	/* Home slider */
	
		var homeSlide = new Array(); //an array of the home slides
		var homeSlideButton = new Array(); //an array of the roadmap slide buttons
		var currentHomeSlide = 0;
		var totalHomeSlides = 0;
		var homeTimer = 0;
	
		function homeSlider(timeout,animated) {
			$('.slider-content').hide();
			//create an array of the home slides
			$("div.slide").each(function (i) {
				count = (i + 1);
				homeSlide[count] = $(this);
			});
			
			//set total number of slides
			totalHomeSlides = homeSlide.length - 1;
			
			//create an array of the home slide buttons
			$("ul.slider-menu li").each(function (i) {
				count = (i + 1);
				homeSlideButton[count] = $(this);
				$(this, this + " a").click(function(){
					clearInterval(homeTimer);
					changeHomeSlider(i);
					//return false;
				});
				
				
			});
			
			//fadeOut all slides
			$("div.slide").css("display","none");
				
			if(animated == 1){
				
				//set animation interval
				homeTimer = setInterval(function(){
					changeHomeSlider();
				}, timeout);
			}
		}
		
		function changeHomeSlider(selected) {
			$('#welcomeSlider').fadeOut('slow', function(){
				$('.slider-content').fadeIn();
			});
			
			
			// if a slide button has been clicked
			if (typeof selected != 'undefined') {
				currentHomeSlide = selected + 1;
				$("div.slide").stop(true,true);
			}
			else {
				if (currentHomeSlide == totalHomeSlides) {
					currentHomeSlide = 1;
				}
				else {
					currentHomeSlide = currentHomeSlide + 1;
				}
			}
			// fade out current and show next
			if ($.browser.msie && $.browser.version.substr(0,1)<7) {
				$("div.slide").css("display", "none");
				homeSlide[currentHomeSlide].css("display", "block");							
				$("ul.slider-menu li").removeClass("active");							
				homeSlideButton[currentHomeSlide].addClass("active");
			}
			else {
				$("div.slide").fadeOut();
				homeSlide[currentHomeSlide].pause(400).fadeIn();							
				$("ul.slider-menu li").pause(400).removeClass("active");							
				homeSlideButton[currentHomeSlide].pause(400).addClass("active");	
			}
		}	
	
	/* Testimonial slider */
	
		var testimonialSlide = new Array(); //an array of the testimonial slides
		var currentTestimonialSlide = 1;
		var totalTestimonialSlides = 1;
		var testimonialTimer = 0;
	
		function testimonialSlider(timeout) {
			
			//create an array of the testimonial slides
			$("ul.testimonials-slider li").each(function (i) {
				count = (i + 1);
				testimonialSlide[count] = $(this);
			});
			
			//set total number of slides
			totalTestimonialSlides = testimonialSlide.length - 1;
			
			//fadeOut all but first slide
			$("ul.testimonials-slider li").not(testimonialSlide[currentTestimonialSlide]).css("display","none");
				
			//set animation interval
			testimonialTimer = setInterval(function(){
				changeTestimonialSlider();
			}, timeout);
		}
		
		function changeTestimonialSlider() {

			if (currentTestimonialSlide == totalTestimonialSlides) {
				currentTestimonialSlide = 1;
			}
			else {
				currentTestimonialSlide = currentTestimonialSlide + 1;
			}

			// fade out current and show next
			if ($.browser.msie && $.browser.version.substr(0,1)<7) {
				$("ul.testimonials-slider li").css("display", "none");
				testimonialSlide[currentTestimonialSlide].pause(400).css("display", "block");
			}
			else {
				$("ul.testimonials-slider li").fadeOut();
				testimonialSlide[currentTestimonialSlide].pause(400).fadeIn();								
			}
		}	
