function CreateSlider(sliderName) {
	var $panels = $('#'+sliderName+' .scrollContainerVSL > div');
    var $container = $('#'+sliderName+' .scrollContainerVSL');
	var $navigation =  $('#navigationscroller .tabs');
	if ($panels.length <= 0)
		return;
	
    // if false, we'll float all the panels left and fix the width 
    // of the container
    var horizontal = true;

    // float the panels left if we're going horizontal
    if (horizontal) {
        $panels.css({
            'float' : 'left',
            'position' : 'relative' // IE fix to ensure overflow is hidden
        });

        // calculate a new width for the container (so it holds all panels)
        $container.css('width', $panels[0].offsetWidth * $panels.length);
    }

    // collect the scroll object, at the same time apply the hidden overflow
    // to remove the default scrollbars that will appear
    var $scroll = $('#'+sliderName+' .scrollVSL').css('overflow', 'hidden');

    // offset is used to move to *exactly* the right place, since I'm using
    // padding on my example, I need to subtract the amount of padding to
    // the offset.  Try removing this to get a good idea of the effect
    var offset = parseInt((horizontal ? 
        $container.css('paddingTop') : 
        $container.css('paddingLeft')) 
        || 0) * -1;


    var scrollOptions = {
        target: $scroll, // the element that has the overflow

        // can be a selector which will be relative to the target
        items: $panels,

        // allow the scroll effect to run both directions
        axis: 'xy',

        offset: offset,

        // duration of the sliding effect
        duration: 500,

        // easing - can be used with the easing plugin: 
        // http://gsgd.co.uk/sandbox/jquery/easing/
        easing: 'swing'
    };

    // apply serialScroll to the slider - we chose this plugin because it 
    // supports// the indexed next and previous scroll along with hooking 
    // in to our navigation.
    $('#'+sliderName).serialScroll(scrollOptions);

    // now apply localScroll to hook any other arbitrary links to trigger 
    // the effect
    $.localScroll(scrollOptions);

    // finally, if the URL has a hash, move the slider in to position, 
    // setting the duration to 1 because I don't want it to scroll in the
    // very first page load.  We don't always need this, but it ensures
    // the positioning is absolutely spot on when the pages loads.
    scrollOptions.duration = 1;
    $.localScroll.hash(scrollOptions);
}

function slidePrev () {
	$('#highlight_slider .scrollContainerVSL').trigger('prev'); 
	return false;	
}

function slideNext () {
	$('#highlight_slider .scrollContainerVSL').trigger('next'); 
	return false;	
}