// sliding tabs


        
         $slideshow = {  
     context: false,  
     tabs: false,  
     timeout: 0,      // time before next slide appears (in ms)  
     slideSpeed: 1000,   // time it takes to slide in each slide (in ms)  
     tabSpeed: 300,      // time it takes to slide in each slide (in ms) when clicking through tabs  
     fx: 'fade',   // the slide effect to use  
   
     init: function() {  
         // set the context to help speed up selectors/improve performance  
         this.context = $('#sliding_tabs');  
   
         // set tabs to current hard coded navigation items  
         this.tabs = $('ul.slides-nav li', this.context);  
   
         // remove hard coded navigation items from DOM  
         // because they aren't hooked up to jQuery cycle  
         this.tabs.remove();  
   
         // prepare slideshow and jQuery cycle tabs  
         this.prepareSlideshow();  
     },  
   
     prepareSlideshow: function() {  
         // initialise the jquery cycle plugin -  
         // for information on the options set below go to:  
         // http://malsup.com/jquery/cycle/options.html  
         $("div.slides > ul", $slideshow.context).cycle({  
             fx: $slideshow.fx,  
             timeout: $slideshow.timeout,  
             speed: $slideshow.slideSpeed,  
             fastOnEvent: $slideshow.tabSpeed,  
             pager: $("ul.slides-nav", $slideshow.context),  
             pagerAnchorBuilder: $slideshow.prepareTabs,  
             before: $slideshow.activateTab,  
             pauseOnPagerHover: true,  
             pause: true  
         });  
     },  
   
     prepareTabs: function(i, slide) {  
         // return markup from hardcoded tabs for use as jQuery cycle tabs  
         // (attaches necessary jQuery cycle events to tabs)  
         return $slideshow.tabs.eq(i);  
     },  
   
     activateTab: function(currentSlide, nextSlide) {  
         // get the active tab  
         var activeTab = $('a[href="#' + nextSlide.id + '"]', $slideshow.context); 
  
         // if there is an active tab 
         if(activeTab.length) { 
             // remove active styling from all other tabs 
             $slideshow.tabs.removeClass('on'); 
  
             // add active styling to active button 
             activeTab.parent().addClass('on');  
         }  
     }  
 };  
   
 $(function() {  
     // initialise the slideshow when the DOM is ready  
     $slideshow.init();  
 }); 
        
        
   $(function() {
    // add a 'js' class to the body
    $('body').addClass('js');

    // initialise the slideshow when the DOM is ready
    $slideshow.init();
});