JQuery Image Slider

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//********************************************************************
//
//  jQuery imageSlide created by Callum Taylor
//  v 0.3
//
//  Usage:
//  $('div').imageSlide({timeout: 2000, children:"div", fadesSpeed:1000, loop: 2}, callback);
//
//********************************************************************
 
jQuery.fn.imageSlide = function(opt, callback)
{
    $(this).each(function()
    {
        slide ($(this), opt, callback);
    });
   
    function slide (dom, opt, call)
    {
        var options = $.extend(
        {
            "timeout" : 2000,
            "children" : "",
            "fadeSpeed" : 1000,
            "loop" : 0
        }, opt);
       
        var min_width = 0;
        var min_height = 0;        
       
        $(dom).children(options.children).each(function()
        {
            var this_width = $(dom).outerWidth();
            if (this_width > min_width) min_width = this_width;
           
            var this_height = $(dom).outerHeight();
            if (this_height > min_height) min_height = this_height;
        });
       
        $(dom).css("width", min_width);
        $(dom).css("height", min_height);
       
        var arr = $(dom).children(options.children).css("position", "absolute").hide();
       
        if (arr.length < 2)
        {
            $(arr[0]).fadeIn(options.fadeSpeed);
            return;
        }
       
        for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++)
        {
            $(arr[i]).css("z-index", i);   
        }
       
        var count = 0;
        var loopCounter = 0;
        doSlide(arr, count);
       
        function doSlide(array, count)
        {
            $(array[count]).fadeIn(options.fadeSpeed, function()
            {
                if (++count == array.length)
                {
                    count = 0; 
                    ++loopCounter;             
                }
               
                if (loopCounter == options.loop && loopCounter != 0)
                {
                    call();
                    return;
                }
                else
                {
                    $(this).animate({delay:1}, options.timeout, function()
                    {
                        $(this).fadeOut(options.fadeSpeed, doSlide(array, count));
                    });
                }          
            });
        }
    }
};