$slideshow = {  
    context: false,  
    tabs: false,  
    timeout: 1500,      // time before next slide appears (in ms)  
    slideSpeed: 1500,   // time it takes to slide in each slide (in ms)  
    tabSpeed: 300,      // time it takes to slide in each slide (in ms) when clicking through tabs  
    fx: 'scrollLeft',   // the slide effect to use  
      
    init: function() {  
        // set the context to help speed up selectors/improve performance  
        this.context = $('#slideshow');  
          
        // set tabs to current hard coded navigation items  
        this.tabs = $('ul.slides-nav li', this.context);  
          
        // remove hard coded navigation items from DOM   
        // because they aren't hooked up to jQuery cycle  
        this.tabs.remove();  
          
        // 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,  
            pager: $("ul.slides-nav", $slideshow.context),  
            pagerAnchorBuilder: $slideshow.prepareTabs,  
            before: $slideshow.activateTab,  
            pauseOnPagerHover: true,  
            pause: true  
        });              
    },  
      
    prepareTabs: function(i, slide) {  
        // return markup from hardcoded tabs for use as jQuery cycle tabs  
        // (attaches necessary jQuery cycle events to tabs)  
        return $slideshow.tabs.eq(i);  
    },  
  
    activateTab: function(currentSlide, nextSlide) {  
        // get the active tab  
        var activeTab = $('a[href="#' + nextSlide.id + '"]', $slideshow.context); 
         
        // if there is an active tab 
        if(activeTab.length) { 
            // remove active styling from all other tabs 
            $slideshow.tabs.removeClass('on'); 
             
            // add active styling to active button 
            activeTab.parent().addClass('on');  
        }              
    }              
};  
  
  
$(function() {  
    // initialise the slideshow when the DOM is ready  
    $slideshow.init();  
});  // JavaScript Document

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