//  Function that rotates the sponsor images on the front page                                                                                  
//                                                                                                                                              

function sponsorSwitch() {
    var $active = jq('#sponsors div.active');

    if ( $active.length == 0 ) $active = jq('#sponsors div:last');

    // use this to pull the images in the order they appear in the markup                                                                       
    var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next()
        : jq('#sponsors div:first');

    // uncomment the 3 lines below to pull the images in random order                                                                           
    // var $sibs  = $active.siblings(); 
    // var rndNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * $sibs.length ); 
    // var $next  = jq( $sibs[ rndNum ] ); 

    $active.addClass('last-active');

    $next.css({opacity: 0.0})
        .addClass('active')
        .animate({opacity: 1.0}, 2000, function() {
                $active.removeClass('active last-active');
            });
}


jq(function() {
        setInterval( "sponsorSwitch()", 6000 );
    });