jQuery.extend({
	getURLParam: function (key) {
			var params = new Array();
			
			if (jQuery.url.attr("query") != null) {
				var raw_query = jQuery.url.attr("query").split("&");
				
				
				
				for (var i=0; i < raw_query.length; i++) {
					var parts 			= raw_query[i].split("=");
					params[parts[0]] 	= parts[1];
				}
			}
			
			if ((params[key] != null) && (params[key] != undefined)) {
				return (params[key]);
				
			}
			else {
				return ('');
			}
		}
});