(function($) {
  /*
  jquery.twitter.js v1.0
  Last updated: 26 October 2008
  
  Created by Damien du Toit
  http://coda.co.za/blog/2008/10/26/jquery-plugin-for-twitter
  
  Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 3.0 Unported License
  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
  */
  
  $.fn.getTwitter = function(options) {
    var o = $.extend({}, $.fn.getTwitter.defaults, options);
    
    // hide container element
    $(this).hide();
    
    // add heading to container element
    //if (o.showHeading) {
    //$(this).append('<h2>'+o.headingText+'</h2>');
    //}
    
    // add twitter list to container element
    $(this).append('<ul id="twitter_update_list"><li></li></ul>');
    
    // hide twitter list
    $("ul#twitter_update_list").hide();
    
    // add preLoader to container element
    var pl = $('<p id="'+o.preloaderId+'">'+o.loaderText+'</p>');
    $(this).append(pl);
    
    // add Twitter profile link to container element
    if (o.showProfileLink) {
      $(this).append('<a id="profileLink" href="http://twitter.com/'+o.userName+'">follow us on Twitter</a>');
    }
    
    // show container element
    $(this).show();
    
    $.getScript("http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js");
    $.getScript("http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/"+o.userName+".json?callback=twitterCallback2&count="+o.numTweets, function() {
      // remove preLoader from container element
      $(pl).remove();
      
      // show twitter list
      if (o.slideIn) {
        $("ul#twitter_update_list").slideDown(1000);
      }
      else {
        $("ul#twitter_update_list").show();
      }
      
      // give first list item a special class
      $("ul#twitter_update_list li:first").addClass("firstTweet");
      
      // give last list item a special class
      $("ul#twitter_update_list li:last").addClass("lastTweet");
    });
  };
  
  // plugin defaults
  $.fn.getTwitter.defaults = {
    userName: 'liftturnmove',
    numTweets: 1,
    preloaderId: "preloader",
    loaderText: "Loading tweets...",
    slideIn: false,
    showHeading: true,
    headingText: "Latest Tweets",
    showProfileLink: true
  };
})(jQuery);