function initFooterMoreSkySitesLink(alternativeURL) {
	
	var moreSkySitesLinkID = '#moreSkySitesLink';
	var moreSkySitesLinksArea = '#moreSkySitesLinkArea';
	var targetAreaToRetrieve = '#FOOTER_MORE';
	var linkObj = $(moreSkySitesLinkID + " a");
	
	
	
	try {
		if ($(moreSkySitesLinkID).length == 1) {
			$(moreSkySitesLinksArea).fadeTo(0,0);
			
			// check if cross domain (to prevent ie messages)
			if (!isCrossDomain(linkObj)) {
				
				$.ajax({
					url: linkObj.attr('href'),
					error: function() {
						throw "try alternate url"
					},
					success: function(htmlReturned){
						$(moreSkySitesLinksArea).html(jQuery("<div/>").append(htmlReturned.replace(/<script(.|\s)*?\/script>/g, "")).find(targetAreaToRetrieve));
						addMoreSkySitesMenu();
					}
				});
			} else {
				throw "cross domain"
			}
		}
	} catch(e) {
		// try alternativeURL (possibly again), for the case of cross domain errors in FFox 3
		try {
			if (typeof(alternativeURL) != 'undefined') {
				$(moreSkySitesLinksArea).load(alternativeURL + ' ' + targetAreaToRetrieve,null,addMoreSkySitesMenu);
			}
		} catch(e) {}
	};
	
	function addMoreSkySitesMenu(){
		$(moreSkySitesLinkID + " > a").click(function(e){
			e.preventDefault();
			$(moreSkySitesLinksArea).css('display', 'block').fadeTo('slow', 0.95);
		});
		$(moreSkySitesLinksArea).hover(function(){
		}, function(){
			$('#moreSkySitesLinkArea').fadeTo('slow', 0, function(){
				$('#moreSkySitesLinkArea').css('display', 'none')
			});
		});
		$(moreSkySitesLinksArea + ' a').attr('target','_blank');
	}
	
	function isCrossDomain(linkObj) {
		try {
			var linkHostname = linkObj[0].hostname;
			var linkDomain = linkHostname.match(/\w+\.\w+/);
			var currDomain = document.domain.match(/\w+\.\w+/);
			return (linkDomain.toString() != document.domain.toString());
		} catch(e) {
			return true;
		}
	}
}