$(function(){
			$('#slides').slides({
				preload: true,
				//preloadImage: '<?php //echo bloginfo('template_directory')."/images/home_img/loading.gif";?>',
				preloadImage: $("#blog_template").val+'/images/home_img/loading.gif',
				play: 5000,
				pause: 2500,
				hoverPause: true,
				animationStart: function(){
					$('.caption').animate({
						bottom:-35
					},100);
				},
				animationComplete: function(current){
					$('.caption').animate({
						bottom:0
					},200);
					if (window.console && console.log) {
						// example return of current slide number
						//console.log(current);
					};
				}
			});
		});
		
		$(document).ready(function() {
			if($('.pagination')){
				$('.pagination').css('z-index',1000);
			}
		});