jQuery.fn.accessNews = function(settings) {
    settings = jQuery.extend({
        newsHeadline: "Top Stories",
        newsWidth: 120,
		  nnews: 2,
		  viewAllTitle: "", 
		  viewLessTitle: "", 
		  viewUpperLink: true, 
        newsSpeed: "normal"
    }, settings );
    return this.each(function(i) {
        aNewsSlider.init(settings,this);
        jQuery(".view_all > a", this).click(function() {
            aNewsSlider.vAll(settings,this);
            return false;
        });
    });
};
var aNewsSlider = {
    init: function(s,p) {
        jQuery(".messaging",p).css("display","none");
        itemLength = jQuery(".item",p).length;
        if (jQuery(".view_all",p).width() == null) {
			if( s.viewUpperLink == true )
			{
				/*
				jQuery(".news_items",p).prepend("<p class='view_all'>" + s.newsHeadline + " [ " + itemLength + "  ] &nbsp;-&nbsp; <a href='#'>" + s.viewAllTitle + "</a></p>");
				*/
			}
        }
        newsContainerWidth = itemLength*s.newsWidth;
        jQuery(".container",p).css("width",newsContainerWidth + "px");
        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")) - (s.newsWidth * s.nnews);
                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")) <= s.newsWidth * s.nnews) {
                            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")) + (s.newsWidth * s.nnews);
                if ((animateLeft + parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("width"))) <= parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("width"))+30) {
                    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(s.viewAllTitle) != -1) {
            jQuery(".next",p).css("display","none");
            jQuery(".prev",p).css("display","none");
            jQuery(o).text(s.viewLessTitle);
            jQuery(".container",p).css("left","0px").css("width",s.newsWidth * s.nnews + "px");
        } else {
            jQuery(o).text( s.viewAllTitle );
            aNewsSlider.init(s,p);
        }
    }
};