jQuery.preloadImages = function()
{
	for(var i = 0; i<arguments.length; i++)
	{
		jQuery("<img>").attr("src", arguments[i]);
	}
}

$(document).ready(function(){

	var austDay = new Date();
	austDay = new Date(2009, 10 - 1, 11);
	$('#countdown').countdown({until: austDay, layout: ' {dn} {dl}, {hn} {hl}, {mn} {ml} & {sn} {sl} to go'});

	$.preloadImages("img/red_menu.jpg", "img/blue_menu.jpg", "img/green_menu.jpg", "img/orange_menu.jpg");
   
	$('ul#gallery').galleria({
		history   : true, // activates the history object for bookmarking, back-button etc.
		clickNext : true, // helper for making the image clickable
		insert    : '#main_image', // the containing selector for our main image
		onImage   : function(image,caption,thumb) { // let's add some image effects for demonstration purposes
			
			// fade in the image & caption
			if(! ($.browser.mozilla && navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Win")!=-1) ) { // FF/Win fades large images terribly slow
				image.css('display','none').fadeIn(1000);
			}
			caption.css('display','none').fadeIn(1000);
			
			// fetch the thumbnail container
			var _li = thumb.parents('li');
			
			// fade out inactive thumbnail
			_li.siblings().children('img.selected').fadeTo(500,0.3);
			
			// fade in active thumbnail
			thumb.fadeTo('fast',1).addClass('selected');
			
			// add a title for the clickable image
			image.attr('title','Next image >>');
		},
		onThumb : function(thumb) { // thumbnail effects goes here
			
			// fetch the thumbnail container
			var _li = thumb.parents('li');
			
			// if thumbnail is active, fade all the way.
			var _fadeTo = _li.is('.active') ? '1' : '0.3';
			
			// fade in the thumbnail when finnished loading
			thumb.css({display:'none',opacity:_fadeTo}).fadeIn(1500);
			
			// hover effects
			thumb.hover(
				function() { thumb.fadeTo('fast',1); },
				function() { _li.not('.active').children('img').fadeTo('fast',0.3); } // don't fade out if the parent is active
			)
		}
	});
	
	
	$('#s3slider').s3Slider({
		timeOut: 3000
	});
});