$(document).ready(function() {		
	
	//Execute the slider, set 4 seconds for each images
	slider(8000);

});

function slider(speed) {


	//append a LI item to the UL list for displaying caption
	$('ul#slider').append('<li id="slider-caption" class="caption"><div id="slider-caption-container"><h5></h5><p></p></div></li>');

	//Set the opacity of all images to 0
	$('ul#slider li').css({opacity: 0.0});
	
	//Get the first image and display it (set it to full opacity)
	$('ul#slider li:first').css({opacity: 1.0});
	
	//Get the caption of the first image from REL attribute and display it
	$('#slider-caption h5').html($('ul#slider a:first').find('img').attr('title'));
	$('#slider-caption p').html($('ul#slider a:first').find('img').attr('alt'));
		
	//Display the caption
	$('#slider-caption').css({opacity: 0.7, bottom:0});
	
	//Call the gallery function to run the slider	
	var timer = setInterval('gallery()',speed);
	
	//pause the slider on mouse over
	$('ul#slider').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#slider li.show')?  $('ul#slider li.show') : $('#ul#slider li:first'));

	//Get next image, if it reached the end of the slider, rotate it back to the first image
	var next = ((current.next().length) ? ((current.next().attr('id') == 'slider-caption')? $('ul#slider li:first') :current.next()) : $('ul#slider 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
	$('#slider-caption').slideToggle(300, function () { 
		$('#slider-caption h5').html(title); 
		$('#slider-caption p').html(desc); 
		$('#slider-caption').slideToggle(500); 
	});	

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

}