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// Lazy Load Images
// Assumes WebP versions exist for all images
//
// data-img="A|B|C|D|E"
// A = source url
// B = alt
// C = prepend? (y/n)
// D = insert into (descendent selector)
// E = svg?
//
function lazyImages(){

	if ( !( 'querySelectorAll' in document ) ){ return; }

	var $els = document.querySelectorAll( '[data-img]' ),
		i = $els.length,
		$el,
		$parent,
		$picture = document.createElement('picture'),
		$webp = document.createElement('source'),
		$svg = $webp.cloneNode(true),
		$img = document.createElement('img'),
		$ins,
		data,
		file_path,
		file_root,
		inserted = false;

	$webp.type = 'image/webp';
	$svg.type = 'image/svg+xml';
	
	$picture.appendChild($webp);
	$picture.appendChild($img);

	while ( i-- )
	{
		$el = $els[i];
		data = $el.dataset.img.split('|');
		// console.log('data',data);

		// Get the root file name
		file_path = data[0].substring(0, data[0].lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
		data[0] = data[0].substring(data[0].lastIndexOf('/') + 1, data[0].length);
		data[0] = data[0].split('.');
		file_root = file_path + data[0][0];
		data[0] = file_path + data[0].join('.');

		// Original Image
		$img.src = data[0];
		$img.alt = ( data[1] ? data[1] : '' );

		// WebP
		$webp.srcset = file_root + '.webp';
		// console.log('WebP source', $webp.srcset);

		// SVG?
		if ( data[4] &&
		     data[4] == 'y' )
		{
			$picture.insertBefore( $svg, $picture.firstChild );
			$svg.srcset = file_root + '.svg';
		}
		else
		{
			if ( $svg.parentNode == $picture )
			{
				$picture.removeChild( $svg );
			}
		}

		// Create the insertion
		$ins = $picture.cloneNode(true);

		// Get the parent (old or new)
		$parent = false;
		if ( data[3] != '' )
		{
			$parent = $el.querySelector( data[3] );
		}
		if ( ! $parent )
		{
			$parent = $el;
		}

		// append or prepend?
		if ( data[2] == 'y' )
		{
			$parent.insertBefore( $ins, $parent.firstChild );
		}
		else
		{
			$parent.appendChild( $ins );
		}

		$el.setAttribute('data-imaged', 'true');
	}

}

// On DOM Ready
lazyImages();