/******************************************************/
//   Message to be displayed in footer
//variables:
//	footMessage....stores the message to be displayed in the footer of each page
/******************************************************/

	var footMessage = "Designed by the MCI Website Committee (mciwebmaster@gmail.com)";


	var msgFooter = '';


/******************************************************/

//  Optional MENU Choices
//variables: 
//    optMenuTiltle....... stores the Menu Title
//    optMenuItems.... stores the department name
//    optItemLinks.... stores the href resource
/********************************************************/

	var optMenuTitle = new Array(0,"0");
 	var optItemLinks = new Array();
	var optMenuItems = new Array();

        

/*********************************************************/
// right sidebar event annoncements variables
// titleStr......stores subheading for the announcements
//
/********************************************************/  

	var eventTitle = new Array();
	var eventOne = new Array();
	var eventTwo = new Array();
	var eventThree = new Array();
	var eventFour = new Array();
	var eventFive = new Array();
	var eventSix = new Array();


/*********************************************************/
// left sidebar quotes, quicklinks. forms variables
// displayed in collapsable spry widget (panel)
//
/********************************************************/  

	var quoteOfDay = "";
	var quoteAuthor= "";




/*******************************************************/
// to Display the Clock 
//
/********************************************************/

	var clockDisplayString ='';



/**********************************************/
//Menu generation option for different pages
//variables....
//    pageMenus... array of menus to create based on optional Menu Choices
/*++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/

function generateMenu(forPage)
{
alert("generateMenu");
switch (forPage) {
  case "deptPage":
var pageMenus = new Array ("commons","ae","fl","mz");
	break;

  case "aboutPage":
	var pageMenus = new Array ("mci");
	break;

  case "linksPage":
	var pageMenus = new Array ("Student","Community");
	break;

  case "showcasePage":
	var pageMenus = new Array ("arts","lang","social","sciences");
	break;



 }   //end switch

return pageMenus;
}   // end function
	

/**************************************************/
//setting up menus links based on selections
//this routine is called from main.js after the generatemenu function has been called
//it sets up the link and URL arrays
// for variables declaration see global variables for Optional menu choices above
//
/*+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/

function selectMenu(reqdMenu)
{

switch(reqdMenu) {
  case "commons":
        {
	optMenuTitle[0] = 5;          //number of items in the menu
	optMenuTitle[1] = "Departments";  //title of the menu

	
	optMenuItems[0] ="CO-OP";               optItemLinks[0] ="JavaScript:loadDept('coop')";
	optMenuItems[1] ="Guidance"; 	        optItemLinks[1] ="JavaScript:loadDept('guidance')";
	optMenuItems[2] ="Library"; 	        optItemLinks[2] ="JavaScript:loadDept('library')";
	optMenuItems[3] ="Personalized Alt. Edu."; 		optItemLinks[3]="JavaScript:loadDept('alted')";
	optMenuItems[4] ="Spec. Education"; 	optItemLinks[4] ="JavaScript:loadDept('speced')";
	
	break; //end commons menu
        }        
 case "ae":
        { 
	optMenuTitle[0] = 5;          //number of items in the menu
	optMenuTitle[1] = "A-E Subject Depts";

	optMenuItems[0] ="Business"; 		optItemLinks[0] ="JavaScript:loadDept('business')";
	optMenuItems[1] ="Computer Studies"; 	optItemLinks[1] ="JavaScript:loadDept('computers')";
	optMenuItems[2] ="Drama"; 		optItemLinks[2] ="JavaScript:loadDept('drama')";
	optMenuItems[3] ="English"; 		optItemLinks[3] ="JavaScript:loadDept('english')";
	optMenuItems[4] ="ESL"; 		optItemLinks[4] ="JavaScript:loadDept('esl')";
	
	break; //end arts menu
        }

   case "fl":
	{
	optMenuTitle[0] = 4;
	optMenuTitle[1] = "F-L";

	optMenuItems[0] ="Family Studies"; 	optItemLinks[0] ="JavaScript:loadDept('famstudies')";
	optMenuItems[1] ="Geography"; 		optItemLinks[1] ="JavaScript:loadDept('geog')";
	optMenuItems[2] ="Health-Phys. Ed."; 	optItemLinks[2] ="JavaScript:loadDept('physed')";
	optMenuItems[3] ="History"; 		optItemLinks[3] ="JavaScript:loadDept('history')";
	
	break; //end languages menu
	}

  case "mz":
	{
	optMenuTitle[0] = 6;
	optMenuTitle[1] = "M-Z";

