$j(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
	$j('#mask-gallery, #gallery li').width($j('#slider').width());
	$j('#gallery').width($j('#slider').width() * $j('#gallery li').length);
	$j('#mask-gallery, #gallery li, #mask-excerpt, #excerpt li').height($j('#slider').height());

	//Assign a timer, so it will run periodically
	var run = setInterval('newsscoller(0)', speed);

	$j('#gallery li:first, #excerpt li:first').addClass('selected');

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

	//Continue the slideshow with setInterval
	$j('#btn-play').click(function () {
		run = setInterval('newsscoller(0)', speed);
		return false;
	});

	//Next Slide by calling the function
	$j('#btn-next').click(function () {
		newsscoller(0);
		return false;
	});

	//Previous slide by passing prev=1
	$j('#btn-prev').click(function () {
		newsscoller(1);
		return false;
	});

	//Mouse over, pause it, on mouse out, resume the slider show
	$j('#slider').hover(

		function() {
			clearInterval(run);
		},
		function() {
			run = setInterval('newsscoller(0)', speed);
		}
	);
});


function newsscoller(prev) {

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

	//clear the selected class
	$j('#excerpt li, #gallery li').removeClass('selected');

	//reassign the selected class to current items
	next_image.addClass('selected');
	next_excerpt.addClass('selected');

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