thispage="menuhome";

   var current_pic = 1;
   var lastpic = 1;
   var total_pics = 5;

   // counter
   var i = 0;

   // create object
   imageObj = new Image();

   // set image list
   images = new Array();
   images[1]="images/home-page-slide-1.jpg";
   images[2]="images/home-page-slide-2.jpg";
   images[3]="images/home-page-slide-3.jpg";
   images[4]="images/home-page-slide-4.jpg";
   images[5]="images/home-page-slide-5.jpg";

   // start preloading
   for(i=1; i<=total_pics; i++) 
   {
   imageObj.src=images[i];
   }

   function LoadImage(picno)
   {
      thispic="piclink"+picno;
      current_pic = picno;
      prevpic="piclink"+lastpic;
      lastpic=picno;
   }

   function advance()
   { 
     current_pic++;
     if (current_pic > total_pics) {current_pic=1;}
     swapfade(document.getElementById('homepic'), images[current_pic], '1');
     LoadImage(current_pic);
   }

   iIntervalId = setInterval(advance,5000);

   function ClickLink(picno)
   { 
     clearInterval(iIntervalId);
   }