function SlideShow(va,de,sl,th,ca,pr,ne,ac,fa,cu) {	
	var varName = va; //The name of the variable for this particular instance of the SlideShow object
	var delay=de; //milleseconds of delay before going to next slide (3000 = 3 seconds)
	var captionID = ca; //the ID of the element where the caption should go
	var slideID = sl; //the ID of the element wrapped around the main images
	var thumbsID = th; //the ID of the element wrapped around the thumb images
	var prevID = pr; //the ID of the "previous" link
	var nextID = ne; //the ID of the "next" link
	var activeClass = ac; //class name to assign to an active thumbnail
	var fadeSpeed = fa; //speed for a fade - milleseconds or JQuery default values
	var cutOrFade = cu; //Use "cut" to cut in captions, "fade" to fade in captions, anything else for no caption
	
	var timeKeeper;
	var timer = function() {autoFlip();} // this is used so that the setTimeout references the correct SlideShow object.
		
	// loader function
	$(document).ready(function() {
		// start the auto-rotation	
		timeKeeper = setTimeout(timer,delay);
		// assign function to all thumbnails to display the selected thumbnail.	
		$("#"+thumbsID+" a").click(function(){
			clearTimeout(timeKeeper);
			var slideImgs = $("#"+slideID+" img");
			for(var i=0;i<slideImgs.length;i++){
				$("#"+slideID+" img:first").hide().appendTo("#"+slideID);
				if($("#"+slideID+" img:last").attr('src')==$(this).attr('href')) {
					$("#"+slideID+" img:last").fadeIn(fadeSpeed);	
					//Feature Request: drop in an "addLink" function here so that the main image can link to something else.
					highlightThumb();				
					break;
				}
			}
			return false;
		});	
		// assign the previous and next functions	
		$("#"+prevID).click(function(){eval(varName).flipPrev(); return false;});	
		$("#"+nextID).click(function(){eval(varName).flipNext(); return false;});
		// make the first last to get the slideshow ready
		$("#"+slideID+" img:first").appendTo("#"+slideID);
		// highlight the first thumbnail
		highlightThumb();
	});
	
	// timer function for auto-rotation of images
	function autoFlip() {
		flipNext();
		timeKeeper = setTimeout(timer,delay);
	}
	
	// function to go to next image in list of images
	function flipNext() {
		clearTimeout(timeKeeper);
		$("#"+slideID+" img:first").hide().appendTo("#"+slideID).fadeIn(fadeSpeed);
		highlightThumb();
	}
	this.flipNext = flipNext;
	
	// function to go to previous image in list of images
	function flipPrev() {
		clearTimeout(timeKeeper);
		$("#"+slideID+" img:last").prev().show();
		$("#"+slideID+" img:last").fadeOut(fadeSpeed,function(){
				$("#"+slideID+" img:last").prependTo("#"+slideID);
				highlightThumb();
			}
		);
	}
	this.flipPrev = flipPrev;
	
	// function to load caption with a fade
	function fadeCaption() {
		$("#"+captionID).fadeOut(fadeSpeed,function(){
				$("#"+captionID).html("").html($("#"+thumbsID+" a."+activeClass).attr("caption")).fadeIn(fadeSpeed);
			});
	}
	
	// function to load caption with a cut
	function cutCaption() {
		$("#"+captionID).html("").html($("#"+thumbsID+" a."+activeClass).attr("caption"));
	}
	
	// function to assing the active class to thumbnails, then calls the caption loading function
	function highlightThumb() {
		$("#"+thumbsID+" a").removeClass(activeClass).filter(function (index) {return $("#"+slideID+" img:last").attr("src") == $(this).attr("href")}).addClass(activeClass);
		if(cutOrFade=="fade"){fadeCaption();}else if(cutOrFade=="cut"){cutCaption();}		
	}
}