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

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

    var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next()
        : $('#slideshow IMG:first');

    $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() {
  $('.error').hide();
  $('input.text-input').css({backgroundColor:"#FFFFFF"});
  $('input.text-input').focus(function(){
    $(this).css({backgroundColor:"#FFDDAA"});
  });
  $('input.text-input').blur(function(){
    $(this).css({backgroundColor:"#FFFFFF"});
  });

  $(".button").click(function() {
		// validate and process form
		// first hide any error messages
    $('.error').hide();
		
	  var name = $("input#name").val();
		if (!name.match(/^[a-zA-Z '-]+$/)) {
      $("label#name_error").show();
      $("input#name").focus();
      return false;
    }
		var email = $("input#email").val();
		if  (!email.match(/^([a-z0-9._-]+@[a-z0-9._-]+\.[a-z]{2,4}$)/i)) {
      $("label#email_error").show();
      $("input#email").focus();
      return false;
    }
		var desc = $("textarea#desc").val();
		if (desc == "") {
      $("label#desc_error").show();
      $("textarea#desc").focus();
     return false;
    }
		
		var dataString = 'name='+ name + '&email=' + email + '&desc=' + desc;
		//alert (dataString);return false;
		
		$.ajax({
      type: "POST",
      url: "lib/process.php",
      data: dataString,
      success: function() {
        $('#MailBox').html("<div id='message'></div>");
        $('#message').html("<h2>Contact Form Submitted!</h2>")
        .append("<p>We will be in touch soon.</p>")
        .hide()
        .fadeIn(1500, function() {
          $('#message').append("<img id='checkmark' src='images/check.png' />");
        });
      }
     });
    return false;
	});
});

runOnLoad(function(){
  $("input#name").select().focus();
});