// when the DOM is ready...

function slider_cams() {

		var $cams_panels = jQuery('#slider_cams .scrollContainer > div');
		var $cams_container = jQuery('#slider_cams .scrollContainer');
		
		// if false, we'll float all the panels left and fix the width 
		// of the container
		var cams_horizontal = true;
		
		// elp
		// check if panels exists
		if ($cams_panels.length > 0) {
		
			// float the panels left if we're going cams_horizontal
			if (cams_horizontal) {
				$cams_panels.css({
					'float': 'left',
					'position': 'relative' // IE fix to ensure overflow is hidden
				});
				
				// calculate a new width for the container (so it holds all panels)
				$cams_container.css('width', $cams_panels[0].offsetWidth * $cams_panels.length);
			}
			
			// collect the scroll object, at the same time apply the hidden overflow
			// to remove the default scrollbars that will appear
			var $cams_scroll = jQuery('#slider_cams .scroll').css('overflow', 'hidden');
			
			// apply our left + right buttons
			$cams_scroll.before('<img class="scrollButtons left" src="fileadmin/templates/css/screen/images/news_left.gif" />').after('<img class="scrollButtons right" src="fileadmin/templates/css/screen/images/news_right.gif" />');
			
			
			
			// offset is used to move to *exactly* the right place, since I'm using
			// padding on my example, I need to subtract the amount of padding to
			// the offset.  Try removing this to get a good idea of the effect
			var cams_offset = parseInt((cams_horizontal ? $cams_container.css('paddingTop') : $cams_container.css('paddingLeft')) ||
			0) *
			-1;
			
			
			var cams_scrollOptions = {
				target: $cams_scroll, // the element that has the overflow
				// can be a selector which will be relative to the target
				items: $cams_panels,
				
				
				// selectors are NOT relative to document, i.e. make sure they're unique
				prev: 'img.left',
				next: 'img.right',
				
				// allow the scroll effect to run both directions
				axis: 'xy',
				
				offset: cams_offset,
				
				// duration of the sliding effect
				duration: 500,
				
				// easing - can be used with the easing plugin: 
				// http://gsgd.co.uk/sandbox/jquery/easing/
				easing: 'swing',
				constant: false,
				lock: false,
				stop: true
			};
			
			// apply serialScroll to the slider - we chose this plugin because it 
			// supports// the indexed next and previous scroll along with hooking 
			// in to our navigation.
			//alert($('#slider_cams'));
			jQuery('#slider_cams').serialScroll(cams_scrollOptions);
			
			// now apply localScroll to hook any other arbitrary links to trigger 
			// the effect
			// $.localScroll(cams_scrollOptions);
			
			// finally, if the URL has a hash, move the slider in to position, 
			// setting the duration to 1 because I don't want it to scroll in the
			// very first page load.  We don't always need this, but it ensures
			// the positioning is absolutely spot on when the pages loads.
			cams_scrollOptions.duration = 1;
			jQuery.localScroll.hash(cams_scrollOptions);
		} 
}