$(document).ready(function() {
 
	
	$(".slidetabs").tabs(".images > .slideshow-item", {
	
		// enable "cross-fading" effect
		effect: 'fade',
		fadeOutSpeed: "slow",
		// start from the beginning after the last tab
		rotate: true
	
	// use the slideshow plugin. It accepts its own configuration
	}).slideshow( {autoplay: true, autopause: true} );
	

	$("#featured-slideshow .backward, #featured-slideshow .forward").fadeTo("slow", 0.0); // This sets the opacity of the thumbs to fade down to 60% when the page loads
	


	$("#featured-slideshow .backward, #featured-slideshow .forward").hover(function(){
		$(this).fadeTo("slow", 1.0); // This should set the opacity to 100% on hover
	},function(){
   		$(this).fadeTo("slow", 0.0); // This should set the opacity back to 0% on mouseout
	});

});