(function($)
{
        $.fn.kricordion = function(options) 
        {
                var defaults =
                {
                        slides: '.acr_image',           // wich element inside the container should serve as slide
                        animationSpeed: 900,            // animation duration
                        autorotation: true,             // autorotation true or false?
                        autorotationSpeed:3,            // duration between autorotation switch in Seconds
                        easing: 'easeOutQuint',         // animation easing, more options at the bottom of this file
                        event: 'mouseover',             // event to focus a slide: mouseover or click
                        imageShadow:true,               // should the image get a drop shadow to the left
                        imageShadowStrength:0.5,        // how dark should that shadow be, recommended values: between 0.3 and 0.8, allowed between 0 and 1
                        fontOpacity: 1,                 // opacity for font, if set to 1 it will be stronger but most browsers got a small rendering glitch at 1
                        backgroundOpacity: 0.8
                };

                // merge default values with the values that were passed with the function call
                var options = $.extend(defaults, options);


                return this.each(function()
                {
                        var slides = $(this).find(options.slides);
                        $(this).children().remove();
                        $(this).append(slides);

                        // save some jQuery selections into variables, also calculate base values for each slide
                        var slideWrapper        = $(this),                                                              // element that holds the slides
                                slides                  = slideWrapper.find(options.slides).css('display','block'),     // the slides
                                slide_count     = slides.length,                                                // number of slides
                                slide_width             = slideWrapper.width() / slide_count    // width of the slides
                                expand_slide    = slides.width(),                                               // size of a slide when expanded, defined in css, class ".featured" by default
                                minimized_slide = (slideWrapper.width() - expand_slide) / (slide_count - 1), // remaining width is shared among the non-active slides
                                overlay_modifier = 200 *(1- options.imageShadowStrength),                                       //increases the size of the minimized image div to avoid flickering
                                excerptWrapper = slides.find('div'),
                                interval = '',
                                current_slide = 0;


                        //modify excerptWrapper and re-select it, also add positioning span -------------------------
                        excerptWrapper.wrap('<span class="acr_feature_excerpt"></span>').removeClass('acr_feature_excerpt').addClass('acr_position_excerpt');
                        excerptWrapper = slideWrapper.find('.acr_feature_excerpt').css('opacity',options.backgroundOpacity);
                        // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                        //equal heights for all excerpt containers, then hide basic excerpt content -----------------
                        excerptWrapper.equalHeights().find('.acr_position_excerpt').css({display:'block', opacity:0, position:'absolute'});
                        var excerptWrapperHeight = excerptWrapper.height();

                        //iterate each slide and set new base values, also set positions for acitve and inactive states and event handlers
                        slides.each(function(i)
                        {
                                var this_slide = $(this),                                                                                       // current slide element
                                        real_excerpt = this_slide.find('.acr_position_excerpt'),                    // wrapper to center the excerpt content verticaly
                                        real_excerpt_height = real_excerpt.height(),                                    // height of the excerpt content
                                        slide_heading =this_slide.find('div'),                               // slide heading
                                        cloned_heading =   slide_heading.clone().appendTo(this_slide) // clone heading for heading only view
                                                                                                        .addClass('acr_heading_clone')
                                                                                                        .removeClass('acr_position_excerpt')
                                                                                                        .css({opacity:options.fontOpacity, width:slide_width-30}),
                                        clone_height = cloned_heading.height();                                                 // height of clone heading, needed to center verticaly as well
                                        this_slide.find('p').appendTo(real_excerpt);


                                        this_slide.css('backgroundPosition',parseInt(slide_width/2-8) + 'px ' + parseInt((this_slide.height()- excerptWrapperHeight)/2 -8) + 'px');                                             

                                        cloned_heading.css({bottom: (excerptWrapperHeight-clone_height)/2 +9});                 //center clone heading
                                        real_excerpt.css({bottom: (excerptWrapperHeight-real_excerpt.height())/2 +9});    //center real excerpt

                                        this_slide.data( //save data of each slide via jquerys data method
                                        'data',
                                        {
                                                this_slides_position: i * slide_width,                                                  // position if no item is active
                                                pos_active_higher: i * minimized_slide,                                                 // position of the item if a higher item is active
                                                pos_active_lower: ((i-1) * minimized_slide) + expand_slide              // position of the item if a lower item is active
                                        });

