function carousel(params){
    if(!(params.width > 0 && isFinite(params.width))) 
        params.width = 100;
    if(!(params.height > 0 && isFinite(params.height))) 
        params.height = 100;
    if(!(params.sides > 2 && isFinite(params.sides))) 
        params.sides = 4;
    if(!(params.steps > 0 && params.steps < 100 && isFinite(params.steps)))
        params.steps = 20;
    if(!(params.speed > 0 && isFinite(params.speed)))
        params.speed = 8;
    if(!(params.image_border_width >= 0 && isFinite(params.image_border_width)))
        params.image_border_width = 0;
    if(isFinite(params.id) || !params.id)
        params.id = 'bad_id_given_' + Math.random();
        
    document.write("<div style='position:relative; overflow: hidden;' id='" + params.id.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+/g, '_') + "'></div>");
    var cdiv = document.getElementById(params.id.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+/g, '_'))
    cdiv.style.width = params.width + 'px';
    cdiv.style.height = params.height + 'px';
    cdiv.style.border = params.border;
    cdiv.style.position = 'relative';
    cdiv.style.overflow = 'hidden';
    cdiv.title = params.id;
    
    var counter = 0;
    var spinning = true;
    var interval = Math.floor(60000 / params.sides / params.steps / params.speed) - 5;
    interval = isNaN(interval) ? 200 : interval;
    
    var img_position = [];
    var images = [];
    var img_dimension = [];
    
    var img_index = params.images.length + 1;
    var img_index_cap = 2 * params.images.length;
    var faces = Math.ceil(params.sides / 2);
    
    var dimension, direction, targ, attr, faraway;
    
    function init(){
        if(params.direction == "left" || params.direction == "right"){
            direction = params.direction;
            dimension = "width";
        } else if(params.direction == "top" || params.direction == "bottom"){
            direction = params.direction;
            dimension = "height";
        } else {
            direction = "left";
            dimension = "width";
        }      
        faraway = (direction == "left" || direction == "top") ? '-20000px' : '20000px';
        cdiv.style[dimension] = params[dimension] / (params.size_mode == 'image' ? Math.sin(Math.PI / params.sides) : 1) + 'px';
        
        var img = new Image();        
        img.style.position = 'absolute';
        img.style[direction] = faraway;
        img.style.width = params.width - 2 * params.image_border_width + 'px';
        img.style.height = params.height - 2 * params.image_border_width + 'px';
        img.style.border = (params.image_border_width || 0) + 'px solid ' + params.image_border_color;
        
        for(var i = 0; i < params.images.length; i++){
            images[i] = img.cloneNode(true);
            images[i].src = params.images[i];
            if(params.links && params.links[i] && params.links[i] != ''){
                targ = params.lnk_targets && params.lnk_targets[i] || params.lnk_base || 'new';
                if(targ == "_blank"){
                    attr = (params.lnk_attr && params.lnk_attr[i]) ? ",'" + params.lnk_attr[i] + "'" : "";
                    images[i].onclick = new Function("setProductCookie(" + i + "); window.open('" + params.links[i] + "','" + targ + "'" + attr + ")");
                } else if(targ.substr(0, 1) == "_"){
                    images[i].onclick = new Function("setProductCookie(" + i + "); " + targ.substr(1) + ".location='" + params.links[i] + "'");
                } else {
                    attr = (params.lnk_attr && params.lnk_attr[i]) ? ",'" + params.lnk_attr[i] + "'" : "";
                    images[i].onclick = new Function("var t='" + targ + "'; setProductCookie(" + i + "); if(window[t]){try{window[t].close()}catch(z){}} window[t] = window.open('" + params.links[i] + "', t" + attr + "); window[t].focus();");
                }
                images[i].style.cursor = document.all ? 'hand' : 'pointer';
            }
            
            if(params.titles && params.titles[i] && params.titles[i] != '')
                images[i].title = params.titles[i];
            if(document.all)
                images[i].alt = images[i].title;
            images[i + params.images.length] = images[i];
            if(params.images.length == faces)
                images[i + 2 * params.images.length] = images[i];
            cdiv.appendChild(images[i]);
        }
        
        var face_size = params.size_mode == 'image' ? params[dimension] : params[dimension] * Math.sin(Math.PI / params.sides);
        var face_offset = params[dimension] * Math.cos(Math.PI / params.sides) / (params.size_mode == 'image' ? Math.sin(Math.PI / params.sides) : 1) / 2 - .5;
        var pi_piece = 2 * Math.PI / params.steps / params.sides;
        for(var i = 0; i <= params.steps * faces; i++){
            img_dimension[i] = face_size * Math.sin(pi_piece * i);
            img_position[i] = (i < params.steps * params.sides / 2) ? Math.floor(params[dimension] / 2 / (params.size_mode == 'image' ? Math.sin(Math.PI / params.sides) : 1) - face_offset * Math.cos(pi_piece * i) - img_dimension[i] / 2) + 'px' : faraway;
            img_dimension[i] = img_dimension[i] - 2 * params.image_border_width > 1 ? Math.ceil(img_dimension[i]) - 2 * params.image_border_width + 'px' : '1px';
        }
    }
    
    init();
    
    cdiv.rotate = function(){
        setTimeout('document.getElementById("' + cdiv.id + '").rotate()', interval);
        if(!spinning)
            return;
        if(++counter >= params.steps){
            counter = 0;
            if(++img_index >= img_index_cap)
                img_index = params.images.length;
        }
        
        images[img_index-faces].style[direction] = faraway;
        for(var i = faces - 1; i >= 0; i--){
            images[img_index - i].style[direction] = img_position[counter + i * params.steps];
            images[img_index - i].style[dimension] = img_dimension[counter + i * params.steps];
        }
    }
    
    cdiv.onmouseover = function(){
        spinning = false;
    }
    cdiv.onmouseout = function(){
        spinning = true;
    }
    setTimeout('document.getElementById("' + cdiv.id + '").rotate()', 100);
}

function setProductCookie(index){
    var count = 8;
    
    var d = new Date();
    d.setTime(d.getTime() + (30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
    
    var binString = '';
    for(var it = 0; it < count; it++){
        if(it == index)
            binString += '1';
        else
            binString += '0';
    }
    document.cookie = "sdmenu_sb_menu=" + binString + "; expires=" + d.toGMTString() + "; path=/";
}