//dropdown menu
var closetimer = 0;
var ddmenuitem = 0;
function jsddm_close(){  
	if(ddmenuitem){ 
		ddmenuitem.css('visibility', 'hidden');
	}
}
function jsddm_canceltimer(){  
	if(closetimer){  
		window.clearTimeout(closetimer);
      	closetimer = null;
	}
}
$(document).click(function(){
	jsddm_close();
});

//start the navigation, weather and the homepage slider on page load
$(document).ready(function(){
	$('.nav-item').bind({
		mouseover: function(){ 
			jsddm_canceltimer();
			jsddm_close();
			ddmenuitem = $(this).find('ul').css('visibility', 'visible');
		},
		mouseout: function(){ 
			closetimer = window.setTimeout(jsddm_close, 500); 
		}
	});
    $('#slider').nivoSlider({
        effect:'slideInRight',
        animSpeed:500, //Slide transition speed
        pauseTime:14000,
        startSlide:0, //Set starting Slide (0 index)
        directionNav:false, //Next & Prev
        controlNav:false, //1,2,3...
        keyboardNav:true, //Use left & right arrows
        pauseOnHover:true, //Stop animation while hovering
        manualAdvance:false, //Force manual transitions
        captionOpacity:0.8 //Universal caption opacity
    });
	$("#ticker").marquee('ticker'); 
});