function slideShow() {
 
	$('#slideshowgallery li').css({opacity: 0.0});
	
	//Get the first image and display it (set it to full opacity)
	$('#slideshowgallery li:first').css({opacity: 1.0});
	
	//Set the caption background to semi-transparent
	$('#slideshowgallery .caption').css({opacity: 0.7});
 
	//Resize the width of the caption according to the image width
	$('#slideshowgallery .caption').css({width: $('#slideshowgallery li').find('img').css('width')});
	
	//Get the caption of the first image from REL attribute and display it
	$('#slideshowgallery .content').html($('#slideshowgallery li:first').find('img').attr('rel'))
	.animate({opacity: 0.7}, 400);
	
	$('#the-list li:first').addClass('SelectedItem');
	
	$('#slideshowgallery .caption').animate({opacity: 0.7},100 ).animate({height: '40px'},500 );
	
	//Call the slideshowgallery function to run the slideshow, 6000 = change to next image after 6 seconds
	setInterval('slideshowgallery()',4000);
	
}
 
function slideshowgallery() {
	
	//if no IMGs have the show class, grab the first image
	var current = ($('#slideshowgallery li.show')?  $('#slideshowgallery li.show') : $('#slideshowgallery li:first'));
    
    //select the first right menu li
    var currentMenuItem = $('#the-list li.SelectedItem');
   
    var nextMenuItem;
    
    //Get the next menu item, if the end has been reached then rotate back to the first menu item
    if (currentMenuItem.next().length > 0)
    {   
        nextMenuItem = currentMenuItem.next();
    }
    else
    {
        nextMenuItem = $('#the-list 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('caption'))? $('#slideshowgallery li:first') :current.next()) : $('#slideshowgallery li:first'));	
	
	//Get next image caption
	var caption = next.find('img').attr('rel');	
	
	//Set the menu item background to selected
	currentMenuItem.removeClass('SelectedItem');
	nextMenuItem.addClass('SelectedItem');
	
	//Set the fade in effect for the next image, show class has higher z-index
	next.css({opacity: 0.0})
	.addClass('show')
	.animate({opacity: 1.0}, 3000);
 
	//Hide the current image
	current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 3000)
	.removeClass('show');
	
	//Set the opacity to 0 and height to 1px
	$('#slideshowgallery .caption').animate({opacity: 0.0}, { queue:false, duration:0 }).animate({height: '1px'}, { queue:true, duration:300 });	
	
	//Animate the caption, opacity to 0.7 and height to 100px, a slide up effect
	$('#slideshowgallery .caption').animate({opacity: 0.7},100 ).animate({height: '40px'},500 );
	
	//Display the content
	$('#slideshowgallery .content').html(caption);
	
	
}