var openImage = false; // default wert für scroller.js
	var itemcount = Math.ceil((itemcount == null) ? 0 : itemcount);
	var currentitem = (GET('item') == 'undefined') ? 0 : GET('item');
	var previousitem = currentitem;
	var defaultspeed = 600;
	var offset = (offset != null) ? offset : 0;
	var continous = (continous == null) ? true : continous
	// var itemcount is found within xhtml-template
	
	
	$("#arrow-next, .next").mousedown(function() { startScrolling("next"); });
	$("#arrow-prev").mousedown(function() { startScrolling("prev"); });
	$("#arrow-prev, #arrow-next, .next").mouseleave(function() { stopScrolling(); });
	$("#arrow-prev, #arrow-next, .next").mouseup(function() { stopScrolling(); });
	
	
	function startScrolling(direction) {
		scrollToItem(direction);
		timer = setTimeout("startScrolling('"+direction+"')", speed + 50);	
	}
	
	function stopScrolling() {
		clearTimeout(timer);
	}
	
	function scrollToItem(direction) {
		
		previousitem = currentitem;
		
		// next item
		if (direction == 'next') {
			$("#arrow-prev").show();

			// prevent "overscrolling"
			if (currentitem > (itemcount-2)) {
				if (continous) { currentitem = 0; } 
				else { currentitem = (itemcount-1); }
			} else {
				currentitem++;  
				$("#arrow-next").show();
				
			}
		}
		
		
		// previous item
		if (direction == 'prev') {
			$("#arrow-next").show();
			
			// prevent "underscrolling"
			if (currentitem < 1) { 
				if (continous) { currentitem = (itemcount-1); } 
				else { currentitem = 0; }
			} else { 
				currentitem--; 
				$("#arrow-prev").show();
			}
		}
		
		
		// first item
		if (direction == 'first') {
			$("#arrow-next").show();
			$("#arrow-prev").hide();
			currentitem = 0;				
		}
		
		// now scroll!
		doScrolling();		

		return false;
	
	}
	
	
	function doScrolling(speedoverwrite) {

		if (speedoverwrite != null) { speed = speedoverwrite; }
		else { speed = defaultspeed; }
		
		// farbigen Rahmen ein/ausblenden
		$("#items li:eq("+(currentitem)+") .border-selected").fadeIn();
		if (previousitem != currentitem) {
			$("#items li:eq("+previousitem+") .border-selected").fadeOut();
		}

		// scrollen und Produktinfo austauschen
		$("#scroller").stop().scrollTo(
			$("#items > li:eq("+currentitem+")"), 
			speed, 
			{
				offset:offset, 
				onAfter: function() { 
					$("#item-info").html($("#items > li:eq("+currentitem+") .info").html());
					$("#items > li:eq("+currentitem+") .detailarea")
						.hide()
						.addClass("blink")
						.fadeIn(350)
						.delay(350)
						.fadeOut(350, function() { 
							$(this).removeClass("blink");
							$(this).css("display", "block");
						});
					refreshCufon(); 
				}
			}
		);
		
		// TODO: GoogleAnalytics aufrufen
		
	}

	
	// init
	if (currentitem > 0) { $("#arrow-prev").show(); }
	if (currentitem == (itemcount-1)) { $("#arrow-next").hide(); }
	if (itemcount < 2) {
		$("#arrow-next").hide();
		$("#arrow-prev").hide();
	}
	doScrolling(50);