmoothmenu.detectwebkit){ //in WebKit browsers, restore shadow's opacity to full

								header.$shadow.css({opacity:1})

							}

							header.$shadow.css({overflow:'', width:header._dimensions.subulw+'px', left:shadowleft+'px', top:shadowtop+'px'}).animate({height:header._dimensions.subulh+'px'}, ddsmoothmenu.transition.overtime)

						}

					}

				}, ddsmoothmenu.showhidedelay.showdelay)

			},

			function(e){

				var $targetul=$subul

				var header=$curobj.get(0)

				clearTimeout($targetul.data('timers').showtimer)

				$targetul.data('timers').hidetimer=setTimeout(function(){

					$targetul.animate({height:'hide', opacity:'hide'}, ddsmoothmenu.transition.outtime)

					if (smoothmenu.shadow.enable){

						if (ddsmoothmenu.detectwebkit){ //in WebKit browsers, set first child shadow's opacity to 0, as "overflow:hidden" doesn't work in them

							header.$shadow.children('div:eq(0)').css({opacity:0})

						}

						header.$shadow.css({overflow:'hidden'}).animate({height:0}, ddsmoothmenu.transition.outtime)

					}

				}, ddsmoothmenu.showhidedelay.hidedelay)

			}

		) //end hover

	}) //end $headers.each()

	$mainmenu.find("ul").css({display:'none', visibility:'visible'})

},



init:function(setting){

	if (typeof setting.customtheme=="object" && setting.customtheme.length==2){ //override default menu colors (default/hover) with custom set?

		var mainmenuid='#'+setting.mainmenuid

		var mainselector=(setting.orientation=="v")? mainmenuid : mainmenuid+', '+mainmenuid

		document.write('<style type="text/css">\n'

			+mainselector+' ul li a {background:'+setting.customtheme[0]+';}\n'

			+mainmenuid+' ul li a:hover {background:'+setting.customtheme[1]+';}\n'

		+'</style>')

	}

	this.shadow.enable=(document.all && !window.XMLHttpRequest)? false : this.shadow.enable //in IE6, always disable shadow

	jQuery(document).ready(function($){ //ajax menu?

		if (typeof setting.contentsource=="object"){ //if external ajax menu

			ddsmoothmenu.getajaxmenu($, setting)

		}

		else{ //else if markup menu

			ddsmoothmenu.buildmenu($, setting)

		}

	})

}



} //end ddsmoothmenu variable