var stepcarousel={
        ajaxloadingmsg: '<div style="margin: 1em; font-weight: bold"><img src="ajaxloadr.gif" style="vertical-align: middle" /> Fetching Content. Please wait...</div>', //customize HTML to show while fetching Ajax content
        defaultbuttonsfade: 0.4, //Fade degree for disabled nav buttons (0=completely transparent, 1=completely opaque)
        configholder: {},

        getCSSValue:function(val){ //Returns either 0 (if val contains 'auto') or val as an integer
                return (val=="auto")? 0 : parseInt(val)
        },

        getremotepanels:function($, config){ //function to fetch external page containing the panel DIVs
                config.$belt.html(this.ajaxloadingmsg)
                $.ajax({
                        url: config.contenttype[1], //path to external content
                        async: true,
                        error:function(ajaxrequest){
                                config.$belt.html('Error fetching content.<br />Server Response: '+ajaxrequest.responseText)
                        },
                        success:function(content){
                                config.$belt.html(content)
                                config.$panels=config.$gallery.find('.'+config.panelclass)
                                stepcarousel.alignpanels($, config)
                        }
                })
        },

        getoffset:function(what, offsettype){
                return (what.offsetParent)? what[offsettype]+this.getoffset(what.offsetParent, offsettype) : what[offsettype]
        },

        getCookie:function(Name){
                var re=new RegExp(Name+"=[^;]+", "i"); //construct RE to search for target name/value pair
                if (document.cookie.match(re)) //if cookie found
                        return document.cookie.match(re)[0].split("=")[1] //return its value
                return null
        },

        setCookie:function(name, value){
                document.cookie = name+"="+value
        },

        fadebuttons:function(config, currentpanel){
                config.$leftnavbutton.fadeTo('fast', currentpanel==0? this.defaultbuttonsfade : 1)
                config.$rightnavbutton.fadeTo('fast', currentpanel==config.lastvisiblepanel? this.defaultbuttonsfade : 1)
        },

        addnavbuttons:function(config, currentpanel){
                config.$leftnavbutton=$('<img src="'+config.defaultbuttons.leftnav[0]+'">').css({zIndex:50, position:'absolute', left:config.offsets.left+config.defaultbuttons.leftnav[1]+'px', top:config.offsets.top+config.defaultbuttons.leftnav[2]+'px', cursor:'hand', cursor:'pointer'}).attr({title:'Back '+config.defaultbuttons.moveby+' panels'}).appendTo('body')
                config.$rightnavbutton=$('<img src="'+config.defaultbuttons.rightnav[0]+'">').css({zIndex:50, position:'absolute', left:config.offsets.left+config.$gallery.get(0).offsetWidth+config.defaultbuttons.rightnav[1]+'px', top:config.offsets.top+config.defaultbuttons.rightnav[2]+'px', cursor:'hand', cursor:'pointer'}).attr({title:'Forward '+config.defaultbuttons.moveby+' panels'}).appendTo('body')
                config.$leftnavbutton.bind('click', function(){ //assign nav button event handlers
                        stepcarousel.stepBy(config.galleryid, -config.defaultbuttons.moveby)
                })
                config.$rightnavbutton.bind('click', function(){ //assign nav button event handlers
                        stepcarousel.stepBy(config.galleryid, config.defaultbuttons.moveby)
                })
                if (config.panelbehavior.wraparound==false){ //if carousel viewer should stop at first or last panel (instead of wrap back or forth)
                        this.fadebuttons(config, currentpanel)
                }
                return config.$leftnavbutton.add(config.$rightnavbutton)
        },

        stopautostep:function(config){
                clearTimeout(config.steptimer)
                clearTimeout(config.resumeautostep)
        },