                                //set base properties   
                                this_slide.css({zIndex:i+1, left: i * slide_width, width:slide_width + overlay_modifier});


                                //apply the fading div if option is set to do so
                                if(options.imageShadow)
                                {
                                        this_slide.find('>a').prepend('<span class="acr_fadeout "></span>');
                                }

                        });

                        // calls the preloader, kriesi_image_preloader plugin needed
                        jQuery(this).ready(add_functionality);

                        function add_functionality()
                        {

                                //set autorotation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                if(options.autorotation)
                                {
                                        interval = setInterval(function() { autorotation(); }, (parseInt(options.autorotationSpeed) * 1000));
                                }

                                slides.each(function(i)
                                {
                                        var this_slide = $(this), 
                                                real_excerpt = this_slide.find('.acr_position_excerpt'), 
                                                cloned_heading = this_slide.find('.acr_heading_clone');

                                        //set mouseover or click event
                                        this_slide.bind(options.event, function(event, continue_autoslide)
                                        {
                                                //stop autoslide on userinteraction
                                                if(!continue_autoslide)
                                                {
                                                        clearInterval(interval)
                                                }

                                                var objData = this_slide.data( 'data' );
                                                //on mouseover expand current slide to full size and fadeIn real content
                                                real_excerpt.stop().animate({opacity:options.fontOpacity},options.animationSpeed, options.easing);
                                                cloned_heading.stop().animate({opacity:0},options.animationSpeed, options.easing);

                                                this_slide.stop().animate({     width: expand_slide + (overlay_modifier * 1.2), 
                                                                                                        left: objData.pos_active_higher},
                                                                                                        options.animationSpeed, options.easing);

                                                //set and all other slides to small size
                                                slides.each(function(j){

                                                        if (i !== j)
                                                        {       
                                                                var this_slide = $(this),
                                                                        real_excerpt = this_slide.find('.acr_position_excerpt'),
                                                                        cloned_heading = this_slide.find('.acr_heading_clone'),
                                                                        objData = this_slide.data( 'data' ),
                                                                        new_pos = objData.pos_active_higher;

                                                                if(i < j) { new_pos = objData.pos_active_lower; }
                                                                this_slide.stop().animate({left: new_pos, width:minimized_slide + overlay_modifier},options.animationSpeed, options.easing);
                                                                real_excerpt.stop().animate({opacity:0},options.animationSpeed, options.easing);
                                                                cloned_heading.stop().animate({opacity:options.fontOpacity},options.animationSpeed, options.easing);
                                                        }

                                                });

                                        });
                                });


                                //set mouseout event: expand all slides to no-slide-active position and width
                                slideWrapper.bind('mouseleave', function()
                                {
                                        slides.each(function(i)
                                        {
                                                var this_slide = $(this),
                                                        real_excerpt = this_slide.find('.acr_position_excerpt'),
                                                        cloned_heading = this_slide.find('.acr_heading_clone'),
                                                        objData = this_slide.data( 'data' ),
                                                        new_pos = objData.this_slides_position;

                                                        this_slide.stop().animate({left: new_pos, width:slide_width + overlay_modifier},options.animationSpeed, options.easing);
                                                        real_excerpt.stop().animate({opacity:0},options.animationSpeed, options.easing);
                                                        cloned_heading.stop().animate({opacity:options.fontOpacity},options.animationSpeed, options.easing);
                                        });

                                });
                        }


                        // autorotation function for the image slider
                        function autorotation()
                        {
                                if(slide_count  == current_slide)
                                {
                                        slideWrapper.trigger('mouseleave');
                                        current_slide = 0;
                                }
                                else
                                {
                                        slides.filter(':eq('+current_slide+')').trigger(options.event,[true]);
                                        current_slide ++;
                                }
                        }
                });
        };
})(jQuery);
//equalHeights by james padolsey
jQuery.fn.equalHeights = function() {
    return this.height(Math.max.apply(null,
        this.map(function() {
           return jQuery(this).height()
        }).get()
    ));
};