function emailCheck(emailFormField, showerror) {

	var txt = emailFormField.value;
	var error = "";

	var emailRe = /^\w+([\.-]?\w+)*@\w+([\.-]?\w+)*\.(\w{2}|(com|net|org|edu|int|mil|gov|arpa|biz|aero|name|coop|info|pro|museum))$/
	var phoneRe = /^((\+\d{1,3}(-| )?\(?\d\)?(-| )?\d{1,5})|(\(?\d{2,6}\)?))(-| )?(\d{3,4})(-| )?(\d{4})(( x| ext)\d{1,5}){0,1}$/

	if (!(emailRe.test(txt))) {
		error = "Please enter a valid email address.\n";
	}

	var illegalChars = /[\(\)\<\>\,\;\:\\\/\"\[\]]/
	if (txt.match(illegalChars)) {
		error += "The email address contains illegal characters.\n";
	}

	if (error.length > 0) {
		if (showerror) {
			emailFormField.focus();
			alert(error);
		}
		return false;
	}
	return true;
}

$(function(){	
	if($('#fx img').length > 1) {
		$('#fx').nivoSlider({
		    effect:'fold', //Specify sets like: 'fold,fade,sliceDown'
	      slices:15,
	      animSpeed:500, //Slide transition speed
	      pauseTime:3000,
	      startSlide:0, //Set starting Slide (0 index)
	      directionNav:false, //Next & Prev
	      directionNavHide:false, //Only show on hover
	      controlNav:false, //1,2,3...
	      controlNavThumbs:false, //Use thumbnails for Control Nav
	      controlNavThumbsFromRel:false, //Use image rel for thumbs
	      controlNavThumbsSearch: '.jpg', //Replace this with...
	      controlNavThumbsReplace: '_thumb.jpg', //...this in thumb Image src
	      keyboardNav:false, //Use left & right arrows
	      pauseOnHover:true, //Stop animation while hovering
	      manualAdvance:false, //Force manual transitions
	      captionOpacity:1, //Universal caption opacity
	      beforeChange: function(){},
	      afterChange: function(){},
	      slideshowEnd: function(){}, //Triggers after all slides have been shown
	      lastSlide: function(){}, //Triggers when last slide is shown
	      afterLoad: function(){} //Triggers when slider has loaded
	  });
	}
	
	var current_url = $('#fb-index').attr("title");
	$('#fb-index').html('<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=' +current_url+ '&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=530&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=35" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" class="facebook-like"></iframe>');
	
	$("#ping").after($('<input>').attr({'name':'pong','value':$("#ping").val(),'class':'hide'}));

	$('a[rel="external"], form.form-external').attr({'target':'_blank'});
	
	$("a.fancybox").fancybox({
			'transitionIn'	:	'elastic',
			'transitionOut'	:	'elastic',
			'speedIn'		:	600, 
			'speedOut'		:	200,
			'cyclic' : true,
			'centerOnScroll' : true,
			'overlayOpacity' : 0.8,
			'overlayColor' : '#fff',
			'overlayShow'	:	true
		});
	
	$("ul#top li, .button, #submit, .text").hover(
		 function () {
			$(this).addClass('hover');
		 }, 
		 function () {
			$(this).removeClass('hover');
		 }
	);
	
	/*
	if($("#googlemap").length) {
		$("#googlemap").gMap({
		           markers: [{
					latitude: 37.61003292949159,
		    		longitude: -122.49633550643921,
					html: '<h3>Best Western Plus Lighthouse Hotel</h3><p>105 Rockaway Beach Avenue<br>Pacifica, CA 94044, US<br>Toll-Free: (800) 832-4777<br>Phone: (650) 355-6300</p>',
					//html: '123',
		               popup: true
		           }],
		           zoom: 15,
		           //controls: G_ANCHOR_BOTTOM_RIGHT,
		           controls: ["GLargeMapControl3D", "GMapTypeControl"],
		           scrollwheel: false,
		           maptype: G_PHYSICAL_MAP,
		           icon:
		               {
		                   image:              "images/pointer.png",
		                   shadow:             "images/pointer-shadow.png",
		                   iconsize:           [31, 39],
		                   shadowsize:         [31,39],
		                   iconanchor:         [13, 36],
		                   infowindowanchor:   [13, 2]
		               }

		       });
		
	}
	*/
	
	/** booking **/
	
		var HeBS_Link_Checkin_Checkout_Inputs = function HeBS_Link_Checkin_Checkout_Inputs_function(checkin_selector, checkout_selector) {
			Date.format = 'mm/dd/yyyy';
	
			
			
			$(checkin_selector).bind('dateSelected', function(e, selectedDate, $td, state) {
				var t = new Date(selectedDate);
				var dt = new Date.fromString($(checkin_selector).val());		
			    var edate = new Date.fromString($(checkout_selector).val());			
			    var one_day=1000*60*60*24;
			    var days_diff = Math.ceil((edate.getTime() - dt.getTime())/(one_day));
			    
			    if(edate.getTime() <= dt.getTime()) {
			        $(checkout_selector).val(t.addDays(1).asString());
			    }
			});
			
			$(checkout_selector).bind('dateSelected', function(e, selectedDate, $td, state) {
				var t = new Date(selectedDate);
				var dt = new Date.fromString($(checkin_selector).val());	
			    var edate = new Date.fromString($(checkout_selector).val());				
			    var one_day=1000*60*60*24;
			    var days_diff = Math.ceil((edate.getTime() - dt.getTime())/(one_day));
			    
			    var edate = new Date.fromString($(checkout_selector).val());			
			    if(edate.getTime() <= dt.getTime()) {
			        $(checkin_selector).val(t.addDays(-1).asString());
			    }		
			});
			
			var today = new Date();
			$(checkin_selector).val(today.asString());
			$(checkout_selector).val(today.addDays(1).asString());
			
		    $(checkout_selector).dpSetStartDate(today.asString());
		};
		
		$('#checkin, #checkout, .date-pick').datePicker({'clickInput' : true });
		var today = new Date();
		$('#checkin').val(today.asString());
		
		HeBS_Link_Checkin_Checkout_Inputs('#arrival', '#departure');
	//	end of booking
	
	if ($("#jquery_jplayer_1").length) {
		$("#jquery_jplayer_1").jPlayer({
			ready: function () {
				$(this).jPlayer("setMedia", {
					m4v: "http://www.bestwesternlighthouse.com/video/BestWesternLighthouseHotel.mp4",
					ogv: "http://www.bestwesternlighthouse.com/video/BestWesternLighthouseHotel.ogv",
					poster: "http://www.bestwesternlighthouse.com/video/BestWesternLighthouseHotel.jpg"
				
				});
			},
			swfPath: "js",
			supplied: "m4v, ogv"
		});
	}
		
});