$(document).ready(function() {		 
            //Execute the slideShow, set 4 seconds for each images
            slideShow(6000);	 
        });
         
        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><span></span></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'));
            $('#slideshow-caption span').html($('ul.slideshow a:first').find('img').attr('alt'));
                 
            //Display the caption
			$('#slideshow-caption').css({opacity: 0.8, 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 span').html(desc); 
                $('#slideshow-caption').slideToggle(500); 
            }); 
         
            //Hide the current image
            current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 1000).removeClass('show');	 
        }