        alignpanels:function($, config){
                var paneloffset=0
                config.paneloffsets=[paneloffset] //array to store upper left offset of each panel (1st element=0)
                config.panelwidths=[] //array to store widths of each panel
                config.$panels.each(function(index){ //loop through panels
                        var $currentpanel=$(this)
                        $currentpanel.css({float: 'none', position: 'absolute', left: paneloffset+'px'}) //position panel
                        $currentpanel.bind('click', function(e){return config.onpanelclick(e.target)}) //bind onpanelclick() to onclick event
                        paneloffset+=stepcarousel.getCSSValue($currentpanel.css('marginRight')) + parseInt($currentpanel.get(0).offsetWidth || $currentpanel.css('width')) //calculate next panel offset
                        config.paneloffsets.push(paneloffset) //remember this offset
                        config.panelwidths.push(paneloffset-config.paneloffsets[config.paneloffsets.length-2]) //remember panel width
                })
                config.paneloffsets.pop() //delete last offset (redundant)
                var addpanelwidths=0
                var lastpanelindex=config.$panels.length-1
                config.lastvisiblepanel=lastpanelindex
                for (var i=config.$panels.length-1; i>=0; i--){
                        addpanelwidths+=(i==lastpanelindex? config.panelwidths[lastpanelindex] : config.paneloffsets[i+1]-config.paneloffsets[i])
                        if (config.gallerywidth>addpanelwidths){
                                config.lastvisiblepanel=i //calculate index of panel that when in 1st position reveals the very last panel all at once based on gallery width
                        }
                }
                config.$belt.css({width: paneloffset+'px'}) //Set Belt DIV to total panels' widths
                config.currentpanel=(config.panelbehavior.persist)? parseInt(this.getCookie(window[config.galleryid+"persist"])) : 0 //determine 1st panel to show by default
                config.currentpanel=(typeof config.currentpanel=="number" && config.currentpanel<config.$panels.length)? config.currentpanel : 0
                if (config.currentpanel!=0){
                        var endpoint=config.paneloffsets[config.currentpanel]+(config.currentpanel==0? 0 : config.beltoffset)
                        config.$belt.css({left: -endpoint+'px'})
                }
                if (config.defaultbuttons.enable==true){ //if enable default back/forth nav buttons
                        var $navbuttons=this.addnavbuttons(config, config.currentpanel)
                        $(window).bind("load resize", function(){ //refresh position of nav buttons when page loads/resizes, in case offsets weren't available document.oncontentload
                                config.offsets={left:stepcarousel.getoffset(config.$gallery.get(0), "offsetLeft"), top:stepcarousel.getoffset(config.$gallery.get(0), "offsetTop")}
                                config.$leftnavbutton.css({left:config.offsets.left+config.defaultbuttons.leftnav[1]+'px', top:config.offsets.top+config.defaultbuttons.leftnav[2]+'px'})
                                config.$rightnavbutton.css({left:config.offsets.left+config.$gallery.get(0).offsetWidth+config.defaultbuttons.rightnav[1]+'px', top:config.offsets.top+config.defaultbuttons.rightnav[2]+'px'})
                        })
                }
                if (config.autostep && config.autostep.enable){ //enable auto stepping of Carousel?
                        var $carouselparts=config.$gallery.add(typeof $navbuttons!="undefined"? $navbuttons : null)
                        $carouselparts.bind('click', function(){
                                stepcarousel.stopautostep(config)
                                config.autostep.status="stopped"
                        })
                        $carouselparts.hover(function(){ //onMouseover
                                stepcarousel.stopautostep(config)
                                config.autostep.hoverstate="over"
                        }, function(){ //onMouseout
                                if (config.steptimer && config.autostep.hoverstate=="over" && config.autostep.status!="stopped"){
                                        config.resumeautostep=setTimeout(function(){
                                                stepcarousel.autorotate(config.galleryid)
                                                config.autostep.hoverstate="out"
                                        }, 500)
                                }
                        })
                        config.steptimer=setTimeout(function(){stepcarousel.autorotate(config.galleryid)}, config.autostep.pause) //automatically rotate Carousel Viewer
                } //end enable auto stepping check
                this.statusreport(config.galleryid)
                config.oninit()
                config.onslideaction(this)
        },

        stepTo:function(galleryid, pindex){ /*User entered pindex starts at 1 for intuitiveness. Internally pindex still starts at 0 */
                var config=stepcarousel.configholder[galleryid]
                if (typeof config=="undefined"){
                        alert("There's an error with your set up of Carousel Viewer \""+galleryid+ "\"!")
                        return
                }
                stepcarousel.stopautostep(config)
                var pindex=Math.min(pindex-1, config.paneloffsets.length-1)
                var endpoint=config.paneloffsets[pindex]+(pindex==0? 0 : config.beltoffset)
                if (config.panelbehavior.wraparound==false && config.defaultbuttons.enable==true){ //if carousel viewer should stop at first or last panel (instead of wrap back or forth)
                        this.fadebuttons(config, pindex)
                }
                config.$belt.animate({left: -endpoint+'px'}, config.panelbehavior.speed, function(){config.onslideaction(this)})
                config.currentpanel=pindex
                this.statusreport(galleryid)
        },

        stepBy:function(galleryid, steps){ //isauto if defined indicates stepBy() is being called automatically
                var config=stepcarousel.configholder[galleryid]
                if (typeof config=="undefined"){
                        alert("There's an error with your set up of Carousel Viewer \""+galleryid+ "\"!")
                        return
                }
                stepcarousel.stopautostep(config)
                var direction=(steps>0)? 'forward' : 'back' //If "steps" is negative, that means backwards
                var pindex=config.currentpanel+steps //index of panel to stop at
                if (config.panelbehavior.wraparound==false){ //if carousel viewer should stop at first or last panel (instead of wrap back or forth)
                        pindex=(direction=="back" && pindex<=0)? 0 : (direction=="forward")? Math.min(pindex, config.lastvisiblepanel) : pindex
                        if (config.defaultbuttons.enable==true){ //if default nav buttons are enabled, fade them in and out depending on if at start or end of carousel
                                stepcarousel.fadebuttons(config, pindex)
                        }
                }
                else{ //else, for normal stepBy behavior
                        if (pindex>config.lastvisiblepanel && direction=="forward"){
                                //if destination pindex is greater than last visible panel, yet we're currently not at the end of the carousel yet
                                pindex=(config.currentpanel<config.lastvisiblepanel)? config.lastvisiblepanel : 0
                        }
                        else if (pindex<0 && direction=="back"){
                                //if destination pindex is less than 0, yet we're currently not at the beginning of the carousel yet
                                pindex=(config.currentpanel>0)? 0 : config.lastvisiblepanel /*wrap around left*/
                        }
                }
                var endpoint=config.paneloffsets[pindex]+(pindex==0? 0 : config.beltoffset) //left distance for Belt DIV to travel to
                if (pindex==0 && direction=='forward' || config.currentpanel==0 && direction=='back' && config.panelbehavior.wraparound==true){ //decide whether to apply "push pull" effect
                        config.$belt.animate({left: -config.paneloffsets[config.currentpanel]-(direction=='forward'? 100 : -30)+'px'}, 'normal', function(){
                                config.$belt.animate({left: -endpoint+'px'}, config.panelbehavior.speed, function(){config.onslideaction(this)})
                        })
                }
                else
                        config.$belt.animate({left: -endpoint+'px'}, config.panelbehavior.speed, function(){config.onslideaction(this)})
                config.currentpanel=pindex
                this.statusreport(galleryid)
        },

