$(document).ready(function() {
    $('.slideshow').cycle({
		fx: 'fade',
		timeout: 5000,
		after: onAfter
	});

});

$(window).load(function(){

	var cheight = $('.pagecontent').height();
	var sheight = $('.sidepanel').height();

	if(cheight > sheight)
	{
		$('.sidepanel').height( $('.pagecontent').height() );
	}
	else
	{
		$('.pagecontent').height( $('.sidepanel').height() );
	}

});

function onAfter(currr, next, opts) 
{
	// updates the caption for the next image
	$('.overlay').text( $(next).attr('data-banner') );
}