jQuery.fn.accessNews=function(settings){

settings=jQuery.extend({newsHeadline:"Top Stories",newsSpeed:"normal"},settings);

return this.each(function(i){

aNewsSlider.itemWidth=parseInt(jQuery(".item:eq("+i+")",".news_slider").css("width"))+parseInt(jQuery(".item:eq("+i+")",".news_slider").css("margin-right"));

aNewsSlider.init(settings,this);

jQuery(".view_all > a",this).click(function(){

aNewsSlider.vAll(settings,this);return false})
}
)
};

var aNewsSlider={

itemWidth:0,init:function(s,p){

jQuery(".messaging",p).css("display","none");

itemLength=jQuery(".item",p).length;




if(jQuery(".view_all",p).width()==null){


jQuery(".news_items",p).prepend("")}newsContainerWidth=itemLength*aNewsSlider.itemWidth;jQuery(".container",p).css("width",newsContainerWidth+"px");




/* Hacked by Giorgio */

if(itemLength <= 2) {

jQuery(".next",p).css("display","none");
jQuery(".prev",p).css("display","none");

} else {

jQuery(".next",p).css("display","block");

}


animating=false;jQuery(".next",p).click(function(){

if(animating==false){animating=true;animateLeft=parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("left"))-(aNewsSlider.itemWidth*2);if(animateLeft+parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("width"))>0){


jQuery(".prev",p).css("display","block");jQuery(".container",p).animate({left:animateLeft},s.newsSpeed,function(){


jQuery(this).css("left",animateLeft);if(parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("left"))+parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("width"))<=aNewsSlider.itemWidth*2){


jQuery(".next",p).css("display","none")}animating=false})}else{animating=false}}return false});

jQuery(".prev",p).click(function(){


if(animating==false){


animating=true;animateLeft=parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("left"))+(aNewsSlider.itemWidth*2);


if((animateLeft+parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("width")))<=parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("width"))){jQuery(".next",p).css("display","block");


jQuery(".container",p).animate({left:animateLeft},s.newsSpeed,function(){jQuery(this).css("left",animateLeft);


if(parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("left"))==0){jQuery(".prev",p).css("display","none")}animating=false})}else{animating=false}}return false

}



)

}

,vAll:function(s,p){var o=p;while(p){p=p.parentNode;if(jQuery(p).attr("class")!=undefined&&jQuery(p).attr("class").indexOf("news_slider")!=-1){break}}if(jQuery(o).text().indexOf("View All")!=-1){jQuery(".next",p).css("display","none");jQuery(".prev",p).css("display","none");jQuery(o).text("View Less");jQuery(".container",p).css("left","0px").css("width",aNewsSlider.itemWidth*2+"px")}else{jQuery(o).text("View All");aNewsSlider.init(s,p)}}};