jQuery(document).ready(function() {
	//When you click on a link with class of poplight and the href starts with a # 
jQuery('a.poplight[href^=#]').click(function() {
    var popID = jQuery(this).attr('rel'); //Get Popup Name
    var popURL = jQuery(this).attr('href'); //Get Popup href to define size

    //Pull Query & Variables from href URL
    var query= popURL.split('?');
    var dim= query[1].split('&');
    var popWidth = dim[0].split('=')[1]; //Gets the first query string value

    //Fade in the Popup and add close button
    jQuery('#' + popID).fadeIn(300).css({ 'width': Number( popWidth ) }).prepend('<a href="#" class="close"><img src="/vanderbilt/images/close-modal-window.png" class="close-modal-window" title="Close Window" alt="Close" border="0" /></a>');

    //Define margin for center alignment (vertical horizontal)
    var popMargTop = (jQuery('#' + popID).height()) / 2;
	var popMargLeft = (jQuery('#' + popID).width()) / 2;

    //Apply Margin to Popup
	
	if ((jQuery('#' + popID).width()) == 800) { // calendar event
	  jQuery('#' + popID).css({
		'margin-top' : -popMargTop,
		'margin-left' : -420
	  });
	}
	else {
	  jQuery('#' + popID).css({
		'margin-top' : -popMargTop,
		'margin-left' : -popMargLeft
	  });
	}


    //Fade in Background
    jQuery('body').append('<div id="fade"></div>'); //Add the fade layer to bottom of the body tag
    jQuery('#fade').css({'filter' : 'alpha(opacity=50)'}).fadeIn(300); //Fade in the fade layer -- .css({'filter' : 'alpha(opacity=80)'}) is used to fix the IE Bug on fading transparencies 

    return false;
});

//Close Popups and Fade Layer
jQuery('a.close, #fade').live('click', function() { //When clicking on the close or fade layer
    jQuery('#fade , .popup_block').fadeOut(300, function() {
        jQuery('#fade, a.close').remove();  //fade them both out
    });
    return false;
});

});

//thanks to Soh Tanaka for this script -- http://www.sohtanaka.com/