var imIn=0;

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});
    //alert(1);    
    //Call the rotator function to run the slideshow, 6000 = change to next image after 6 seconds
    setInterval('rotate()',7000);
    
}
var current;
function rotate() {    
	
	// The following is a hack to prevent the glitch where the compnent flashes the last imge on the first rotation
	if(imIn <1){
		imIn++;
	}else{	
		 //Hide the current image
		current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 1000)
		.removeClass('show');
	}
		
	//if no IMGs have the show class, grab the first image
	current = ($('div#rotator ul li.show')?  $('div#rotator ul li.show') : $('div#rotator ul 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().hasClass('show'))
											? $('div#rotator ul li:first') 
											:current.next()) 
										: $('div#rotator ul li:first'));           


    //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);

};

$(document).ready(function() {        
    //Load the slideshow
    theRotator();
});