//open gallery windows
var url;
function gallery(url,winWidth,winHeight) {
	var leftBorder = (screen.availWidth - winWidth) / 2;
	var topBorder = (screen.availHeight - winHeight) / 2;
	var windowParam = 'location=0,resizable=0,toolbar=1,titlebar=0,menubar=0,status=0,scrollbars=1,width=' + winWidth + ',height=' + winHeight + ',left=' + leftBorder + ',top=' + topBorder;
	window.open(url,'',windowParam);
}

//open mail to window
var url;
function mail_window(url){
	window.open(url,'','scrollbars=0,toolbar=0,width=600,height=500');
}

//some image alt thing?
function newImage(arg) {
	if (document.images) {
		rslt = new Image();
		rslt.src = arg;
		return rslt;
	}
}



// hide objects 
function hideObject(obj) {
	if ( $(obj).is(':visible') ){
		$(obj).fadeOut(250,function(){
		$("i.smallText").html("click to show");
		});
	} else { 
		$(obj).fadeIn(250,function(){
		$("i.smallText").html("click to hide");
		});
	}
	return false;
}

//pad leading zeros to a number
function leadingZeros(num, digits) {
	var numZeropad = num + '';

	while(numZeropad.length < digits) {
		numZeropad = "0" + numZeropad;
	}
	return numZeropad;
}