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()',5000);
    
}

function rotate() {    
     //Get the first image
     var current = ($('div#rotator ul li.show')?  $('div#rotator ul li.show') : $('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'));    
    
     //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}, 700);

     //Hide the current image
     current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 700)
     .removeClass('show');
    
};

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