<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
//Speed of the slideshow
	var speed = 5000;
	
	//You have to specify width and height in #slider CSS properties
	//After that, the following script will set the width and height accordingly
	$('#mask-gallery, #gallery li').width($('#slider').width());	
	$('#gallery').width($('#slider').width() * $('#gallery li').length);
	$('#mask-gallery, #gallery li, #mask-excerpt, #excerpt li').height($('#slider').height());
	
	//Assign a timer, so it will run periodically
	var run = setInterval('newsslider(0)', speed);	
	
	$('#gallery li:first, #excerpt li:first').addClass('selected');

	//Pause the slidershow with clearInterval
	$('#btn-pause').click(function () {
clearInterval(run);
return false;
	});

	//Continue the slideshow with setInterval
	$('#btn-play').click(function () {
run = setInterval('newsslider(0)', speed);	
return false;
	});
	
	//Next Slide by calling the function
	$('#btn-next').click(function () {
newsslider(0);	
return false;
	});	

	//Previous slide by passing prev=1
	$('#btn-prev').click(function () {
newsslider(1);	
return false;
	});	
	
	//Mouse over, pause it, on mouse out, resume the slider show
	$('#slider').hover(
	
function() {
	clearInterval(run);
}, 
function() {
	run = setInterval('newsslider(0)', speed);	
}
	); 	
	
});

function newsslider(prev) {

	//Get the current selected item (with selected class), if none was found, get the first item
	var current_image = $('#gallery li.selected').length ? $('#gallery li.selected') : $('#gallery li:first');
	var current_excerpt = $('#excerpt li.selected').length ? $('#excerpt li.selected') : $('#excerpt li:first');

	//if prev is set to 1 (previous item)
	if (prev) {

//Get previous sibling
var next_image = (current_image.prev().length) ? current_image.prev() : $('#gallery li:last');
var next_excerpt = (current_excerpt.prev().length) ? current_excerpt.prev() : $('#excerpt li:last');
	
	//if prev is set to 0 (next item)
	} else {

//Get next sibling
var next_image = (current_image.next().length) ? current_image.next() : $('#gallery li:first');
var next_excerpt = (current_excerpt.next().length) ? current_excerpt.next() : $('#excerpt li:first');
	}

	//clear the selected class
	$('#excerpt li, #gallery li').removeClass('selected');
	
	//reassign the selected class to current items
	next_image.addClass('selected');
	next_excerpt.addClass('selected');

	//Scroll the items
	$('#mask-gallery').scrollTo(next_image, 800);
	$('#mask-excerpt').scrollTo(next_excerpt, 800);	
	
}
</script>