$(function() {
	  $('#navbar li').hover(function() {
		$(this)
		  .children("a")
		  .addClass("navbar-over");
	  }, function() {
		$(this)
		  .children("a")
		  .removeClass("navbar-over");	  
	  });


$('#sidebar-box p img').each(function(index) { 
       grabbedImage = $(this).attr('src');
       $(this).wrap('<div class="image"></div>');
	   $(this).before('<span class="right-corner"></span>');
	   $(this).after('<span class="left-corner"></span>');
 });

$('.home #col2 p img').each(function(index) { 
       grabbedImage = $(this).attr('src');
       $(this).wrap('<div class="image"></div>');
	   $(this).before('<span class="right-corner"></span>');
	   $(this).after('<span class="left-corner"></span>');
 });

$('img.corners').each(function(index) { 
       $(this).wrap('<div class="image"></div>');
	   $(this).before('<span class="right-corner"></span>');
	   $(this).after('<span class="left-corner"></span>');
	   $(this).css('display','inline');
});

$('.search-box').focus(function() {
      $(this).val('');
});

$('#searchIcon').click(function() {
    if ($(".search-box").val().length < 3) {
        alert("Please enter at least 3 characters in your search.");
        return false;
    }    
});


/* open external links in a new window */
$('a').each(function() {
    
	var a = new RegExp('/' + window.location.host + '/');
	
	var strLink = $(this).attr('href');
	
	if (strLink!=undefined) {
		var startsWith = strLink.indexOf("javascript:") === 0; // check to maksure links does not start with jasvascript:
	}

	if (startsWith==false) {
		
		if(!a.test(this.href)) {
					
			$(this).click(function(event) {
				   event.preventDefault();
				   event.stopPropagation();
				   window.open(this.href, '_blank');
			   });
		}
	}

});


});