$slideshow = {
    context: false,
    tabs: false,
    timeout: 5000,      // time before next slide appears (in ms)
    slideSpeed: 500,   // time it takes to slide in each slide (in ms)
    tabSpeed: 700,      // time it takes to slide in each slide (in ms) when clicking through tabs
    fx: 'fade',   // the slide effect to use
	/*EFFECTS: blindX, blindY, blindZ, cover, curtainX, curtainY, fade, fadeZoom, growX, growY, none, scrollUp, 
	scrollDown, scrollLeft, scrollRight, scrollHorz, scrollVert, shuffle, slideX, slideY, toss, turnUp, turnDown, 
	turnLeft, turnRight, uncover, wipe, zoom */
    
    init: function() {
        // set the context to help speed up selectors/improve performance
        this.context = $('#slideshow');
                
        // prepare slideshow and jQuery cycle tabs
        this.prepareSlideshow();
    },
    
    prepareSlideshow: function() {
        // initialise the jquery cycle plugin -
        // for information on the options set below go to: 
        // http://malsup.com/jquery/cycle/options.html
        $('div.slides > ul', $slideshow.context).cycle({
            fx: $slideshow.fx,
            timeout: $slideshow.timeout,
            speed: $slideshow.slideSpeed,
            fastOnEvent: $slideshow.tabSpeed,
            before: $slideshow.activateTab,
            pauseOnPagerHover: true,
            pause: true
        });            
    }
    
};


$(function() {
    // add a 'js' class to the body
    $('body').addClass('js');
    
    // initialise the slideshow when the DOM is ready
    $slideshow.init();
});