//home page slider
	$(document).ready(function(){
		$('#slider_area').cycle({ 
			fx:     'fade', 
			easing: 'backout', 
			timeout: 4000, 
			pager:  '#numbers', 
			cleartype:  1,
			pagerAnchorBuilder: function(idx) { 
				return '<li><a href="#" title="">&nbsp;</a></li>'; 
			} 
		});
	});

//cufon fonts
	$(document).ready(function(){
		Cufon.replace('h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,.title_1,.title_2', {hover: true});
	});

//pretty photo
	$(document).ready(function(){
		$("a[rel^='prettyPhoto']").prettyPhoto();
	});

//navigation
	$(document).ready(function(){
			ddsmoothmenu.init({
				mainmenuid: "dropdown_menu", //menu DIV id
				orientation: 'h', //Horizontal or vertical menu: Set to "h" or "v"
				classname: 'dropdown', //class added to menu's outer DIV
				//customtheme: ["#1c5a80", "#18374a"],
				contentsource: "markup" //"markup" or ["container_id", "path_to_menu_file"]
			})
 	});

//image effects 
	$(document).ready(function(){
			var image_e= $(".image.portfolio, .image.product_image");
			image_e.mouseover(function(){$(this).stop().animate({ opacity:0.6
					}, 400);
			}).mouseout(function(){
				image_e.stop().animate({ 
					opacity:1
					}, 400 );
			});
	});



//validate contact form
	  $(document).ready(function(){
		  jQuery.validator.messages.required = "";
			$("#validate_form").validate({});
	  });


//hack for ie linked images border 
	  $(document).ready(function(){
			var all_images = $("#content img");
			var all_images_links = all_images.parent();
			all_images_links.addClass("no_border");
	  });


//sub menu effect
	$(document).ready(function(){
	var sub_menu_link= $("#sub_menu li a");
		sub_menu_link.mouseover(
		function(){

				$(this).stop().animate({
							paddingLeft : 20

				}, 20);

		}).mouseout(function(){
					$(this).stop().animate({
						paddingLeft : 0
						}, 200 );
				});
	});


//dropdown menu effect
	$(document).ready(function(){
		var dp_menu_link= $("#dropdown_menu ul li ul li a");
		dp_menu_link.mouseover(
		function(){

				$(this).stop().animate({
							paddingLeft : 40
				}, 20);

		}).mouseout(function(){
					$(this).stop().animate({
							paddingLeft : 10
						}, 200 );
				});
	});