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('picrotate()',10000);
	
}
 
function picrotate() {	
	//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}, 1000);
 
	//Hide the current image
	current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 1000)
	.removeClass('show');
	
};



$(document).ready(function() {
 
	//Set Default State of each portfolio piece
	$(".paging").show();
	$(".paging a:first").addClass("active");
		
	//Get size of images, how many there are, then determin the size of the image reel.
	var imageWidth = $(".window").width();
	var imageSum = $(".image_reel img").size();
	var imageReelWidth = imageWidth * imageSum;
	
	//Adjust the image reel to its new size
	$(".image_reel").css({'width' : imageReelWidth});
	
	//Paging + Slider Function
	rotate = function(){	
		var triggerID = $active.attr("rel") - 1; //Get number of times to slide
		var image_reelPosition = triggerID * imageWidth; //Determines the distance the image reel needs to slide
 
		$(".paging a").removeClass('active'); //Remove all active class
		$active.addClass('active'); //Add active class (the $active is declared in the rotateSwitch function)
		
		//Slider Animation
		$(".image_reel").animate({ 
			left: -image_reelPosition
		}, 500 );
		
	}; 
	
	//Rotation + Timing Event
	rotateSwitch = function(){		
		play = setInterval(function(){ //Set timer - this will repeat itself every 3 seconds
			$active = $('.paging a.active').next();
			if ( $active.length === 0) { //If paging reaches the end...
				$active = $('.paging a:last'); //go back to first
			}
			rotate(); //Trigger the paging and slider function
		}, 7000); //Timer speed in milliseconds (3 seconds)
	};
	
	rotateSwitch(); //Run function on launch
	theRotator();
	

	

});