function initLightbox() {	
	$("a.lightbox").lightBox({
		allowShare:false,
		imageLoading: base_url+'images/lightbox-ico-loading.gif',
		imageBtnClose: base_url+'images/lightbox-btn-close.gif',
		imageBtnPrev: base_url+']images/lightbox-btn-prev.gif',
		imageBtnNext: base_url+'images/lightbox-btn-next.gif'
	});
}
function showMedia(aid,w,h) {
	$("#showcase").html("<div style='width:"+w+"px;height:"+h+"px;'><div align='center' style='padding:100px 0'>Loading, please wait ...</div></div>");
	$(".about").hide();
	$("#carousel li").removeClass("active");
	$("#ssimg"+aid).addClass("active");
	$.ajax({
	  url: base_url+"getmedia.php",
	  global: false,
	  type: "POST",
	  async: false,
	  dataType: "html",
	  data: "aid="+aid+"&w="+w+"&h="+h,
	  success: function(msg){
		 $("#showcase").html(msg);
		 initLightbox();
	  }
   });		
}

function sendMessage() {
	if($("#name").val()=="" || $("#email").val()=="") return false; 
//	if ($("#contactForm").valid()) {
//		$("#res").html('<img src="images/ajax-loader.gif" />');
		var hot_serverMethodsUrl = base_url+"sendEmail.php";
		var params = $("#contactForm").serialize();
		$.post( hot_serverMethodsUrl, params, function(data){alert(data);} );
//	}
}