//** Smooth Navigational Menu- By Dynamic Drive DHTML code library: http://www.dynamicdrive.com
  //** Script Download/ instructions page: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/ddlevelsmenu/
  //** Menu created: Nov 12, 2008

  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', 'down.gif', 23], right:['rightarrowclass', 'right.gif']},*/

  transition: {overtime:200, outtime:200}, //duration of slide in/ out animation, in milliseconds
  shadow: {enabled:true, offsetx:5, offsety:5},

  ///////Stop configuring beyond here///////////////////////////

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

  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
      var $headers=$mainmenu.find("ul").parent()
      $headers.each(function(i){
          var $curobj=$(this) //reference current LI header
          var $subul=$(this).find('ul:eq(0)').css({display:'block'})
          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?
          $subul.css({top:this.istopheader? this._dimensions.h+"px" : 0})
          /*$curobj.children("a:eq(0)").css(this.istopheader? {paddingRight: smoothmenu.arrowimages.down[2]} : {}).append( //add arrow images
              '<img src="'+ (this.istopheader? smoothmenu.arrowimages.down[1] : smoothmenu.arrowimages.right[1])
              +'" class="' + (this.istopheader? smoothmenu.arrowimages.down[0] : smoothmenu.arrowimages.right[0])
              + '" style="border:0;" />'
          )*/
          if (smoothmenu.shadow.enabled){
              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
              var $parentshadow=(this.istopheader)? $(document.body) : ddsmoothmenu.$parentshadow //reference parent node to insert shadow DIV into
              ddsmoothmenu.$parentshadow=this.$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 $targetul=$(this).children("ul:eq(0)")
                  this._offsets={left:$(this).offset().left, top:$(this).offset().top}
                  var menuleft=this.istopheader? 0 : this._dimensions.w
                  menuleft=(this._offsets.left+menuleft+this._dimensions.subulw>$(window).width())? (this.istopheader? -this._dimensions.subulw+this._dimensions.w : -this._dimensions.w) : menuleft //calculate this sub menu's offsets from its parent
                  if ($targetul.queue().length<=1){ //if 1 or less queued animations
                      $targetul.css({left:menuleft+"px", width:this._dimensions.subulw+'px'}).animate({height:'show',opacity:'show'}, ddsmoothmenu.transition.overtime)
                      if (smoothmenu.shadow.enabled){
                          var shadowleft=this.istopheader? $targetul.offset().left+ddsmoothmenu.shadow.offsetx : menuleft
                          var shadowtop=this.istopheader?$targetul.offset().top+smoothmenu.shadow.offsety : this._shadowoffset.y
                          if (!this.istopheader && ddsmoothmenu.detectwebkit){ //in WebKit browsers, restore shadow's opacity to full
                              this.$shadow.css({opacity:1})
                          }
                          this.$shadow.css({overflow:'', width:this._dimensions.subulw+'px', left:shadowleft+'px', top:shadowtop+'px'}).animate({height:this._dimensions.subulh+'px'}, ddsmoothmenu.transition.overtime)
                      }
                  }
              },
              function(e){
                  var $targetul=$(this).children("ul:eq(0)")
                  $targetul.animate({height:'hide', opacity:'hide'}, ddsmoothmenu.transition.outtime)
                  if (smoothmenu.shadow.enabled){
                      if (ddsmoothmenu.detectwebkit){ //in WebKit browsers, set first child shadow's opacity to 0, as "overflow:hidden" doesn't work in them
                          this.$shadow.children('div:eq(0)').css({opacity:0})
                      }
                      this.$shadow.css({overflow:'hidden'}).animate({height:0}, ddsmoothmenu.transition.outtime)
                  }
              }
          ) //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){
          var mainmenuid='#'+setting.mainmenuid
          document.write('<style type="text/css">\n'
              +mainmenuid+', '+mainmenuid+' ul li a {background:'+setting.customtheme[0]+';}\n'
              +mainmenuid+' ul li a:hover {background:'+setting.customtheme[1]+';}\n'
          +'</style>')
      }
      jQuery(document).ready(function($){ //override default menu colors (default/hover) with custom set?
          if (typeof setting.contentsource=="object"){ //if external ajax menu
              ddsmoothmenu.getajaxmenu($, setting)
          }
          else{ //else if markup menu
              ddsmoothmenu.buildmenu($, setting)
          }
      })
  }

  } //end ddsmoothmenu variable

  //Initialize Menu instance(s):

 ddsmoothmenu.init({
      mainmenuid: "smoothmenu1", //menu DIV id
      //customtheme: ["#1c5a80", "#18374a"], //override default menu CSS background values? Uncomment: ["normal_background", "hover_background"]
      contentsource: "markup" //"markup" or ["container_id", "path_to_menu_file"]
  })