$().ready(function() {
  setInterval( "slideSwitch()", 5000 );
});


function slideSwitch() {
var $active = $('.slideshowImgs img.active');

if ( $active.length == 0 ) $active = $('.slideshowImgs img:last');

// use this to pull the images in the order they appear in the markup
var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next()
	: $('.slideshowImgs img:first');

// uncomment the 3 lines below to pull the images in random order

// var $sibs  = $active.siblings();
// var rndNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * $sibs.length );
// var $next  = $( $sibs[ rndNum ] );


$active.addClass('last-active');

$next.css({opacity: 0.0})
	.addClass('active')
	.animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1000, function() {
		$active.removeClass('active last-active');
	});
}