$.blockUI.defaults = {
	css: { 
	padding:        "15px", 
	margin:         0, 
	width:          "30%", 
	top:            "40%", 
	left:           "35%", 
	textAlign:      "center", 
	color:          "#232323", 
	border:         "1px solid #000", 
	backgroundColor:"#FFFFFF", 
	cursor:         "wait",
	font:			"bold 11px arial, helvetica, sans-serif"	
}, 

// styles for the overlay 
	overlayCSS:  { 
	backgroundColor:"#000", 
	opacity:        "0.6" 
}, 

// z-index for the blocking overlay 
baseZ: 1000, 

// set these to true to have the message automatically centered 
centerX: true, // <-- only effects element blocking (page block controlled via css above) 
centerY: true, 

// allow body element to be stetched in ie6; this makes blocking look better 
// on "short" pages.  disable if you wish to prevent changes to the body height 
allowBodyStretch: true, 

// be default blockUI will supress tab navigation from leaving blocking content; 
constrainTabKey: true, 

// fadeIn time in millis; set to 0 to disable fadeIn on block 
fadeIn:  200, 

// fadeOut time in millis; set to 0 to disable fadeOut on unblock 
fadeOut:  400, 

// time in millis to wait before auto-unblocking; set to 0 to disable auto-unblock 
timeout: 0, 

// disable if you don"t want to show the overlay 
showOverlay: true, 

// if true, focus will be placed in the first available input field when 
// page blocking 
focusInput: true, 

// suppresses the use of overlay styles on FF/Linux (due to performance issues with opacity) 
applyPlatformOpacityRules: true, 

// callback method invoked when unblocking has completed; the callback is 
// passed the element that has been unblocked (which is the window object for page 
// blocks) and the options that were passed to the unblock call: 
//     onUnblock(element, options) 
onUnblock: null, 

// don"t ask; if you really must know: http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/36640a8730503595/2f6a79a77a78e493#2f6a79a77a78e493 
quirksmodeOffsetHack: 4 
};