(function($) {

	/*

		jquery.twitter.js v1.0

		Last updated: 26 October 2008



		Created by Damien du Toit

		http://coda.co.za/blog/2008/10/26/jquery-plugin-for-twitter



		Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 3.0 Unported License

		http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

	*/



	$.fn.getTwitter = function(options) {

		var o = $.extend({}, $.fn.getTwitter.defaults, options);

	

		// hide container element

		$(this).hide();

	

		// add heading to container element

		if (o.showHeading) {

			$(this).append('<h2>'+o.headingText+'</h2>');

		}



		// add twitter list to container element

		$(this).append('<ul id="twitter_update_list"><li></li></ul>');



		// hide twitter list

		$("ul#twitter_update_list").hide();



		// add preLoader to container element

		var pl = $('<p id="'+o.preloaderId+'">'+o.loaderText+'</p>');

		$(this).append(pl);



		// add Twitter profile link to container element

		if (o.showProfileLink) {

			$(this).append('<a id="profileLink" href="http://twitter.com/'+o.userName+'">http://twitter.com/'+o.userName+'</a>');

		}



		// show container element

		$(this).show();

	

		$.getScript("http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js");

		$.getScript("http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/"+o.userName+".json?callback=twitterCallback2&count="+o.numTweets, function() {

			// remove preLoader from container element

			$(pl).remove();



			// show twitter list

			if (o.slideIn) {

				$("ul#twitter_update_list").slideDown(1000);

			}

			else {

				$("ul#twitter_update_list").show();

			}



			// give first list item a special class

			$("ul#twitter_update_list li:first").addClass("firstTweet");



			// give last list item a special class

			$("ul#twitter_update_list li:last").addClass("lastTweet");

		});

	};



	// plugin defaults

	$.fn.getTwitter.defaults = {

		userName: null,

		numTweets: 5,

		preloaderId: "preloader",

		loaderText: "Loading tweets...",

		slideIn: false,

		showHeading: true,

		headingText: "Latest Tweets",

		showProfileLink: true

	};

})(jQuery);