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', 'http://i39.tinypic.com/2604jtu.jpg', 23],
right:['rightarrowclass', 'http://i41.tinypic.com/11hsz0p.jpg']},
transition: {overtime:300, outtime:300}, //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, //de
tect WebKit browsers (Safari, Chrome etc)
getajaxmenu:function($, setting){ //function to fetch external page containing t
he 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 Resp
onse: '+ajaxrequest.responseText)
},
success:function(content){
$menucontainer.html(content)
ddsmoothmenu.buildmenu($, setting)
}
})
},
buildshadow:function($, $subul){
},
buildmenu:function($, 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).css({zIndex: 100-i}) //reference current LI
header
var $subul=$(this).find('ul:eq(0)').css({display:'block'})
this._dimensions={w:this.offsetWidth, h:this.offsetHeight, subul
w:$subul.outerWidth(), subulh:$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? $subu
l.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._sh
adowoffset.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._dimensi
ons.w
menuleft=(this._offsets.left+menuleft+this._dime
nsions.subulw>$(window).width())? (this.istopheader? -this._dimensions.subulw+th
is._dimensions.w : -this._dimensions.w) : menuleft //calculate this sub menu's o
ffsets from its parent
if ($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'}, ddsmooth
menu.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 && ddsmoot
hmenu.detectwebkit){ //in WebKit browsers, restore shadow's opacity to full
this.$shadow.css({opacit
y:1})
}
this.$shadow.css({overflow:'', w
idth:this._dimensions.subulw+'px', left:shadowleft+'px', top:shadowtop+'px'}).an
imate({height:this._dimensions.subulh+'px'}, ddsmoothmenu.transition.overtime)
}
}
},
function(e){
var $targetul=$(this).children("ul:eq(0)")
$targetul.animate({height:'hide', opacity:'hide'
}, ddsmoothmenu.transition.outtime)
if (smoothmenu.shadow.enabled){
if (ddsmoothmenu.detectwebkit){ //in Web
Kit browsers, set first child shadow's opacity to 0, as "overflow:hidden" doesn'
t work in them
this.$shadow.children('div:eq(0)
').css({opacity:0})
}
this.$shadow.css({overflow:'hidden'}).an
imate({height:0}, ddsmoothmenu.transition.outtime)
}
}
) //end hover
}) //end $headers.each()
$mainmenu.find("ul").css({display:'none', visibility:'visible'})
},
init:function(setting){
if (typeof setting.customtheme=="object" && setting.customtheme.length==
2){
var mainmenuid='#'+setting.mainmenuid
document.write('<style type="text/css">\n'
+mainmenuid+', '+mainmenuid+' ul li a {background:'+sett
ing.customtheme[0]+';}\n'
+mainmenuid+' ul li a:hover {background:'+setting.custom
theme[1]+';}\n'
+'</style>')
}
jQuery(document).ready(function($){ //override default menu colors (defa
ult/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 backg
round values? Uncomment: ["normal_background", "hover_background"]
contentsource: "markup" //"markup" or ["container_id", "path_to_menu_fil
e"]
})