var quickLink={

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, //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){
			$menucontainer.html(content)
			quickLink.buildmenu($, setting)
		}
	})
},



buildmenu:function($, setting){
	var QLmenu=quickLink
	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, subulw:$subul.outerWidth(), subulh:$subul.outerHeight()}
		this.istopheader=$curobj.parents("ul").length==1? true : false //is top level header?
		$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? -138 : this._dimensions.w

				var isMSIE = /*@cc_on!@*/false;
				if(isMSIE){
				var menuleft=this.istopheader? -136 : 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'}, quickLink.transition.overtime)

				}
			},
			function(e){
				var $targetul=$(this).children("ul:eq(0)")
				$targetul.animate({height:'hide', opacity:'hide'}, quickLink.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($){ //override default menu colors (default/hover) with custom set?
		if (typeof setting.contentsource=="object"){ //if external ajax menu
			quickLink.getajaxmenu($, setting)
		}
		else{ //else if markup menu
			quickLink.buildmenu($, setting)
		}
	})
}

} //end quickLink variable

//Initialize Menu instance(s):

quickLink.init({
	mainmenuid: "quickLink-ajax", //menu DIV id
	//customtheme: ["#1c5a80", "#18374a"], //override default menu CSS background values? Uncomment: ["normal_background", "hover_background"]
	contentsource: ["QLmenu", "/global/quickLink.aspx"] //"markup" or ["container_id", "path_to_menu_file"]


})