/**
*  jQuery Rotator Plugin
*  @requires jQuery v1.2.6 or greater
*  http://hernan.amiune.com/labs
*
*  Copyright (c)  Hernan Amiune (hernan.amiune.com)
*  Licensed under MIT license:
*  http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
*
*  Version: 2.0
*/

(function($){ $.fn.rotator = function(options){

var defaults = {
ms: 2000,
n: 1,
autoHeight: false,
detectHeight: true // proposed by Cliff Pruitt
};

var options = $.extend(defaults, options);

return this.each(function(index) {

var $this = $(this);

var initialHeight = 0;
$this.children().filter(":lt("+options.n+")").each(function(index,item){
initialHeight += $(item).height();
});

if(options.detectHeight)$this.height(initialHeight); // proposed by Cliff Pruitt

function beginRotation(){
$this.data("timer", setInterval(function(){

var childHeight = $this.children().filter(":first-child").height();
var animParams = {scrollTop: (childHeight) + "px"};
var autoHeight = 0;
if(options.autoHeight){
$this.children().filter(":lt("+(options.n+1)+")").each(function(index,item){
if(index>0)autoHeight += $(item).height();
});
animParams = $.extend({height:(autoHeight) + "px"}, animParams);
}


$this.animate(animParams, 500, function(){
$this.append($this.children().filter(":first-child"));
$this.remove($this.children().filter(":first-child"));
$this.scrollTop(0);
});


}, options.ms));
}

$this.mouseover(function(){
clearTimeout($this.data("timer"));
});

$this.mouseout(function(){
beginRotation();
});

beginRotation();

});


}})(jQuery);