$(document).ready(function(){

  //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()',8000);



});



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');
}