$(function(){
	$(".star-rating").click(function(){
	//get the id
	the_id = $(this).attr('id');
	the_title = $(this).attr('title');
	
	// show the spinner
	$(this).parent().html("<img src='http://www.studentlair.com/img/spinner.gif'/>");
	
	//fadeout the vote-count 
	$(".star-rating-"+the_id).fadeOut("fast");
	
	//the main ajax request
		$.ajax({
			type: "POST",
			data: "action="+the_title+"&id="+$(this).attr("id"),
			url: "/rating.php",
			success: function(msg)
			{
				$(".star-rating-"+the_id).html("Thanks for voting");
				//fadein the vote count
				$(".star-rating-"+the_id).fadeIn();
			}
		});
	});
	
	$("a.vote_down").click(function(){
	//get the id
	the_id = $(this).attr('id');
	
	// show the spinner
	$(this).parent().html("<img src='/img/spinner.gif'/>");
	
	//the main ajax request
		$.ajax({
			type: "POST",
			data: "action=vote_down&id="+$(this).attr("id"),
			url: "/answers/rate/answer:"+$(this).attr("id")+"/mode:down/",
			success: function(msg)
			{
				$("span#votes_count"+the_id).fadeOut();
				$("span#votes_count"+the_id).html(msg);
				$("span#votes_count"+the_id).fadeIn();
				$("span#vote_buttons"+the_id).remove();
			}
		});
	});
});