$(document).ready(function () {

    //initialize the slider with a random starting slide
    //var total = $('#slider img').length;
    //var start = Math.floor(Math.random() * total);
    var start = 0;

    $('#slider').nivoSlider({
        effect: 'fade',
        slices: 1,
        animSpeed: 500,
        pauseTime: 8000,
        startSlide: start, //Set starting Slide (0 index)
        directionNav: true, //Next & Prev
        directionNavHide: true, //Only show on hover
        controlNav: true, //1,2,3...
        controlNavThumbs: false, //Use thumbnails for Control Nav
        controlNavThumbsSearch: '.jpg', //Replace this with...
        controlNavThumbsReplace: '_thumb.jpg', //...this in thumb Image src
        keyboardNav: true, //Use left & right arrows
        pauseOnHover: true, //Stop animation while hovering
        manualAdvance: false, //Force manual transitions
        captionOpacity: 1 //Universal caption opacity
    });

});