Help with JAVASCRIPT SLIDESHOW

[titch350]

Does anyone know how to do a Javascript Slideshow with a loop i have a code but i cant get it to work:

this is the code:

picno = 0
 
function showpic(item)
{
    document.getElementById("pic0").src = item.href
    document.getElementById("subtitle").firstChild.nodeValue = item.title
    tim= setTimeout("timer()", 4000)
    return false
    }
 
function nextpic()
{
    picno = picno + 1
    whichpic = "pic" + picno
    bigpic = document.getElementById("pic0")
    newpic = document.getElementById(whichpic)
    bigpic.src = newpic.href
    if (picno >=5){picno=0}
    return false
}
 
function randomimage()
{
 
    picno = Math.floor(Math.random() * 5) + 1
    whichpic = "pic" + picno
    bigpic = document.getElementById("pic0")
    newpic = document.getElementById(whichpic)
    bigpic.src = newpic.href
    return false
}
 
function timer()
{
    document.getElementById("pic0").src = "paul.png"
 
    }
 
function slideshow()
{
    tim= setTimeout("timer()", 4000)
    picno = picno + 1
    whichpic = "pic" + picno
    bigpic = document.getElementById("pic0")
    newpic = document.getElementById(whichpic)
    bigpic.src = newpic.href
    if (picno <5)
 
    return false
}

[dorinbogdan]

See this simple tutorial .