Question

Im trying to make a fading slideshow only I cant seem to get it to fade…

http://jsfiddle.net/FGb6L/

Answer 1

if you change

$(function() {
    setInterval( "slideSwitch()", 5000 );
});

into

$(function() {
    setInterval(slideSwitch, 5000 );
});

the slideshow seems to work. Example fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/eSrcr/

as a side note, never pass strings to setInterval/setTimeout