﻿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()', 3000);

}

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');

};

