NiceFade: A jQuery slideshow plugin

Author — Caleb Pierce : http://calebpierce.com

DOM structure:

ul or ol.nicefade_container
	li (these are the slides)
ul or ol.nicefade_index-list (same length as items in slideshow) (optional)
	li (these are the slide indices)
		a

Options:

• animationSpeed: speed of slideshow animation in milliseconds
• animationDelay: delay between animations in milliseconds
• indexList: ul or ol with each child li representing their own slide in the slideshow
• initialIndex: the slideshow's starting point
• currentClass: the class of the current slideshow item and current index item
• beforeSlideChange: function that gets called before the slides begin to change
• afterSlideChange: function that gets called after the slides finish changing

Public functions:

Note: automated slide animation stops when you manually move to a specific slide

• next(): advance the slideshow one step forward
• previous(): move the slideshow one step backward
• seek( index ): change the visible slide to the one at index @index
• stop(): stop the slideshow's automated animation
• slideshow_length(): the number of elements in the slideshow
• current_slide(): the slide currently being shown
• target_slide(): the slide that is targeted to fade in (via click or automation)