var featuredBanner = '';

$(document).ready(function(){

    theRotator();

});

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('rotate()', 4000);

}

function rotate() {
	//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')
    .show('fast')
	.animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1000);

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

};