$(document).ready(function(){ //alert('document ready.'+baseurl);

	//preload images --------
	function preload(arrayOfImages) {
		$(arrayOfImages).each(function(){
			(new Image()).src = this; //$('<img/>')[0].src = this;
		});
	}
	preload(['_images/slides/1.jpg',
			 '_images/slides/2.jpg'
			 ]);
	
	//twitter feed --------
	$("#twitter").getTwitter({
		userName: twittername, 
		numTweets: 1,
		loaderText: "", 
		slideIn: false,
		showHeading: false,
		showProfileLink: false,
		showTimestamp: false
	});
		
	$(window).load( function(){ //alert('window ready.'+baseurl);
		
		//news ticker --------
		$.get(baseurl+'home/getNewsTicker', function(data) { //alert('getNewsTicker was got: '+data);
			$("#tickerbox").css( {"visibility":"visible", "display":"none"} ).fadeIn(100);
			$('#ticker').html(data);	
			$('#fade').list_ticker({
				speed:'10000',
				effect:'fade'
			});
		});		

	});	


});