/** 
#  * Copyright (c) 2008 Pasyuk Sergey (www.codeasily.com) 
#  * Licensed under the MIT License: 
#  * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php 
#  *  
#  * Splits a <ul>/<ol>-list into equal-sized columns. 
#  *  
#  * Requirements:  
#  * <ul> 
#  * <li>"ul" or "ol" element must be styled with margin</li> 
#  * </ul> 
#  *  
#  * @see http://www.codeasily.com/jquery/multi-column-list-with-jquery 
#  */ 
jQuery.fn.makeacolumnlists = function(settings){
  settings = jQuery.extend({
    cols: 3,    // set number of columns
    colWidth: 0,    // set width for each column or leave 0 for auto width
    equalHeight: false,   // can be false, 'ul', 'ol', 'li'
    startN: 1    // first number on your ordered list
  }, settings);
 
  if(jQuery('> li', this)) {
    this.each(function(y) {
      var y=jQuery('.li_container').size(),
          height = 0, 
            maxHeight = 0,
        t = jQuery(this),
        classN = t.attr('class'),
        listsize = jQuery('> li', this).size(),
        percol = Math.ceil(listsize/settings.cols),
        contW = t.width(),
        bl = ( isNaN(parseInt(t.css('borderLeftWidth'),10)) ? 0 : parseInt(t.css('borderLeftWidth'),10) ),
        br = ( isNaN(parseInt(t.css('borderRightWidth'),10)) ? 0 : parseInt(t.css('borderRightWidth'),10) ),
        pl = parseInt(t.css('paddingLeft'),10),
        pr = parseInt(t.css('paddingRight'),10),
        ml = parseInt(t.css('marginLeft'),10),
        mr = parseInt(t.css('marginRight'),10),
        col_Width = Math.floor((contW - (settings.cols-1)*(bl+br+pl+pr+ml+mr))/settings.cols);
      if (settings.colWidth) {
        col_Width = settings.colWidth; 
      }
      var colnum=1,
        percol2=percol;
      jQuery(this).addClass('li_cont1').wrap('<div id="li_container' + (++y) + '" class="li_container"></div>');
      if (settings.equalHeight=='li') {
          jQuery('> li', this).each(function() {
              var e = jQuery(this);
              var border_top = ( isNaN(parseInt(e.css('borderTopWidth'),10)) ? 0 : parseInt(e.css('borderTopWidth'),10) );
              var border_bottom = ( isNaN(parseInt(e.css('borderBottomWidth'),10)) ? 0 : parseInt(e.css('borderBottomWidth'),10) );
              height = e.height() + parseInt(e.css('paddingTop'), 10) + parseInt(e.css('paddingBottom'), 10) + border_top + border_bottom;
              maxHeight = (height > maxHeight) ? height : maxHeight;
          });
      }
      for (var i=0; i<=listsize; i++) {
        if(i>=percol2) { percol2+=percol; colnum++; }
        var eh = jQuery('> li:eq('+i+')',this);
        eh.addClass('li_col'+ colnum);
        if(jQuery(this).is('ol')){eh.attr('value', ''+(i+settings.startN))+'';}
        if (settings.equalHeight=='li') {
              var border_top = ( isNaN(parseInt(eh.css('borderTopWidth'),10)) ? 0 : parseInt(eh.css('borderTopWidth'),10) );
              var border_bottom = ( isNaN(parseInt(eh.css('borderBottomWidth'),10)) ? 0 : parseInt(eh.css('borderBottomWidth'),10) );
          mh = maxHeight - (parseInt(eh.css('paddingTop'), 10) + parseInt(eh.css('paddingBottom'), 10) + border_top + border_bottom );
              eh.height(mh);
        }
      }
      jQuery(this).css({cssFloat:'left', width:''+col_Width+'px'});
      for (colnum=2; colnum<=settings.cols; colnum++) {
        if(jQuery(this).is('ol')) {
          jQuery('li.li_col'+ colnum, this).appendTo('#li_container' + y).wrapAll('<ol class="li_cont'+colnum +' ' + classN + '" style="float:left; width: '+col_Width+'px;"></ol>');
        } else {
          jQuery('li.li_col'+ colnum, this).appendTo('#li_container' + y).wrapAll('<ul class="li_cont'+colnum +' ' + classN + '" style="float:left; width: '+col_Width+'px;"></ul>');
        }
      }
      if (settings.equalHeight=='ul' || settings.equalHeight=='ol') {
        for (colnum=1; colnum<=settings.cols; colnum++) {
            jQuery('#li_container'+ y +' .li_cont'+colnum).each(function() {
                var e = jQuery(this);
                var border_top = ( isNaN(parseInt(e.css('borderTopWidth'),10)) ? 0 : parseInt(e.css('borderTopWidth'),10) );
                var border_bottom = ( isNaN(parseInt(e.css('borderBottomWidth'),10)) ? 0 : parseInt(e.css('borderBottomWidth'),10) );
                height = e.height() + parseInt(e.css('paddingTop'), 10) + parseInt(e.css('paddingBottom'), 10) + border_top + border_bottom;
                maxHeight = (height > maxHeight) ? height : maxHeight;
            });
        }
        for (colnum=1; colnum<=settings.cols; colnum++) {
          var eh = jQuery('#li_container'+ y +' .li_cont'+colnum);
              var border_top = ( isNaN(parseInt(eh.css('borderTopWidth'),10)) ? 0 : parseInt(eh.css('borderTopWidth'),10) );
              var border_bottom = ( isNaN(parseInt(eh.css('borderBottomWidth'),10)) ? 0 : parseInt(eh.css('borderBottomWidth'),10) );
          mh = maxHeight - (parseInt(eh.css('paddingTop'), 10) + parseInt(eh.css('paddingBottom'), 10) + border_top + border_bottom );
              eh.height(mh);
        }
      }
        jQuery('#li_container' + y).append('<div style="clear:both; overflow:hidden; height:0px;"></div>');
    });
  }
}
 
jQuery.fn.uncolumnlists = function(){
  jQuery('.li_cont1').each(function(i) {
    var onecolSize = jQuery('#li_container' + (++i) + ' .li_cont1 > li').size();
    if(jQuery('#li_container' + i + ' .li_cont1').is('ul')) {
      jQuery('#li_container' + i + ' > ul > li').appendTo('#li_container' + i + ' ul:first');
      for (var j=1; j<=onecolSize; j++) {
        jQuery('#li_container' + i + ' ul:first li').removeAttr('class').removeAttr('style');
      }
      jQuery('#li_container' + i + ' ul:first').removeAttr('style').removeClass('li_cont1').insertBefore('#li_container' + i);
    } else {
      jQuery('#li_container' + i + ' > ol > li').appendTo('#li_container' + i + ' ol:first');
      for (var j=1; j<=onecolSize; j++) {
        jQuery('#li_container' + i + ' ol:first li').removeAttr('class').removeAttr('style');
      }
      jQuery('#li_container' + i + ' ol:first').removeAttr('style').removeClass('li_cont1').insertBefore('#li_container' + i);
    }
    jQuery('#li_container' + i).remove();
  });
}