$(function() { 
		   
	// retrieve list of slides from server 
	$.getJSON('../slideshowhome.php', startSlideshow); 

	function startSlideshow(slides) { 
	 	var slide = $('.slideshow');
		var i = 0;
		
    	var slideshow = setInterval(function(){
       		var val = slides[++i] || slides[i=0];
       		slide.fadeOut('slow').hide('slow', function() {
   				slide.html('<img src="' + val + '"/>').fadeIn(500);
  			});
     	},10000); 
	};
});