(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 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);

        // 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").addClass("Tweet");
            $("ul#twitter_update_list li a").attr("target", "_blank");
        });
    };

    // plugin defaults
    $.fn.getTwitter.defaults = {
        userName: null,
        numTweets: 5,
        preloaderId: "preloader",
        loaderText: "Loading tweets...",
        slideIn: false,
        showHeading: true,
        headingText: "Latest Tweets",
        showProfileLink: true
    };
})(jQuery);