$(function() {    
        var theInt = null;
        var $crosslink, $navthumb;
        var curclicked = 0;
        
        theInterval = function(cur){
            clearInterval(theInt);
            $('.panel').show();
            if( typeof cur != 'undefined' )
                curclicked = cur;
            
            $crosslink.removeClass("active-thumb");
            $navthumb.eq(curclicked).parent().addClass("active-thumb");
                $(".stripNav ul li a").eq(curclicked).trigger('click');
            theInt = setInterval(function(){
                $crosslink.removeClass("active-thumb");
                $navthumb.eq(curclicked).parent().addClass("active-thumb");
                $(".stripNav ul li a").eq(curclicked).trigger('click');
                                $(".feature_panel").hide();
                                $(".panel"+curclicked).show();
                curclicked++;
                if( 4 == curclicked )
                    curclicked = 0;
                
            }, 8000);
        };
        
        $(function(){
            
            $("#main-photo-slider").codaSlider({slideEaseDuration: 8000});
            
            $navthumb = $(".nav-thumb");
            $crosslink = $(".cross-link");
            
            $navthumb
            .click(function() {
                var $this = $(this);
                theInterval($this.parent().attr('href').slice(1) - 1);
                                $(".feature_panel").hide();
                                $(".panel"+curclicked).show();
                return false;
            });
            
            theInterval();
        });

	});//end (function)