function slideSwitch() {
    var $active = $('#slideshow IMG.active');

    if ( $active.length == 0 ) $active = $('#slideshow IMG:last');

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

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



$(function () { $(".about").click(function () { $("#box").fadeIn("slow") }) });
$(function () { $(".contact").click(function () { $("#box").fadeIn("slow") }) });
$(function () { $(".products").click(function () { $("#box").fadeIn("slow") }) });
$(function () { $(".news").click(function () { $("#box").fadeIn("slow") }) });
$(function () { $(".boutique").click(function () { $("#box").fadeIn("slow") }) });



$(document).ready(function () {
    $('.about,.contact,.products,.news,.boutique').append('<span class="hover"></span>').each(function () {
        var $span = $('> span.hover', this).css('opacity', 0);
        $(this).hover(function () {
            $span.stop().fadeTo(500, 1);
        }, function () {
            $span.stop().fadeTo(500, 0);
        });
    });
});
//$(function () {
//    $('a#index').click(function () {
//        $('div#boxcontent').html('<center><img src="images/loading.gif" alt="" /></center>');
//        $('div#boxcontent').load('index.htm #boxcontent');
//        return false;
//    })
//});