jQuery.noConflict();

// Innitiate Main Menu
jQuery(document).ready(function() { 
	jQuery('ul#menu').superfish(); 
});

//Homepage Slideshow navigation
function paginate(idx, slide){	
	return '<a href="" title="" class="ie6"><img src="layout/images/transparent.png" alt="" width="13" height="13" class="ie6" /></a>';
}

//News Scroller (Widget)
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
 
 	jQuery('.news-scroller').cycle({ 
	    fx: 'scrollVert',
		speed: 1500,
		rev: true,
		timeout: 4000,
		next: '.news-next', 
	    prev: '.news-previous',
	    easing: 'easeInOutQuint'
	 });      
 
});

//Portfolio thumbnail
jQuery(document).ready(function(){

	jQuery('.portfolio-box a').hover(function() {
		
		//Show darkenned hover over thumbnail image
		jQuery(this).find('img').stop(true, true).animate({opacity:0.5},400);

	}, function() {
		
		//Hide darkenned hover over thumbnail image
		jQuery(this).find('img').stop(true, true).animate({opacity:1},400);
			
	});

});

//Portfolio thumbnail
jQuery(document).ready(function(){

	jQuery('.portfolio-image a').hover(function() {
		
		//Show darkenned hover over thumbnail image
		jQuery(this).find('img').stop(true, true).animate({opacity:0.5},400);

	}, function() {
		
		//Hide darkenned hover over thumbnail image
		jQuery(this).find('img').stop(true, true).animate({opacity:1},400);
			
	});

});

//Image Buttons
jQuery(document).ready(function(){

	jQuery('.image-button').css({opacity:.75});

	jQuery('.image-button').hover(function() {
		
		jQuery(this).stop(true, true).animate({opacity:1},100);

	}, function() {

		jQuery(this).stop(true, true).animate({opacity:.75},100);
			
	});

});