if( ! function_exists('link_tag') )
{
    function link_tag($href = '', $rel = 'stylesheet', $type = 'text/css', $title = '', $media = '', $index_page = FALSE)
    {
        $ob = this();

        $link = '<link ';

        $vi = Ssc::instance();   // obullo changes ..

        // When user use view_set_folder('css', 'iphone'); ..  /sources/iphone/css/welcome.css
        $path = '';
        if(isset($vi->_ew->css_folder{1}))
        {
            $path = $vi->_ew->css_folder .'/';
        }

        if (is_array($href))
        {
            foreach ($href as $k => $v)
            {
                $v = ltrim($v, '/');   // remove first slash

                if ($k == 'href' AND strpos($v, '://') === FALSE)
                {
                    if ($index_page === TRUE)
                    {
                        $link .= ' href="'.$ob->config->site_url($v).'" ';
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        $link .= ' href="'.$ob->config->public_url() . $path . $v.'" ';
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    $link .= "$k=\"$v\" ";
                }
            }

            $link .= "/>";
        }
        else
        {
            $href = ltrim($href, '/');  // remove first slash

            if ( strpos($href, '://') !== FALSE)
            {
                $link .= ' href="'.$href.'" ';
            }
            elseif ($index_page === TRUE)
            {
                $link .= ' href="'. $ob->config->site_url($href) .'" ';
            }
            else
            {
              switch($type)
              {
                case 'text/javascript':
                  $folder= 'js/';
                  $extension=".js";
                  break;
                case 'text/css':
                  $extension=".css";
                  $folder= 'css/';
                  break;
                default:
                  $folder= '';
                  $extension= '';
              }

              if(strpos($href, '../') === 0)
                $path= DS.preg_replace('/(\w+)\/(.+)/i', '$1/public/'.$folder.'$2', substr($href, 3));
              else
                $path= $ob->config->public_url() . $path . $folder . $href;



              $link .= ' href="'. $path . $extension .'" ';
            }

            $link .= 'rel="'.$rel.'" type="'.$type.'" ';

            if ($media    != '')
            {
                $link .= 'media="'.$media.'" ';
            }

            if ($title    != '')
            {
                $link .= 'title="'.$title.'" ';
            }

            $link .= '/>';
        }

        return $link;
    }
}