$slideshow = {  
    context: false,  
    tabs: false,  
    timeout: 2000,      // time before next slide appears (in ms)  
    slideSpeed: 2000,   // 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  
        });  
    },   
};  
  
$(function() {  
    // initialise the slideshow when the DOM is ready  
    $slideshow.init();  
});