var timer;
var currItem = 0;

function rotateNews(itemShown, base_url){

    newsItem = $("#news"+itemShown);
	kids = newsItem.children();
	
    nextItem = itemShown == 4 ? 0: itemShown + 1;
   
    if(currItem != 0)
        currItem.removeClass('active');
   
    newsItem.addClass('active');
	
	$("#featureTitle").text(kids[1].textContent); //.title
	$("#featureShort").text(kids[2].textContent); //.short
		
	src = kids[0].src.split('/');
	
    $("#featureImg").attr('src', base_url+'assets/images/'+src[5]+'/' + src[7]);
	$("#featureLink").attr('href', base_url+'page/view_article/' + kids[2].id);
    currItem =  newsItem;
   
    timer = setTimeout("rotateNews(" + nextItem + ",'"+base_url+"')",3300);
   
};

function submitPoll (site)
{
    
	 $.ajax({
	   type: "POST",
	   url: site.data.url+"ajax/process_poll",
	   data: $("#pollForm").serialize(),
	   success: function(msg){
		  
		 $("#pollBox").html(msg);
	   },
	   failure: function(msg){alert('Failed: ' + msg);}
	 });
     return false;
}


var timeout    = 500;
var closetimer = 0;
var ddmenuitem = 0;

function jsddm_open(){
    jsddm_canceltimer();
    jsddm_close();
    ddmenuitem = $(this).find('.submenu').show();
}

function jsddm_close(){  if(ddmenuitem) ddmenuitem.hide();}

function jsddm_timer(){  closetimer = setTimeout(jsddm_close, timeout);}

function jsddm_canceltimer(){  
    if(closetimer){  
        clearTimeout(closetimer);
        closetimer = null;
    }
}