        autorotate:function(galleryid){
                var config=stepcarousel.configholder[galleryid]
                if (config.$gallery.attr('_ismouseover')!="yes"){
                        this.stepBy(galleryid, config.autostep.moveby)
                }
                config.steptimer=setTimeout(function(){stepcarousel.autorotate(galleryid)}, config.autostep.pause)
        },

        statusreport:function(galleryid){
                var config=stepcarousel.configholder[galleryid]
                var startpoint=config.currentpanel //index of first visible panel
                var visiblewidth=0
                for (var endpoint=startpoint; endpoint<config.paneloffsets.length; endpoint++){ //index (endpoint) of last visible panel
                        visiblewidth+=config.panelwidths[endpoint]
                        if (visiblewidth>config.gallerywidth){
                                break
                        }
                }
                startpoint+=1 //format startpoint for user friendiness
                endpoint=(endpoint+1==startpoint)? startpoint : endpoint //If only one image visible on the screen and partially hidden, set endpoint to startpoint
                var valuearray=[startpoint, endpoint, config.panelwidths.length]
                for (var i=0; i<config.statusvars.length; i++){
                        window[config.statusvars[i]]=valuearray[i] //Define variable (with user specified name) and set to one of the status values
                        config.$statusobjs[i].text(valuearray[i]+" ") //Populate element on page with ID="user specified name" with one of the status values
                }
        },

        setup:function(config){
                //Disable Step Gallery scrollbars ASAP dynamically (enabled for sake of users with JS disabled)
                document.write('<style type="text/css">\n#'+config.galleryid+'{overflow: hidden;}\n</style>')
                jQuery(document).ready(function($){
                        config.$gallery=$('#'+config.galleryid)
                        config.gallerywidth=config.$gallery.width()
                        config.offsets={left:stepcarousel.getoffset(config.$gallery.get(0), "offsetLeft"), top:stepcarousel.getoffset(config.$gallery.get(0), "offsetTop")}
                        config.$belt=config.$gallery.find('.'+config.beltclass) //Find Belt DIV that contains all the panels
                        config.$panels=config.$gallery.find('.'+config.panelclass) //Find Panel DIVs that each contain a slide
                        config.panelbehavior.wraparound=(config.autostep && config.autostep.enable)? true : config.panelbehavior.wraparound //if auto step enabled, set "wraparound" to true
                        config.onpanelclick=(typeof config.onpanelclick=="undefined")? function(target){} : config.onpanelclick //attach custom "onpanelclick" event handler
                        config.onslideaction=(typeof config.onslide=="undefined")? function(){} : function(beltobj){$(beltobj).stop(); config.onslide()} //attach custom "onslide" event handler
                        config.oninit=(typeof config.oninit=="undefined")? function(){} : config.oninit //attach custom "oninit" event handler
                        config.beltoffset=stepcarousel.getCSSValue(config.$belt.css('marginLeft')) //Find length of Belt DIV's left margin
                        config.statusvars=config.statusvars || []  //get variable names that will hold "start", "end", and "total" slides info
                        config.$statusobjs=[$('#'+config.statusvars[0]), $('#'+config.statusvars[1]), $('#'+config.statusvars[2])]
                        config.currentpanel=0
                        stepcarousel.configholder[config.galleryid]=config //store config parameter as a variable
                        if (config.contenttype[0]=="ajax" && typeof config.contenttype[1]!="undefined") //fetch ajax content?
                                stepcarousel.getremotepanels($, config)
                        else
                                stepcarousel.alignpanels($, config) //align panels and initialize gallery
                }) //end document.ready
                jQuery(window).bind('unload', function(){ //clean up
                        if (config.panelbehavior.persist){
                                stepcarousel.setCookie(window[config.galleryid+"persist"], config.currentpanel)
                        }
                        jQuery.each(config, function(ai, oi){
                                oi=null
                        })
                        config=null
                })
        }
}