/* START DOCUMENT READY */
$(document).ready(function(){
	
	/* @section: main slideshow
	----------------------------------------------------------------- */	
	$('#slideshow ul').cycle({
		fx: 'fade'
    , speed:700
    , timeout:7000
		,	height: '444px'
    , cleartypeNoBg: true
		, pager: '#slide_controls ul'
		, pagerEvent: 'click'
		, after: slidetextUp
		, pagerAnchorBuilder: function(idx, slide) {
				var $pag_desc = $('#slideshow li:eq(' + (idx) +') .pag_desc').html();
				$('#slideshow li:eq(' + (idx) +') .pag_desc').remove();
				$('#slide_controls li:eq(' + (idx) + ') span').after($pag_desc);
				return '#slide_controls li:eq(' + idx + ')';
			}
	});
	
	$('#slideshow ul').hover(
		function() {
			$('#slideshow ul').cycle('pause');
		},
		function() {
			$('#slideshow ul').cycle('resume');
		});
	
/* END DOCUMENT READY */
});

// @notes: reusable functions
function slidetextUp(out) {
	$('.slide_text', out).hide();
	$('.slide_text', this).slideToggle('fast');
}