// this == dom element

onFadeEnd = function () {

	$(this).remove() ;

} ;

_enqueueMsg = function(msg, cls, remainVisibleTime) {

	var m = $('<span>' + msg + '</span>').addClass("f-msg-cls").addClass(cls).appendTo("#t-msg-wrapper") ;

	if (remainVisibleTime)

		m.parent().animate({'opacity':.95}, remainVisibleTime).fadeOut(2000, onFadeEnd) ;

	return m ;

}

enqueueMsg = function(msg) {

	var cls = "f-msg" ;

	var remainVisibleTime = 2000 ;

	_enqueueMsg(msg, cls, remainVisibleTime) ;	

}

enqueueErrorMsg = function(msg) {

	var cls = "f-msg-e" ;

	var remainVisibleTime = 4000 ;

	_enqueueMsg(msg, cls, remainVisibleTime) ;	

}

setCookie = function(name, value) {

	var cookieExpire = new Date();

	cookieExpire.setFullYear(2100, 0, 1);

	$.cookie(name, value, {

		'expires' :cookieExpire,

		'path': '/'

	});

}

/* utility function to remember form field value into cookie */

rememberFormField = function(form_id, field_id, cookie_name) {

	/* value gets fetched from cookie if possible */	

	$(document).ready(function(){

		var cookie_val = $.cookie(cookie_name); 

		if (cookie_val) {

			$('#' + form_id + ' #' + field_id)[0].value = cookie_val; 

		}

	})

	/* value gets saved on submit */

	$(document).ready(function(){

		$('#' + form_id + ' input[type=submit]').click(function() {

			var val = $('#' + form_id + ' #' + field_id)[0].value;

			if (val) {

				setCookie(cookie_name, val);

			}

	    });

	})	

}