$(document).ready(function() {		
        
        //Execute the slideShow, set 4 seconds for each images
        slideShow(8000);
    
    });
    
    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}, 2000);
        
        //Hide the caption first, and then set and display the caption
        $('#slideshow-caption').animate({bottom:-70}, 300, function () {
                //Display the content
                $('#slideshow-caption h3').html(title);
                $('#slideshow-caption p').html(desc);				
                $('#slideshow-caption').animate({bottom:0}, 500);	
        });		
    
        //Hide the current image
        current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 2000).removeClass('show');
    
    }