function startTimer(number) {
	if (number == 0) {
		//clearTimeout();	
	} else {
		setTimeout('getImage('+number+')',5000);
	}
}

function getImage(number) {
	var images = new Array();
	var thumb = new Array();
	for (i=1;i<19;i++) {
		images[i] = 'gallery/image'+i+'.jpg';
		thumb[i] = 'gallery/thumbs/image'+i+'.jpg';
	}

	number++;
	if(number > 18) { 
		number = 1; 
	}
	
	var passme = thumb[number];
	document.getElementById("thumb").href = images[number];
	blendimage('blenddiv','blendimage', passme ,2000);
	slideshow=setTimeout('getImage('+number+')',7000);
}

//change the opacity for different browsers
function changeOpac(opacity, id) {
	var object = document.getElementById(id).style; 
	object.opacity = (opacity / 100);
	object.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100);
	object.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100);
	object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")";
}


function blendimage(divid, imageid, imagefile, millisec) {
	var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100);
	var timer = 0;
	
	//set the current image as background
	document.getElementById(divid).style.backgroundImage = "url(" + document.getElementById(imageid).src + ")";
	changeOpac(0, imageid); //make image transparent
	document.getElementById(imageid).src = imagefile; //make new image

	//fade in image
	for(i = 0; i <= 100; i++) {
		setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + imageid + "')",(timer * speed));
		timer++;
	}
}

function stopshow() {
	clearTimeout(slideshow);
}