Slideshow with CSS and JavaScript help!

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Hi all,

I’m using CSS and JavaScript to add a simple slideshow to a website i’m working on. It just cycles through the images.

There’s 2 issues I can’t work out how to fix:

Firstly I would like to add multiple slideshows to the same page.
Secondly I would like to make each slide clickable (when wrapping the images in the link tag it doesn’t slide through properly).

Here’s the code:

CSS in seperate CSS file:

#slideshow {
    position:relative;
    height:252px;
}

#slideshow IMG {
    position:absolute;
    top:0;
    left:0;
    z-index:8;
    opacity:0.0;
}

#slideshow IMG.active {
    z-index:10;
    opacity:1.0;
}

#slideshow IMG.last-active {
    z-index:9;
}

The JavaScript on the main page:

<script type="text/javascript" src="slideshow.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
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 );
});

</script>

There’s also another .js file the slideshow uses.

The DIV on the main page:

<div id="slideshow">
                    <img src="slideshow/images/stunningphotos1.jpg" class="active" />
                    <img src="slideshow/images/stunningphotos2.jpg" />
                    <img src="slideshow/images/stunningphotos3.jpg" />
                    <img src="slideshow/images/stunningphotos4.jpg" />
                    <img src="slideshow/images/stunningphotos5.jpg" />
                    <img src="slideshow/images/stunningphotos6.jpg" />
                    </div>

Any help would be much appreciated!