$(document).ready(function() { 
	// retrieve list of slides from server 
	$.getJSON('/wp-content/themes/pieintheskyvt/slidelist.php', startSlideshow); 

	function startSlideshow(slides) {
		/* server returns an array of slides which looks like this: 
		[ 
			'/wp-content/themes/pieintheskyvt/i/slideshow/header01.jpg',
			'/wp-content/themes/pieintheskyvt/i/slideshow/header02.jpg',
			'/wp-content/themes/pieintheskyvt/i/slideshow/header03.jpg'
		] 
		*/
		
		for (var i in slides) {
			var img = document.createElement('img');
			img.setAttribute('src', slides[i]);
			img.setAttribute('alt', '');
			document.getElementById("headerphoto").appendChild(img)
		}
	
		// start slideshow 
		$('#headerphoto').cycle({ 
			fx: 'fade', 
			startingSlide: 1,  // start on the slide that was in the markup 
			timeout:  5000, 
			speed:    750, 
			random:		1
		});
	}; 
});