var breakingStart = true;	// autostart breaking news
var breakingSpeed = 40;		// breaking msg speed

var breakingScroll = [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0];
var breakingOffset = [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0];
var elementsToClone = [true,true,true,true,true,true,true,true,true,true];
var elementsActive = [];
var theCount = [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0];
var _legatus_slider_timer;

// Legatus Slider Options
var _legatus_slider_autostart = true	// Autostart Slider (false / true)
var _legatus_slider_interval = 5000;	// Autoslide Interval (Def = 5000)
var _legatus_slider_loading = true;		// Autoslide With Loading Bar (false / true)

	//form validation
	function validateName(fld) {
			
		var error = "";
				
		if (fld.value === '' || fld.value === 'Nickname' || fld.value === 'Enter Your Name..' || fld.value === 'Your Name..') {
			error = "You didn't enter Your First Name.\n";
		} else if ((fld.value.length < 2) || (fld.value.length > 50)) {
			error = "First Name is the wrong length.\n";
		}
		return error;
	}
			
	function validateEmail(fld) {

		var error="";
		var illegalChars = /^[^@]+@[^@.]+\.[^@]*\w\w$/;
				
		if (fld.value === "") {
			error = "You didn't enter an email address.\n";
		} else if ( fld.value.match(illegalChars) === null) {
			error = "The email address contains illegal characters.\n";
		}

		return error;

	}
			
	function validateMessage(fld) {

		var error = "";
				
		if (fld.value === '') {
			error = "You didn't enter Your message.\n";
		} else if (fld.value.length < 3) {
			error = "The message is to short.\n";
		}

		return error;
	}