var slideshow_images = [];

slideshow_images[slideshow_images.length] = 'images/slideshow/ss_1.png';

slideshow_images[slideshow_images.length] = 'images/slideshow/ss_2.png';

slideshow_images[slideshow_images.length] = 'images/slideshow/ss_3.png';

slideshow_images[slideshow_images.length] = 'images/slideshow/ss_4.png';

slideshow_images[slideshow_images.length] = 'images/slideshow/ss_5.png';

slideshow_images[slideshow_images.length] = 'images/slideshow/ss_6.jpg';

slideshow_images[slideshow_images.length] = 'images/slideshow/ss_7.jpg';

slideshow_images[slideshow_images.length] = 'images/slideshow/ss_8.jpg';



var imageObjects = [];

for(var i = 0; i < slideshow_images.length; i++)

{

	imageObjects[i] = new Image();

	imageObjects[i].src = slideshow_images[i];

}



var currentSlide;



function renderImage(path)

{

	var slideshow_frame = document.getElementById('slideshow_frame').getElementsByTagName('div')[0];

	var slideshow_frame_tween = new Fx.Tween(slideshow_frame, { duration: 'long' });

	slideshow_frame_tween.set('opacity', 0);

	slideshow_frame.style.background = 'url(' + path + ')';

	slideshow_frame_tween.start('opacity', 0, 1);

	

}



function startShow()

{

	advanceToNextSlide();

}



function advanceToNextSlide()

{

	if (currentSlide == slideshow_images.length || !currentSlide)

	{

		currentSlide = 0;

	}

	

	renderImage(slideshow_images[currentSlide]);

	currentSlide += 1;

	

	setTimeout('advanceToNextSlide()', 5000);

}