	optMenuItems[0] ="Mathematics"; 		optItemLinks[0] ="JavaScript:loadDept('math')";
	optMenuItems[1] ="Modern Languages"; 		optItemLinks[1] ="JavaScript:loadDept('moderns')";
	optMenuItems[2] ="Music"; 			optItemLinks[2] ="JavaScript:loadDept('music')";
	optMenuItems[3] ="Science"; 			optItemLinks[3] ="JavaScript:loadDept('science')";
	optMenuItems[4] ="Technological Studies"; 	optItemLinks[4] ="JavaScript:loadDept('tech')";
	optMenuItems[5] ="Visual Arts"; 		optItemLinks[5] ="JavaScript:loadDept('varts')";

	break; //end social sciences menu
	}

  case "mci":
	{
	optMenuTitle[0] = 5;
	optMenuTitle[1] = "About MCI";

	optMenuItems[0] ="Contact"; 		optItemLinks[0] ="#";
	optMenuItems[1] ="Location"; 		optItemLinks[1] ="#";
	optMenuItems[2] ="Student Council"; 	optItemLinks[2] ="#";
	optMenuItems[3] ="student Clubs"; 	optItemLinks[3] ="#";
	optMenuItems[4] ="About"; 		optItemLinks[4] ="#";
	
	break; //end mci menu
 	}

  case "sac":
	{
	optMenuTitle[0] = 5;
	optMenuTitle[1] = "Sac News";

	optMenuItems[0] ="Contact"; 		optItemLinks[0] ="#";
	optMenuItems[1] ="Location"; 		optItemLinks[1] ="#";
	optMenuItems[2] ="Student Council"; 	optItemLinks[2] ="#";
	optMenuItems[3] ="student Clubs"; 	optItemLinks[3] ="#";
	optMenuItems[4] ="About"; 		optItemLinks[4] ="#";
	
	break; //end mci menu
 	}


  case "links":
	{
	optMenuTitle[0] = 2;
	optMenuTitle[1] = "Links";

	optMenuItems[0] ="Community Links"; 	optItemLinks[0] ="JavaScript:loadDept('communityLinks')";
	optMenuItems[1] ="Student Links"; 	optItemLinks[1] ="JavaScript:loadDept('studentLinks')";
	optMenuItems[2] ="Student Council"; 	optItemLinks[2] ="#";
	optMenuItems[3] ="student Clubs"; 	optItemLinks[3] ="#";
	optMenuItems[4] ="About"; 		optItemLinks[4] ="#";
	
	break; //end mci menu
 	}

  }     //end switch

}    //end of Optional menu choices







/******************************************************/

//Navigation MENU OPTIONS
//variables: 
//    navMenuItems.... stores the anchor
//    navItemLinks.... stores the href resource
/********************************************************/

var navItemLinks = new Array();
var navMenuItems = new Array();

navMenuItems[0] ="Home"; 		navItemLinks[0] ="#";
navMenuItems[1] ="Departments"; 	navItemLinks[1] ="#";
navMenuItems[2] ="Student Council"; 	navItemLinks[2] ="#";
navMenuItems[3] ="Community Links"; 	navItemLinks[3] ="#";
navMenuItems[4] ="About MCI"; 		navItemLinks[4] ="#";

//navMenuItems[5] ="Show Case"; 	//navItemLinks[5] ="#";

//end of navigation menu options


/******************************************************/

//Global Links MENU OPTIONS
//variables: 
//    globalMenuItems.... stores the anchor
//    globalItemLinks.... stores the href resource
/********************************************************/

var globalItemLinks = new Array();
var globalMenuItems = new Array();

globalMenuItems[0] ="YRDSB"; 		globalItemLinks[0] ='http://www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca" target="_blank';
globalMenuItems[1] ="Moodle"; 		globalItemLinks[1] ='http://moodle.yrdsb.ca" target="_blank';
globalMenuItems[2] ="Turnitin"; 	globalItemLinks[2] ='http://turnitin.com/static/index.html" target="_blank';
globalMenuItems[3] ="MCI Library"; 	globalItemLinks[3] ='http://library.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=e405#focus" target="_blank';
globalMenuItems[4] ="Yahoo"; 		globalItemLinks[4] ='http://www.ca.yahoo.com" target="_blank';
globalMenuItems[5] ="Gmail"; 		globalItemLinks[5] ='http://mail.google.com" target="_blank';
globalMenuItems[6] ="Google"; 		globalItemLinks[6] ='http://www.google.ca" target="_blank';



//end of global Links menu options