$(document).ready(function(){
	
	//how much items per page to show
	var show_per_page = 3; 
	//getting the amount of elements inside content div
	var number_of_items = $('#news-list').children().size();
	//calculate the number of pages we are going to have
	var number_of_pages = Math.ceil(number_of_items/show_per_page);
	
	//set the value of our hidden input fields
	$('#current_page').val(0);
	$('#show_per_page').val(show_per_page);
	
	//now when we got all we need for the navigation let's make it '
	
	/* 
	what are we going to have in the navigation?
		- link to previous page
		- links to specific pages
		- link to next page
	*/
	var navigation_html = '';
	var current_link = 0;
	while(number_of_pages > current_link){
		navigation_html += '<a class="page_link ' + current_link + '" href="javascript:go_to_page(' + current_link +')">'+ (current_link + 1) +'</a>';
		current_link++;
	}
	
	$('#page_navigation').html(navigation_html);
	
	//add active_page class to the first page link
	$('#page_navigation .page_link:first').addClass('active_page');
	$('#page_navigation .page_link:last').addClass('no-bg-img');
	
	//hide all the elements inside content div
	$('#news-list').children().css('display', 'none');
	
	//and show the first n (show_per_page) elements
	$('#news-list').children().slice(0, show_per_page).css('display', 'block');
	
});


function go_to_page(page_num){
	
	/*get the page link that has longdesc attribute of the current page and add active_page class to it
	and remove that class from previously active page link*/
	if(isModernBrowser) {
		$('.' + page_num).addClass('active_page').siblings('.active_page').removeClass('active_page');	
	} else {
		$('.page_link').removeClass('active_page');
	}
	//get the number of items shown per page
	var show_per_page = parseInt($('#show_per_page').val());
	
	//get the element number where to start the slice from
	start_from = page_num * show_per_page;
	
	//get the element number where to end the slice
	end_on = start_from + show_per_page;
	
	//hide all children elements of content div, get specific items and show them
	$('#news-list').children().css('display', 'none').slice(start_from, end_on).css('display', 'block');
	

	//update the current page input field
	$('#current_page').val(page_num);
}