$.fn.nudge = function(params) {
	params = $.extend({
		amount: 30,				//amount of pixels to pad / marginize
		duration: 10,			//amount of milliseconds to take
		property: 'padding', 	//the property to animate (could also use margin)
		direction: 'left',		//direction to animate (could also use right)
		toCallback: function() {},	//function to execute when MO animation completes
		fromCallback: function() {}	//function to execute when MOut animation completes
	}, params);
	//For every element meant to nudge...
	this.each(function() {
		//variables
		var $t = $(this);
		var $p = params;
		var dir = $p.direction;
		var prop = $p.property + dir.substring(0,1).toUpperCase() + dir.substring(1,dir.length);
		var initialValue = $t.css(prop);
		/* fx */
		var go = {}; go[prop] = parseInt($p.amount) + parseInt(initialValue);
		var bk = {}; bk[prop] = initialValue;
		
		//Proceed to nudge on hover
		$t.hover(function() {
					$t.stop().animate(go, $p.duration, '', $p.toCallback);
				}, function() {
					$t.stop().animate(bk, $p.duration, '', $p.fromCallback);
				});
	});
	return this;
};

jQuery.fn.supersleight = function(settings) {
	settings = jQuery.extend({
		imgs: true,
		backgrounds: true,
		shim: 'x.gif',
		apply_positioning: true
	}, settings);
	
	return this.each(function(){
		if (jQuery.browser.msie && parseInt(jQuery.browser.version, 10) < 7 && parseInt(jQuery.browser.version, 10) > 4) {
			jQuery(this).find('*').andSelf().each(function(i,obj) {
				var self = jQuery(obj);
				// background pngs
				if (settings.backgrounds && self.css('background-image').match(/\.png/i) !== null) {
					var bg = self.css('background-image');
					var src = bg.substring(5,bg.length-2);
					var mode = (self.css('background-repeat') == 'no-repeat' ? 'crop' : 'scale');
					var styles = {
						'filter': "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='" + src + "', sizingMethod='" + mode + "')",
						'background-image': 'url('+settings.shim+')'
					};
					self.css(styles);
				};
				// image elements
				if (settings.imgs && self.is('img[src$=png]')){
					var styles = {
						'width': self.width() + 'px',
						'height': self.height() + 'px',
						'filter': "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='" + self.attr('src') + "', sizingMethod='scale')"
					};
					self.css(styles).attr('src', settings.shim);
				};
				// apply position to 'active' elements
				if (settings.apply_positioning && self.is('a, input') && (self.css('position') === '' || self.css('position') == 'static')){
					self.css('position', 'relative');
				};
			});
		};
	});
};


jQuery(document).ready(function()
	{
		
	
		//TRANSPARENCY FOR IE6
		$('#footer').supersleight({shim: 'assets/x.gif'});
		$('.left').supersleight({shim: 'assets/x.gif'});
		$('.right').supersleight({shim: 'assets/x.gif'});
		$('INPUT.search_button').supersleight({shim: 'assets/x.gif'});
		
		//SUPERFISH PLUGIN FOR MENU
		$("ul.nav").superfish({
			animation:{
				height: "show",
				width: "show"
			}, speed : 500
		});
		
		//PRETTY PHOTO FOR GALLERY
		$("a[rel^='prettyPhoto']").prettyPhoto({
			theme: 'dark_rounded'
		});
		
		//LOOPEDSLIDER FOR HOMEPAGE
		$('#loopedSlider').loopedSlider({
			autoStart: 2500,
			restart: 5000
		});
		

		
	});