var SlugUtils = {

createSlug: function(txtOriginal, allowSlashes) {
if(allowSlashes == null)
allowSlashes = false;

var theSlug = '';
var decodedSlug = '';
theSlug = txtOriginal.substring(0,255);
theSlug = theSlug.toLowerCase();
for (var n = 0; n < theSlug.length; n++) {
var c = theSlug.charCodeAt(n);
if (c <= 127) {
decodedSlug += String.fromCharCode(c);
}
if ((c >=224 && c <=229) || (c>=192 && c<=198) || (c>=281 && c<=286)) {
decodedSlug += 'a';
} else if ((c >=232 && c<=235) || (c>=200 && c<=203)) {
decodedSlug += 'e';
} else if ((c>=236 && c<=239) || (c>=204 && c<=207)) {
decodedSlug += 'i';
} else if ((c>=242 && c<=248) || (c>=210 && c<=216)) {
decodedSlug += 'o';
} else if ((c>=249 && c<=252) || (c>=217 && c<=220)) {
decodedSlug += 'u';
} else if (c==253 || c==255 || c==221 || c==376) {
decodedSlug += 'y';
} else if (c==230 || c==198) {
decodedSlug += 'ae';
} else if (c==338 || c==339) {
decodedSlug += 'oe';
} else if (c==199 || c==231) {
decodedSlug += 'c';
} else if (c==209 || c==241) {
decodedSlug += 'n';
} else if (c==352 || c==353) {
decodedSlug += 's';
} else if (c==208 || c==240) {
decodedSlug += 'eth';
} else if (c==223) {
decodedSlug += 'sz';
            } else if ((c>=8219 && c<=8223) || c==8242 || c==8243 || c==8216 || c==8217 || c==168 || c==180 || c==729 || c==733) {
                //all the strange curly single and double quotes
} else if (c==188) {
decodedSlug += '-one-quarter-';
} else if (c==189) {
decodedSlug += '-one-half-';
} else if (c==190) {
decodedSlug += '-three-quarters-';
} else if (c==178) {
decodedSlug += '-squared-';
} else if (c==179) {
decodedSlug += '-cubed-';
} else if  (c>127) {
decodedSlug += '-';
}
}
theSlug = decodedSlug;
theSlug = theSlug.replace(/[\'\"]/gi, '');
theSlug = theSlug.replace(/&/gi, '-and-');
theSlug = theSlug.replace(/%/gi, '-percent-');
theSlug = theSlug.replace(/@/gi, '-at-');
if(!allowSlashes)
theSlug = theSlug.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9\-]/gi,'-');
else
theSlug = theSlug.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9\-\/]/gi,'-');

theSlug = theSlug.replace(/\\/gi, '-');
theSlug = theSlug.replace(/\-+/gi, '-');

if(theSlug.match(/.+\-$/))
theSlug = theSlug.replace(/\-$/gi, '');
if(theSlug.match(/^\-.+/))
theSlug = theSlug.replace(/^\-/gi, '');

if(allowSlashes)
theSlug = theSlug.replace(/\-\/\-/gi, '/');

theSlug = theSlug.trim('/');

return theSlug;
},

    addDateToSlug: function(slug, date)
    {
        return date.formatDate('Y/m/d/')+this.removeDateFromSlug(slug);
    },

    removeDateFromSlug: function(slug)
    {
        slug = slug.trim('/');
        while(slug.match(/^\d{4}\/\d{2}\/\d{2}\/?(\S+)?/))
            slug = slug.replace(/^\d{4}\/\d{2}\/\d{2}\/?/, '');
        return slug;
    },

    slugContainsDate: function (slug)
    {
        return slug.match(/^\d{4}\/\d{2}\/\d{2}\/?(\S+)?/);
    }

};