$(document).ready(function() {		
		
		slideShow(3000);

	});

	function slideShow(speed) {


		//append a LI item to the UL list for displaying caption
		$('ul.slideshow').append('<li id="slideshow-caption" class="caption"><div class="slideshow-caption-container"><h3></h3><p></p></div></li>');

		//Set the opacity of all images to 0
		$('ul.slideshow li').css({opacity: 0.0});
		
		//Get the first image and display it (set it to full opacity)
		$('ul.slideshow li:first').css({opacity: 1.0});
		
		//Get the caption of the first image from REL attribute and display it
		$('#slideshow-caption h3').html($('ul.slideshow a:first').find('img').attr('title'));
		$('#slideshow-caption p').html($('ul.slideshow a:first').find('img').attr('alt'));
			
		//Display the caption
		$('#slideshow-caption').css({opacity: 0.7, bottom:0});
		
		//Call the gallery function to run the slideshow	
		var timer = setInterval('gallery()',speed);
		
		//pause the slideshow on mouse over
		$('ul.slideshow').hover(
			function () {
				clearInterval(timer);	
			}, 	
			function () {
				timer = setInterval('gallery()',speed);			
			}
		);
		
	}

	function gallery() {


		//if no IMGs have the show class, grab the first image
		var current = ($('ul.slideshow li.show')?  $('ul.slideshow li.show') : $('#ul.slideshow li:first'));

		//Get next image, if it reached the end of the slideshow, rotate it back to the first image
		var next = ((current.next().length) ? ((current.next().attr('id') == 'slideshow-caption')? $('ul.slideshow li:first') :current.next()) : $('ul.slideshow li:first'));
			
		//Get next image caption
		var title = next.find('img').attr('title');	
		var desc = next.find('img').attr('alt');	

		//Set the fade in effect for the next image, show class has higher z-index
		next.css({opacity: 0.0}).addClass('show').animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1000);
		
		//Hide the caption first, and then set and display the caption
		$('#slideshow-caption').slideToggle(300, function () { 
			$('#slideshow-caption h3').html(title); 
			$('#slideshow-caption p').html(desc); 
			$('#slideshow-caption').slideToggle(500); 
		});		

		//Hide the current image
		current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 1000).removeClass('show');

	}