function theRotator() {
    //Set the opacity of all images to 0
    $('div.banner ul li').css({opacity: 0.0});
    //Get the first image and display it (gets set to full opacity)
    $('div.banner 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()',6000);
}

function rotate() {	
    //Get the first image
    var current = ($('div.banner ul li.show')?  $('div.banner ul li.show') : $('div.banner 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.banner ul li:first') :current.next()) : $('div.banner 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);
    //Hide the current image
    current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 1000)
    .removeClass('show');
};

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