function slideShow() {

    //Set the opacity of all images to 0
    $('#gallery a').css({
        opacity: 0.0
    });

    //Get the first image and display it (set it to full opacity)
    $('#gallery a:first').css({
        opacity: 1.0
    });

    //Set the caption background to semi-transparent
    $('#gallery .caption').css({
        opacity: 0.7
    });

    //Resize the width of the caption according to the image width
    $('#gallery .caption').css({
        width: $('#gallery a').find('img').css('width')
        });

    //Get the caption of the first image from REL attribute and display it
    $('#gallery .content').html($('#gallery a:first').find('img').attr('rel'))
    .animate({
        opacity: 0.7
    }, 400);

    //Call the gallery function to run the slideshow, 6000 = change to next image after 6 seconds
    setInterval('gallery()',3000);

}

function gallery() {

    //if no IMGs have the show class, grab the first image
    var current = ($('#gallery a.show')?  $('#gallery a.show') : $('#gallery a: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'))? $('#gallery a:first') :current.next()) : $('#gallery a:first'));

    //Get next image caption
    var caption = next.find('img').attr('rel');

    //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
    }, 1000);

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

    if ( caption != "" )
    {
        //Set the opacity to 0 and height to 1px
        $('#gallery .caption').animate({
            opacity: 0.0
        }, {
            queue:false,
            duration:50
        }).animate({
            height: '1px'
        }, {
            queue:true,
            duration:300
        });

        //Animate the caption, opacity to 0.7 and heigth to 100px, a slide up effect
        $('#gallery .caption').animate({
            opacity: 0.7
        },100 ).animate({
            height: '30px'
        },500 );

        //Display the content
        $('#gallery .content').html(caption);
    }
    else
    {
        $('#gallery .caption').animate({
            height: '0px'
        }, {
            queue:true,
            duration:0
        });

    }

}