jQuery.notifyBar = function (settings) {

    (function ($) {

        var bar = notifyBarNS = {};
        notifyBarNS.shown = false;

        if (!settings) {
            settings = {};
        }
        // HTML inside bar
        notifyBarNS.html = settings.html || "Your message here";

        //How long bar will be delayed, doesn't count animation time.
        notifyBarNS.delay = settings.delay || 2000;

        //How long notifyBarNS bar will be slided up and down
        notifyBarNS.animationSpeed = settings.animationSpeed || 200;

        //Use own jquery object usually DIV, or use default
        notifyBarNS.jqObject = settings.jqObject;

        //Set up own class
        notifyBarNS.cls = settings.cls || "";

        //close button
        notifyBarNS.close = settings.close || false;

        if (notifyBarNS.jqObject) {
            bar = notifyBarNS.jqObject;
            notifyBarNS.html = bar.html();
        } else {
            bar = jQuery("<div></div>")
      .addClass("jquery-notify-bar")
      .addClass(notifyBarNS.cls)
      .attr("id", "__notifyBar");
        }

        bar.html(notifyBarNS.html).hide();
        var id = bar.attr("id");
        switch (notifyBarNS.animationSpeed) {
            case "slow":
                asTime = 600;
                break;
            case "normal":
                asTime = 400;
                break;
            case "fast":
                asTime = 200;
                break;
            default:
                asTime = notifyBarNS.animationSpeed;
        }
        if (bar != 'object'); 
        {
            jQuery("body").prepend(bar);
        }

        // Style close button in CSS file
        if (notifyBarNS.close) {
            bar.append(jQuery("<a href='#' class='notify-bar-close'>Close [X]</a>"));
            jQuery(".notify-bar-close").click(function () {
                if (bar.attr("id") == "__notifyBar") {
                    jQuery("#" + id).slideUp(asTime, function () { jQuery("#" + id).remove() });
                } else {
                    jQuery("#" + id).slideUp(asTime);
                }
                return false;
            });
        }

        // Check if we've got any visible bars and if we have, slide them up before showing the new one
        if ($('.jquery-notify-bar:visible').length > 0) {
            $('.jquery-notify-bar:visible').stop().slideUp(asTime, function () {
                bar.stop().slideDown(asTime);
            });
        } else {
            bar.slideDown(asTime);
        }

        // Allow the user to click on the bar to close it
        bar.click(function () {
            $(this).slideUp(asTime);
        })

        // If taken from DOM dot not remove just hide
        if (bar.attr("id") == "__notifyBar") {
            setTimeout("jQuery('#" + id + "').stop().slideUp(" + asTime + ", function() {jQuery('#" + id + "').remove()});", notifyBarNS.delay + asTime);
        } else {
            setTimeout("jQuery('#" + id + "').stop().slideUp(" + asTime + ", function() {jQuery('#" + id + "')});", notifyBarNS.delay + asTime);
        }

    })(jQuery)
};