$.fn.cluetip.defaults = {  // default options; override as needed
    width:            440,      // The width of the clueTip
    height:           'auto',   // The height of the clueTip. more info below [1]
    cluezIndex:       97,       // Sets the z-index style property of the clueTip
    positionBy:       'auto',   // Sets the type of positioning. more info below [2]
    topOffset:        14,       // Number of px to offset clueTip from top of invoking element. more info below [3]
    leftOffset:       14,       // Number of px to offset clueTip from left of invoking element. more info below [4]
    local:            false,    // Whether to use content from the same page for the clueTip's body
                                // (treats the attribute used for accessing the tip as a jQuery selector,
                                // but only selects the first element if the selector matches more than one). more info below [5]
    hideLocal:        true,     // If local option is set to true, this determines whether local content
                                //  to be shown in clueTip should be hidden at its original location
    attribute:        'rel',    // the attribute to be used for fetching the clueTip's body content
    titleAttribute:   'title',  // the attribute to be used for fetching the clueTip's title
    splitTitle:       '',       // A character used to split the title attribute into the clueTip title and divs
                                // within the clueTip body. more info below [6]
    showTitle:        false,     // show title bar of the clueTip, even if title attribute not set
    cluetipClass:     'default',// class added to outermost clueTip div in the form of 'cluetip-' + clueTipClass. more info below [7]
    hoverClass:       '',       // class applied to the invoking element onmouseover and removed onmouseout
    waitImage:        true,     // whether to show a "loading" img, which is set in jquery.cluetip.css
    arrows:           false,    // if true, displays arrow on appropriate side of clueTip. more info below [8]
    dropShadow:       true,     // set to false if you don't want the drop-shadow effect on the clueTip
    dropShadowSteps:  4,        // adjusts the size of the drop shadow
    sticky:           true,    // keep visible until manually closed
    mouseOutClose:    false,    // close when clueTip is moused out
    activation:       'hover',  // set to 'click' to force user to click to show clueTip
    clickThrough:     false,    // if true, and activation is not 'click', then clicking on a clueTipped link will take user to 
                                // the link's href, even if href and tipAttribute are equal
    tracking:         false,    // if true, clueTip will track mouse movement (experimental)
    delayedClose:     0,        // close clueTip on a timed delay (experimental)
    closePosition:    'top',    // location of close text for sticky cluetips; can be 'top' or 'bottom' or 'title'
    closeText:        'Close',  // text (or HTML) to to be clicked to close sticky clueTips
    truncate:         0,        // number of characters to truncate clueTip's contents. if 0, no truncation occurs

    // effect and speed for opening clueTips
    fx: {             
                      open:       'show', // can be 'show' or 'slideDown' or 'fadeIn'
                      openSpeed:  ''
    },
                  
    // settings for when hoverIntent plugin is used
    hoverIntent: {    
                      sensitivity:  3,
                      interval:     50,
                      timeout:      0
    }, 
    
    // function to run just before clueTip is shown.            
    onActivate:       function(e) {return true;},

    // function to run just after clueTip is shown.
    onShow:           function(ct, c){},
    
    // whether to cache results of ajax request to avoid unnecessary hits to server
    ajaxCache:        true,     
    
    // process data retrieved via xhr before it's displayed
    ajaxProcess:      function(data) {
                        data = $(data).not('style, meta, link, script, title');
                        return data;
    },
    
    // can pass in standard $.ajax() parameters, not including error, complete, success, and url
    ajaxSettings: {   
                      dataType: 'html'
    }
  };