// initialise superfish menu plugins
		
			jQuery(document).ready(function(){
					jQuery('ul.sf-menu').superfish({
							 delay:       1000, // one second delay on mouseout 
							 speed:       'medium', // faster animation speed 
							 animation:   {opacity:'show',height:'show'}, // fade-in and slide-down animation
							 autoArrows:  false, // disable generation of arrow mark-up 
							 dropShadows: false // disable drop shadows 
					});
			});
		
		// hide the widget inner containers except in primary aside
		// hide the product additional description (temp fix) 
		// put a click slider on the widget title
		
			jQuery(document).ready(function(){
					jQuery('.widgetinner').hide();
					jQuery('.init_open').parent().parent().show();
					jQuery('.init_closed').parent().parent().hide();
					jQuery('#shopping-cart').children('.widgetinner').show();
					jQuery('#tag_cloud-2').children('.widgetinner').show();
					jQuery('#transposh').children('.widgetinner').show();
					jQuery('#wpsc_categorisation-3').children('.widgetinner').show();
					jQuery('.additional_description').hide();
					jQuery('.widgettitle').click(function(){
							jQuery(this).next().toggle("medium");
					});    
					jQuery('.widgettitle').hover(function () {jQuery(this).addClass("hover");},function () {jQuery(this).removeClass("hover");
					});
			});
			
		// start the ajax contact form
		
			jQuery(document).ready(function(){
					jQuery('#sign_up').ajaxContactForm(
						'http://claribes.com/php/send_ajax_sign_up_form.php',
						{language: 'en'});
			});
			
			// start the image fader
			
			jQuery(document).ready(function(){
					jQuery('ul#portfolio').innerfade({
							speed: 1500,
							timeout: 5000,
							type: 'sequence',
							containerheight: '162px'
					});
			});
			
			// point all exernal links to a new page
			
			jQuery(document).ready(function(){
					jQuery("a[rel='external']").attr('target','_blank');
			});