$(function() {
    $('#slider').nivoSlider({
        pauseTime: 7000,
        effect: 'fade',
        directionNavHide: false,
        afterLoad: function() {
        },
        afterChange: function() {
        },
        captionOpacity: 1,
        controlNavThumbs: true
    });

    $('#eventsSlider').nivoSlider({
        pauseTime: 7000,
        effect: 'fade',
        afterLoad: function() {
        },
        afterChange: function() {
        },
        captionOpacity: 1
    });
   

    // function to toggle the tabs
    // first hide the news
    $('#news').hide();
    $('#tabs li a.news').addClass('selected');
    $('#tabs li a').click(function() {
        $('#tabs li a').toggleClass('selected');
        $('.tabContent').hide();
        var href = $(this).attr('href');
        $(href).fadeIn().removeClass('selected');
        if (href == '#events') {
            $('#eventsSlider').data('nivoslider').start();
        } else {
            $('#eventsSlider').data('nivoslider').stop();
        }
        return false;
    });
});