/*
** functions.js
** Copyright Ronningen Design, LLC (http://www.websitesthatdostuff.com)
** Subcontracted to Substratal Code LLC (http://www.substratalcode.com)
** Tampered with by Way Short of Heaven (http://www.wayshortofheaven.com)
**
** General support functions.
*/

/* 
** Function to retrieve the URL variables from the current page URL.
** 
** Retrieved from: http://jquery-howto.blogspot.com/2009/09/get-url-parameters-values-with-jquery.html
*/

$.extend({
  getUrlVars: function(){
    var vars = [], hash;
    var hashes = window.location.href.slice(window.location.href.indexOf('?') + 1).split('&');
    for(var i = 0; i < hashes.length; i++)
    {
      hash = hashes[i].split('=');
      vars.push(hash[0]);
      vars[hash[0]] = hash[1];
    }
    return vars;
  },
  getUrlVar: function(name){
    return $.getUrlVars()[name];
  }
});