//animate the opening of the branch (span.grower jQueryElement)
function openBranch(jQueryElement, noAnimation) {
		jQueryElement.addClass('OPEN').removeClass('CLOSE');
		if(noAnimation)
			jQueryElement.find('ul:first').show();
		else
			jQueryElement.find('ul:first').slideDown();
}
//animate the closing of the branch (span.grower jQueryElement)
function closeBranch(jQueryElement, noAnimation) {
	jQueryElement.addClass('CLOSE').removeClass('OPEN');
	if(noAnimation)
		jQueryElement.find('ul:first').hide();
	else
		jQueryElement.find('ul:first').slideUp();
}

//animate the closing or opening of the branch (ul jQueryElement)
function toggleBranch(jQueryElement, noAnimation) {
	if(jQueryElement.hasClass('OPEN'))
		closeBranch(jQueryElement, noAnimation);
	else
		openBranch(jQueryElement, noAnimation);
}

//when the page is loaded...
$(document).ready(function () {
	jqueryelement = $('#categories_block_left ul li.selected');
	catid = jqueryelement.parent().parent().attr('rel');
	jqueryelement.parent().parent().addClass('selected');
	$('#cat_'+catid).click();
	
});