$(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><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: 0.8, 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 p').html(desc);
            $('#slideshow-caption').slideToggle(1000);
        });

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

    }