$(window).load(function() {
    $('#slider').nivoSlider({
        effect:'fade', //Specify sets like: 'fold,fade,sliceDown'
       slices:3,
        animSpeed:500, //Slide transition speed
        pauseTime:9000,
        startSlide:0, //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
        controlNavThumbsFromRel:false, //Use image rel for thumbs
        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:0.8
    });

});

 function initialize() {
      if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
      
		
		var icon = new GIcon();
		
	
//icon.image = "http://rarekindrecords.co.uk/gfx/map-pointer.png";
//		icon.shadow = "http://rarekindrecords.co.uk/gfx/shadow.png";
		icon.iconSize = new GSize(112.0, 82.0);
		icon.shadowSize = new GSize(204.0, 86.0);
		icon.iconAnchor = new GPoint(-2.0, 83.0);
		icon.infoWindowAnchor = new GPoint(-2.0, 83.0);

		
		var map = new GMap(document.getElementById("map_canvas"));
		map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
		map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl());
		map.setCenter(new GLatLng(51.452656, 0.249961), 13);
	map.addOverlay(new GMarker(map.getCenterLatLng(), icon));
			map.addOverlay(new GMarker(map.getCenterLatLng()));
		}
    }