(function($) {

  var trailing_whitespace = true;

  $.fn.truncate = function(options) {

    var opts = $.extend({}, $.fn.truncate.defaults, options);
    
    $(this).each(function() {
	  var content_length = $.trim(squeeze($(this).text())).length;
	  if (content_length <= opts.max_length)
        return;  // bail early if not overlong

      var actual_max_length = opts.max_length - opts.more.length - 3;  // 3 for " ()"
      //alert("a-2");
	  var truncated_node = recursivelyTruncate(this, actual_max_length);
	  var full_node = $(this);
	  //alert(full_node);
	  
	  try{
		  truncated_node.insertAfter(full_node);
	  }catch(err){
		  //alert(err);
		  return;
	  }
	  
      
	  full_node.hide();
      findNodeForMore(truncated_node).append(' ... <a href="#show more content"> '+opts.more+'</a>');
      findNodeForLess(full_node).append(' <a href="#show less content">'+opts.less+'</a>');
      truncated_node.find('a:last').click(function() {
        //truncated_node.hide(); full_node.show(); return false;
		truncated_node.slideUp(); full_node.slideDown(); return false;
      });
      full_node.find('a:last').click(function() {
        //truncated_node.show(); full_node.hide(); return false;
		truncated_node.slideDown(); full_node.slideUp(); return false;
      });

    });
  }

  $.fn.truncate.defaults = {
    max_length: 100,
    more: '<p class="read-more"><a href="#">Read more</a></p>',
    less: '<p class="read-more"><a href="#">Read less</a></p>'
  };

  function recursivelyTruncate(node, max_length) {
    return (node.nodeType == 3) ? truncateText(node, max_length) : truncateNode(node, max_length);
  }

  function truncateNode(node, max_length) {
    var node = $(node);
    var new_node = node.clone().empty();
    var truncatedChild;
    node.contents().each(function() {
      var remaining_length = max_length - new_node.text().length;
      if (remaining_length == 0) return;  // breaks the loop
      truncatedChild = recursivelyTruncate(this, remaining_length);
      if (truncatedChild) new_node.append(truncatedChild);
    });
    return new_node;
  }

  function truncateText(node, max_length) {
    var text = squeeze(node.data);
    if (trailing_whitespace)  // remove initial whitespace if last text
      text = text.replace(/^ /, '');  // node had trailing whitespace.
    trailing_whitespace = !!text.match(/ $/);
    var text = text.slice(0, max_length);
    // Ensure HTML entities are encoded
    // http://debuggable.com/posts/encode-html-entities-with-jquery:480f4dd6-13cc-4ce9-8071-4710cbdd56cb
    text = $('<div/>').text(text).html();
    return text;
  }

  // Collapses a sequence of whitespace into a single space.
  function squeeze(string) {
    return string.replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
  }
  
  // Finds the last, innermost block-level element
  function findNodeForMore(node) {
    var $node = $(node);
    var last_child = $node.children(":last");
    if (!last_child) return node;
    var display = last_child.css('display');
    if (!display || display=='inline') return $node;
    return findNodeForMore(last_child);
  };

  // Finds the last child if it's a p; otherwise the parent
  function findNodeForLess(node) {
    var $node = $(node);
    var last_child = $node.children(":last");
    if (last_child && last_child.is('p')) return last_child;
    return node;
  };

})(jQuery);