function popOpen(){
	
	var popID = 'popup'
    var popURL = $j(this).attr('href'); //Get Popup href to define size

    //Pull Query & Variables from href URL
    //var query= popURL.split('?');
    //var dim= query[1].split('&');
    var popWidth = 500; //Gets the first query string value

    //Fade in the Popup and add close button
    $j('#' + popID).fadeIn().css({ 'width': Number( popWidth ) }).prepend('<a href="#" class="close"><img src="fileadmin/templates/lzsport/images/close.gif" class="btn_close" title="" alt="" /></a>');

    //Define margin for center alignment (vertical   horizontal) - we add 80px to the height/width to accomodate for the padding  and border width defined in the css
    var popMargTop = ($j('#' + popID).height() + 80) / 2;
    var popMargLeft = ($j('#' + popID).width() + 80) / 2;

    //Apply Margin to Popup
    $j('#' + popID).css({
        'margin-top' : -popMargTop,
        'margin-left' : -popMargLeft
    });

    //Fade in Background
    if($j('#popup').length > 0){
	    $j('body').append('<div id="fade"></div>'); //Add the fade layer to bottom of the body tag.
	    $j('#fade').css({'filter' : 'alpha(opacity=80)'}).fadeIn(); //Fade in the fade layer - .css({'filter' : 'alpha(opacity=80)'}) is used to fix the IE Bug on fading transparencies
    }
    return false;

};


$j(document).ready( function() {
	
	popOpen(); //Run popOpen function once on load
		 
	//Close Popups and Fade Layer
	$j('a.close, #fade').live('click', function() { 
		$j('#fade , .popup_block').fadeOut(); 
		$j('#fade').remove();
		return false;
	});
	
});