slides

with css background images

html
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<div class="slideshow">
    <h1>Text</h1>
    <input type="button" value="Hello" />
</div>

css
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   slideshow
{
    position: relative;
    width: 350px;
    height: 150px;
}
.slideshow img
{
    position: absolute;
    width: 350px;
    height: 150px;
    z-index:-1;
}

js
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var images=new Array('http://placehold.it/250x150','http://placehold.it/250x150/123456','http://placehold.it/250x150/dbca98');
var nextimage=0;

doSlideshow();

function doSlideshow()
{
    if($('.slideshowimage').length!=0)
    {
        $('.slideshowimage').fadeOut(500,function(){slideshowFadeIn();$(this).remove()});
    }
    else
    {
        slideshowFadeIn();
    }
}
function slideshowFadeIn()
{
    $('.slideshow').prepend($('<img class="slideshowimage" src="'+images[nextimage++]+'" style="display:none">').fadeIn(500,function(){setTimeout(doSlideshow,1000);}));
    if(nextimage>=images.length)
        nextimage=0;
}


demo
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http://jsfiddle.net/R4ZHX/