String.prototype.trim = function() { return this.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, ""); };


function preloadImages () {
	var imgs = new Array();
	for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
		var imgsrc = arguments[i];
		imgs[i] = new Image();
		imgs[i].src = imgsrc;
	}
}


function makeTransBg(el, bgimgdf, sizingMethod, type, offset){
	var objs = el;
	if(!objs) return;
	if ($type(objs) != 'array') objs = [objs];
	if(!sizingMethod) sizingMethod = 'crop';
	if(!offset) offset = 0;
	var blankimg = siteurl + 'images/blank.png';
	objs.each(function(obj) {
		var bgimg = bgimgdf;
		if (obj.tagName == 'IMG') {
			//This is an image
			if (!bgimg) bgimg = obj.src;
			if (!(/\.png$/i).test(bgimg) || (/blank\.png$/i).test(bgimg)) return;

			obj.setStyle('height',obj.offsetHeight);
			obj.setStyle('width',obj.offsetWidth);
			obj.src = blankimg;
			obj.setStyle ('visibility', 'visible');
			obj.setStyle('filter', "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src="+bgimg+", sizingMethod='"+sizingMethod+"')");
		}else{
			//Background
			if (!bgimg) bgimg = obj.getStyle('backgroundImage');
			var pattern = new RegExp('url\s*[\(\"\']*([^\'\"\)]*)[\'\"\)]*');
			if ((m = pattern.exec(bgimg))) bgimg = m[1];
			if (!(/\.png$/i).test(bgimg) || (/blank\.png$/i).test(bgimg)) return;
			if (!type)
			{
				obj.setStyles({'background': 'none'});

				if(obj.getStyle('position')!='absolute' && obj.getStyle('position')!='relative') {
					obj.setStyle('position', 'relative');
				}

				obj.getChildren().each(function(el){
					if(el.getStyle('position')!='absolute' && el.getStyle('position')!='relative') 
					{
						el.setStyle('position', 'relative');
					}
					el.setStyle('z-index',2);
				});
				//Create background layer:
				var bgdiv = new Element('IMG');
				bgdiv.src = blankimg;
				bgdiv.width = obj.offsetWidth - offset;
				bgdiv.height = obj.offsetHeight - offset;
				bgdiv.setStyles({
					'position': 'absolute',
					'top': 0,
					'left': -obj.getStyle('padding-left').toInt()
				});

				bgdiv.className = 'TransBG';

				bgdiv.setStyle('filter', "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src="+bgimg+", sizingMethod='"+sizingMethod+"')");
				bgdiv.inject(obj, 'top');
				//alert(obj.innerHTML + '\n' + bgdiv.innerHTML);
			} else {
				obj.setStyle('filter', "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src="+bgimg+", sizingMethod='"+sizingMethod+"')");
			}
		}
	}.bind(this));
}


function isIE6() {
	version=0
	if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE")!=-1){
		temp=navigator.appVersion.split("MSIE")
		version=parseFloat(temp[1])
	}
	return (version && (version < 7));
}


function getElementsByClass(searchClass,node,tag) {
	var classElements = new Array();
	var j = 0;
	if ( node == null )
		node = document;
	if ( tag == null )
		tag = '*';
	var els = node.getElementsByTagName(tag);
	var elsLen = els.length;
	var pattern = new RegExp('(^|\\s)'+searchClass+'(\\s|$)');
	for (var i = 0; i < elsLen; i++) {
		if ( pattern.test(els[i].className) ) {
			classElements[j] = els[i];
			j++;
		}
	}
	//alert(searchClass + j);
	return classElements;
}