var $j = jQuery.noConflict();


$j(document).ready(function(){
	/* This code is executed after the DOM has been completely loaded */

	var totWidth=0;
	var positions = new Array();

	$j('#slides .slide').each(function(i){
		/* Loop through all the slides and store their accumulative widths in totWidth */
		positions[i]= totWidth;
		totWidth += $j(this).width();

		/* The positions array contains each slide's commulutative offset from the left part of the container */

		if(!$j(this).width())
		{
			alert("Please, fill in width & height for all your images!");
			return false;
		}
	});

	$j('#slides').width(totWidth);

	/* Change the container div's width to the exact width of all the slides combined */

	$j('#menuslide ul li a').click(function(e,keepScroll){

		/* On a thumbnail click */
		$j('li.menuItem').removeClass('act').addClass('inact');
		$j(this).parent().addClass('act');

		var pos = $j(this).parent().prevAll('.menuItem').length;

		$j('#slides').stop().animate({marginLeft:-positions[pos]+'px'},956);
		/* Start the sliding animation */

		e.preventDefault();
		/* Prevent the default action of the link */
		
		// Stopping the auto-advance if an icon has been clicked:
			if(!keepScroll) clearInterval(itvl);
	});

	$j('#menuslide ul li.menuItem:first').addClass('act').siblings().addClass('inact');
	/* On page load, mark the first thumbnail as active */
	
	/*****
	 *
	 *	Enabling auto-advance.
	 *
	 ****/
	 
	var current=1;
	function autoAdvance()
	{
		if(current==-1) return false;
		
		$j('#menuslide ul li a').eq(current%$j('#menuslide ul li a').length).trigger('click',[true]);	// [true] will be passed as the keepScroll parameter of the click function on line 28
		current++;
	}

	// The number of seconds that the slider will auto-advance in:
	
	var changeEvery = 10;

	var itvl = setInterval(function(){autoAdvance()},changeEvery*1000);

});