var next_image = 0;

next_image = 0;

$(document).ready(img_slide());

function img_slide(){
  var rand_no = Math.ceil((frontpage_images.length-1)*Math.random())

  //var act_image = frontpage_images[rand_no];
  var act_image = frontpage_images[next_image];
  act_image = act_image.split('|');
  $('#frontpage_images').html('<img id="frontpage_image" src="' + act_image[0] + '" /><br/>&#169; ' + act_image[1]);
  next_image = rand_no;

  $('#frontpage_image').load(start_slide());
}

function start_slide(){
  var a_next_image = frontpage_images[next_image];
  a_next_image = a_next_image.split('|');
  var preload_img = new Image(); 
  preload_img.src = a_next_image[0];

  var t=setTimeout("img_slide()",3000);
}