jQuery(document).ready(function($) { 
	
// add some classes to WP generated elements for styling purposes 
	
	$("#footer li:first-child").addClass("first-item");
	$("#footer li:last-child").addClass("last-item");
	$(".event_wrap:odd").addClass("odd-event");
	$('li.menu-item').children('ul.sub-menu').parent().addClass('hasSubMenu');
	$("ul.styled_list li:odd").addClass("odd");
	

/*
    $(".cboxModalHelp").colorbox({
    	opacity:0.7,
    	inline:true,
    	href:"#helpContent"
    });
*/



	 // for equal height homepage columns (anything wrapped in  <div class="equal_height">
	 function setEqualHeight(columns)
	  {
	  var tallestcolumn = 0;
	  columns.each(
	  function()
	  {
	  currentHeight = $(this).height();
	  if(currentHeight > tallestcolumn)
	  {
	  tallestcolumn  = currentHeight;
	  }
	  }
	  );
	  columns.height(tallestcolumn);
	  }
	 $(document).ready(function() {
	  setEqualHeight($(".equal_height  > div"));
	 });


	 // stop equal height columns

$("p").filter( function() {
    return $.trim($(this).html()) == '';
}).remove()

$("li").filter( function() {
    return $.trim($(this).html()) == '';
}).remove()

$("ul").filter( function() {
    return $.trim($(this).html()) == '';
}).remove()




  function filterPath(string) {
  return string
    .replace(/^\//,'')
    .replace(/(index|default).[a-zA-Z]{3,4}$/,'')
    .replace(/\/$/,'');
  }
  var locationPath = filterPath(location.pathname);
  var scrollElem = scrollableElement('html', 'body');

  $('a[href*=#]').each(function() {
    var thisPath = filterPath(this.pathname) || locationPath;
    if (  locationPath == thisPath
    && (location.hostname == this.hostname || !this.hostname)
    && this.hash.replace(/#/,'') ) {
      var $target = $(this.hash), target = this.hash;
      if ($(target).length > 0) {
        var targetOffset = $target.offset().top;
        $(this).click(function(event) {
          event.preventDefault();
          $(scrollElem).animate({scrollTop: targetOffset}, 600, function() {
            location.hash = target;
          });
        });
      }
    }
  });

  // use the first element that is "scrollable"
  function scrollableElement(els) {
    for (var i = 0, argLength = arguments.length; i <argLength; i++) {
      var el = arguments[i],
          $scrollElement = $(el);
      if ($scrollElement.scrollTop()> 0) {
        return el;
      } else {
        $scrollElement.scrollTop(1);
        var isScrollable = $scrollElement.scrollTop()> 0;
        $scrollElement.scrollTop(0);
        if (isScrollable) {
          return el;
        }
      }
    }
    return [];
  }




}); // STOP JQUERY