var selectedMenuItem = function() {
	// get url string
	var location = new String(window.location);
	
	// get page/file name
	var pageName = new String(location.substring(location.lastIndexOf('/')+1));
	
	// check if pagename is blank, this assumes that it's the home page
	if(pageName == '') {
		pageName = 'index.php';
	}
	
	// jquery : find nav item and apply selected class
	// iterate through each UL first child LI elements
	$('ul > li').each(function() {
		// if a link item href matches current page/file name
		if($(this).find('a[@href='+pageName+']').length > 0) {
			// apply selected class to first anchor link child of list item.
			$(this).find('a:eq(0)').addClass("selected");
			$(this).addClass("selected");
		}
		if($(this).find('a[@href=/'+pageName+']').length > 0) {
			// apply selected class to first anchor link child of list item.
			$(this).find('a:eq(0)').addClass("selected");
			$(this).addClass("selected");
		}

	});
}

$(document).ready(function() {
	selectedMenuItem();
});