jQuery(function($) {
	$("#slideshow").easySlider({
		controlsBefore: '<div id="ssNav">',
		controlsAfter: '</div>',
		prevText: ' prev',
		nextText: 'next ',		
		firstShow: false,
		lastShow: false,
		vertical: true, 
		continuous: true,
		pause: 3000,
		auto: true
	});
});

function encodeSlideshow(theForm){

	try{
	    theForm['slideshowitem_description1'].value = theForm['slideshowitem_description1'].value.replace(/</g, '&lt;');
	    theForm['slideshowitem_description1'].value = theForm['slideshowitem_description1'].value.replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
	    theForm['slideshowitem_description2'].value = theForm['slideshowitem_description2'].value.replace(/</g, '&lt;');
	    theForm['slideshowitem_description2'].value = theForm['slideshowitem_description2'].value.replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
	    theForm['slideshowitem_description3'].value = theForm['slideshowitem_description3'].value.replace(/</g, '&lt;');
	    theForm['slideshowitem_description3'].value = theForm['slideshowitem_description3'].value.replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
		
	}
	catch(ex){
	    theForm['slideshowitem_description1'].innerText = theForm['slideshowitem_description1'].innerText.replace(/</g, '&lt;');
		theForm['slideshowitem_description1'].innerText = theForm['slideshowitem_description1'].innerText.replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
		theForm['slideshowitem_description2'].innerText = theForm['slideshowitem_description2'].innerText.replace(/</g, '&lt;');
		theForm['slideshowitem_description2'].innerText = theForm['slideshowitem_description2'].innerText.replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
		theForm['slideshowitem_description3'].innerText = theForm['slideshowitem_description3'].innerText.replace(/</g, '&lt;');
		theForm['slideshowitem_description3'].innerText = theForm['slideshowitem_description3'].innerText.replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
	}
	
}