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Accordion, jQuery Plugin

Overview:
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This plugin enables an accordion with cookie persistance. This plugin is based 
on my collapsible plugin.

If you find any errors or have suggested changes, please post an issue on the
github project: http://github.com/juven14/Accordion

Very Basic demos can be found here: 
http://www.snyderplace.com/demos/accordion.html

To enable cookie support you'll need the Cookie plugin here:
https://github.com/carhartl/jquery-cookie
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Adding an accordion to your html:
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You need to add two parts, a header and a container.  The header div is for the label and the open/close
text/images.  The container will hold any html/text you want to slide up/down.

---HTML code--------------------------------------------------------------------
<div class="accordion" id="nav-section1">Navigation Section<span></span></div>
<div>
    <ul>
    <li><a href="#">Navigation Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Navigation Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Navigation Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Navigation Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Navigation Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Navigation Item</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="accordion" id="nav-section2">Navigation Section 2<span></span></div>
<div>
    <ul>
    <li><a href="#">Navigation Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Navigation Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Navigation Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Navigation Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Navigation Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Navigation Item</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="accordion" id="nav-section3">Navigation Section 3<span></span></div>
<div>
    <ul>
    <li><a href="#">Navigation Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Navigation Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Navigation Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Navigation Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Navigation Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Navigation Item</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
---end HTML code----------------------------------------------------------------
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Adding the Javascript to your file:
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JavaScript which belongs in the html document, using the cookie
plugin is optional.  Please note that our default open / config is only an 
example.

---JavaScript code--------------------------------------------------------------
<script type="text/javascript" src="javascript/jquery.cookie.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="javascript/jquery.collapsible.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  $(document).ready(function() {
    $('.accordion').accordion({
        defaultOpen: 'section1',
        cookieName: 'accordion_nav'
    });
  });
</script>
---end JavaScript code----------------------------------------------------------

The plugin default options are as follows:
---JavaScript code--------------------------------------------------------------
{
    cssClose: 'accordion-close', //class you want to assign to a closed accordion header
    cssOpen: 'accordion-open', //class you want to assign an opened accordion header
    cookieName: 'accordion', //name of the cookie you want to set for this accordion
    cookieOptions: { //cookie options, see cookie plugin for details
        path: '/',
        expires: 7,
        domain: '',
        secure: ''
    },
    defaultOpen: '', //id that you want opened by default
    speed: 'slow', //speed of the slide effect
    bind: 'click', //event to bind to, supports click, dblclick, mouseover and mouseenter
    animateOpen: function (elem, opts) { //replace the standard slideDown with custom function
        elem.next().stop(true, true).slideDown(opts.speed);
    },
    animateClose: function (elem, opts) { //replace the standard slideUp with custom function
        elem.next().stop(true, true).slideUp(opts.speed);
    },
    loadOpen: function (elem, opts) { //replace the default open state with custom function
        elem.next().show();
    },
    loadClose: function (elem, opts) { //replace the default close state with custom function
        elem.next().hide();
    }
}
---end JavaScript code----------------------------------------------------------

Option details:

* cssClose - class assigned when closed
* cssOpen - class assigned when opened
* cookieName - cookie name for persisting panels
* cookieOptions - see jquery.cookie plugin for more info
* defaultOpen - id that you want opened by default
* speed - animation speed
* bind - event that triggers the collapsible, only 
  4 are supported:<br /> click, dblclick, mouseenter, and mouseover
* animateOpen - custom callback to animate opening
* animateClose - custom callback to animate closing
* loadOpen - custom callback to animate the default opening
* loadClose - custom callback to animate the default closing

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Styling 
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In the above example HTML you will see an empty span, this is useful if you wish to
assign an open/close image.

This plugin will append a user defined (or default, see options above) class to 
header of the accordion.  You can use this to swap out the images or style the 
different states of your accordion.

---CSS code---------------------------------------------------------------------
.accordion h3.collapse-open {}
.accordion h3.collapse-close {}
.accordion h3.collapse-open span {}
.accordion h3.collapse-close span {}
---end CSS code-----------------------------------------------------------------

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