var slickX=0;
var slickImages = [];
var slickLinks = [];

var slickImgNum = 1;
var slickFullDeck = 0;

var preloadContent;

$("#home_feature a").each(function() {
	slickX++;
	var p = $(this);
	slickImages[slickX] = p.attr('rel');
	slickLinks[slickX] = p.attr('href');
	preloadContent = preloadContent + '<img src="' + slickImages[slickX] + '" width="1" height="1" alt="Preload' + slickX + '" />';
	p.remove();
} );


var linkCode = '<a href="' + slickLinks[1] + '" style="display:block; width:' + $('#home_feature').width() + 'px; height:'+ $('#home_feature').height() + 'px;"></a>';

slickFullDeck = slickX;

preloadContent = '<div id="slick_preload" style="width:0;height:0;overflow:hidden;display:none;">' + preloadContent + '</div>';


$('#home_feature').html('<div id="slick_pan" style="width:100%;height:100%;background-image: url(\'' + slickImages[1] + '\');">' + linkCode + '</div>' + preloadContent);
$('#home_feature').css('backgroundImage', 'url(' + slickImages[2] + ')');

function slideSwitch() {
	slickImgNum++;
	if (slickImgNum > slickFullDeck){ slickImgNum=1; }
	if (slickImgNum < 1) { slickImgNum = slickFullDeck; }

	$('#home_feature').css('backgroundImage', 'url(' + slickImages[slickImgNum] + ')');
	$('#slick_pan').animate({ opacity:0.0 }, 1000,  'linear', function(){
		$('#slick_pan').css('backgroundImage', 'url(' + slickImages[slickImgNum] + ')');
		$('#slick_pan a').attr('href', slickLinks[slickImgNum]);
		$('#slick_pan').animate({ opacity:1.0 }, 1000);
	} );


}