function theRotator() {

	//Set the opacity of all images to 0

	$('div.rotator ul li').css({opacity: 0.0});

	

	//Get the first image and display it (gets set to full opacity)

	$('div.rotator ul li:first').css({opacity: 1.0});

		

	//Call the rotator function to run the slideshow, 6000 = change to next image after 6 seconds

	

	setInterval('rotate()',6000);

	

}



function rotate() {	

	//Get the first image

	var current = ($('div.rotator ul li.show')?  $('div.rotator ul li.show') : $('div.rotator ul li:first'));



    if ( current.length == 0 ) current = $('div.rotator ul li:first');



	//Get next image, when it reaches the end, rotate it back to the first image

	var next = ((current.next().length) ? ((current.next().hasClass('show')) ? $('div.rotator ul li:first') :current.next()) : $('div.rotator ul li:first'));

	

	//Un-comment the 3 lines below to get the images in random order

	

	//var sibs = current.siblings();

    //var rndNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * sibs.length );

    //var next = $( sibs[ rndNum ] );

			



	//Set the fade in effect for the next image, the show class has higher z-index

	next.css({opacity: 0.0})

	.addClass('show')

	.animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1000);



	//Hide the current image

	current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 1000)

	.removeClass('show');

	

};







$(document).ready(function() {		

	//Load the slideshow

	theRotator();

	$('div.rotator').fadeIn(1000);

    $('div.rotator ul li').fadeIn(1000); // tweek for IE

});