Here is my adaptation of Michael Soriano's tutorial. See below or in JSBin.
$(function() {_x000D_
var theImage = $('ul#ss li img');_x000D_
var theWidth = theImage.width();_x000D_
//wrap into mother div_x000D_
$('ul#ss').wrap('<div id="mother" />');_x000D_
//assign height width and overflow hidden to mother_x000D_
$('#mother').css({_x000D_
width: function() {_x000D_
return theWidth;_x000D_
},_x000D_
height: function() {_x000D_
return theImage.height();_x000D_
},_x000D_
position: 'relative',_x000D_
overflow: 'hidden'_x000D_
});_x000D_
//get total of image sizes and set as width for ul _x000D_
var totalWidth = theImage.length * theWidth;_x000D_
$('ul').css({_x000D_
width: function() {_x000D_
return totalWidth;_x000D_
}_x000D_
});_x000D_
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var ss_timer = setInterval(function() {_x000D_
ss_next();_x000D_
}, 3000);_x000D_
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function ss_next() {_x000D_
var a = $(".active");_x000D_
a.removeClass('active');_x000D_
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if (a.hasClass('last')) {_x000D_
//last element -- loop_x000D_
a.parent('ul').animate({_x000D_
"margin-left": (0)_x000D_
}, 1000);_x000D_
a.siblings(":first").addClass('active');_x000D_
} else {_x000D_
a.parent('ul').animate({_x000D_
"margin-left": (-(a.index() + 1) * theWidth)_x000D_
}, 1000);_x000D_
a.next().addClass('active');_x000D_
}_x000D_
}_x000D_
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// Cancel slideshow and move next manually on click_x000D_
$('ul#ss li img').on('click', function() {_x000D_
clearInterval(ss_timer);_x000D_
ss_next();_x000D_
});_x000D_
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});
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* {_x000D_
margin: 0;_x000D_
padding: 0;_x000D_
}_x000D_
#ss {_x000D_
list-style: none;_x000D_
}_x000D_
#ss li {_x000D_
float: left;_x000D_
}_x000D_
#ss img {_x000D_
width: 200px;_x000D_
height: 100px;_x000D_
}
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<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>_x000D_
<ul id="ss">_x000D_
<li class="active">_x000D_
<img src="http://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/demo/img/colorado-colors.jpg">_x000D_
</li>_x000D_
<li>_x000D_
<img src="http://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/demo/img/monte-vista.jpg">_x000D_
</li>_x000D_
<li class="last">_x000D_
<img src="http://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/demo/img/colorado.jpg">_x000D_
</li>_x000D_
</ul>
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