var navdate="";  //should populate the correct value in bn_form_link.js
var marqueeUrl="/STI/STIFILES/ticker/sti_marquee";
var epaper_date ="";
var navlink="";
	
var d_names = new Array("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday",
"Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday");

var m_names = new Array("January", "February", "March", 
"April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", 
"October", "November", "December");

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//This block of script is for the world cup dropdown menu under channel "Sports"
var timeout         = 500;
var closetimer		= 0;
var ddmenuitem      = 0;

// open hidden layer
function mopen(id)
{	
	// cancel close timer
	mcancelclosetime();

	// close old layer
	if(ddmenuitem) ddmenuitem.style.visibility = 'hidden';

	// get new layer and show it
	ddmenuitem = document.getElementById(id);
	ddmenuitem.style.visibility = 'visible';

}
// close showed layer
function mclose()
{
	if(ddmenuitem) ddmenuitem.style.visibility = 'hidden';
}

// go close timer
function mclosetime()
{
	closetimer = window.setTimeout(mclose, timeout);
}

// cancel close timer
function mcancelclosetime()
{
	if(closetimer)
	{
		window.clearTimeout(closetimer);
		closetimer = null;
	}
}

// close layer when click-out
document.onclick = mclose; 
// -->


jQuery(document).ready(function() {
	

	if (jQuery("#hidden_section_name").val()=="Site Map"){

		//Breaking News
		jQuery("#bn_top_stories").attr("href",navlink.replace("to_be_rep","Breaking_News_Top_Stories"));
		jQuery("#bn_singapore").attr("href",navlink.replace("to_be_rep","Singapore/Singapore"));
		jQuery("#bn_asia").attr("href",navlink.replace("to_be_rep","Asia/Asia"));
		jQuery("#bn_world").attr("href",navlink.replace("to_be_rep","World/World"));
		jQuery("#bn_sports").attr("href",navlink.replace("to_be_rep","Sport/Sport"));
		jQuery("#bn_lifestyle").attr("href",navlink.replace("to_be_rep","Lifestyle/Lifestyle"));
		jQuery("#bn_seasia").attr("href",navlink.replace("to_be_rep","SE%2BAsia/SE%2BAsia"));
		jQuery("#bn_tech").attr("href",navlink.replace("to_be_rep","Tech%2Band%2BScience/Tech%2Band%2BScience"));
		
		//Print Edition
		jQuery("#pe_top_stories").attr("href","/Prime+News/Prime+News_"+navdate+".html");
		jQuery("#pe_singapore").attr("href","/Singapore/Singapore_"+navdate+".html");
		jQuery("#pe_asia").attr("href","/Asia/Asia_"+navdate+".html");
		jQuery("#pe_world").attr("href","/World/World_"+navdate+".html");
		jQuery("#pe_money").attr("href","/Money/Money_"+navdate+".html");
		jQuery("#pe_review").attr("href","/Review/Review_"+navdate+".html");
		jQuery("#pe_insight").attr("href","/Insight/Insight.html");
		jQuery("#pe_sports").attr("href","/Sports/Sports_"+navdate+".html");
		jQuery("#pe_stforum").attr("href","/ST+Forum/ST+Forum_"+navdate+".html");
		jQuery("#pe_life").attr("href","/Life%21/Life%21_"+navdate+".html");
		jQuery("#pe_printedition").attr("href","/The+Print+Edition/The+Print+Edition_All_"+navdate+".html");
		jQuery("#e_paper").attr("href","http://epaper.straitstimes.com/fvx/fvx.php?param="+epaper_date);
				
	}

});

function getURLParam(strParamName) {

    var strReturn = "";

    var strHref = window.location.href;
   
    if ( strHref.indexOf("?") > -1 ){

            var strQueryString = strHref.substr(strHref.indexOf("?"));

            var aQueryString = strQueryString.split("&");

            for ( var iParam = 0; iParam < aQueryString.length; iParam++ ){

                    if (aQueryString[iParam].indexOf(strParamName + "=") > -1 ){

                            var aParam = aQueryString[iParam].split("=");

                            strReturn = aParam[1];

                            break;

                    }

            }

    }
    return strReturn;
}


jQuery(document).ready(function(){

if (jQuery("#hidden_section_name").length && jQuery("#hidden_section_name").val()=="Home"){
var blogiframe = document.createElement('iframe');
blogiframe.name = 'blog';
blogiframe.width = '300';
blogiframe.height = '260';
blogiframe.scrolling='no';
blogiframe.frameBorder='0';
blogiframe.src = 'http://blogs.straitstimes.com/iframes/st_home';

document.getElementById('blog_frame').appendChild(blogiframe);
		
var razoriframe = document.createElement('iframe');
razoriframe.name = 'razor';
razoriframe.width = '324';
razoriframe.height = '445';
razoriframe.frameBorder='0';
razoriframe.scrolling='no';
razoriframe.src = 'http://www.razor.tv/site/servlet/mini_st';

jQuery("#razor_div").after(razoriframe);

var stompiframe = document.createElement('iframe');
stompiframe.name = 'stomp';
stompiframe.width = '300';
stompiframe.height = '251';
stompiframe.frameBorder='0';
stompiframe.scrolling='no';
stompiframe.src = 'http://www.stomp.com.sg/straitstimes/straitstimes.html';

jQuery("#stomp_div").after(stompiframe);

var st701iframe = document.createElement('iframe');
st701iframe.name = 'st701';
st701iframe.width = '290';
st701iframe.height = '310';
st701iframe.frameBorder='0';
st701iframe.scrolling='no';
st701iframe.src = 'http://www.st701.com/sti/index.html';


document.getElementById('st701frame').appendChild(st701iframe);
	
}

if (jQuery("#comment_tab").length){
	var commentiframe = document.createElement('iframe');
commentiframe.name = 'comment';
commentiframe.width = '290';
commentiframe.height = '250';
commentiframe.frameBorder='0';
commentiframe.marginheight='0';
commentiframe.scrolling='no';
commentiframe.src = 'http://www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIFILES/mostcommented/stimostcomment.html';

document.getElementById('comment_tab').appendChild(commentiframe);
}
});