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if ( ! function_exists( 'catcheverest_post_sliders' ) ) :
/**
 * Shows Featured Post Slider
 *
 * @uses catcheverest_header action to add it in the header
 */
function catcheverest_post_sliders() {
        //delete_transient( 'catcheverest_post_sliders' );


        global $post, $catcheverest_options_settings;
        $options = $catcheverest_options_settings;




        if( ( !$catcheverest_post_sliders = get_transient( 'catcheverest_post_sliders' ) ) && !empty( $options[ 'featured_slider' ] ) ) {
                echo '<!-- refreshing cache -->';


                $catcheverest_post_sliders = '
                <div id="main-slider" class="container">
                <section class="featured-slider">';
                                $get_featured_posts = new WP_Query( array(
                                        'posts_per_page' => $options[ 'slider_qty' ],
                                        'post__in'               => $options[ 'featured_slider' ],
                                        'orderby'                => 'post__in',
                                        'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1 // ignore sticky posts
                                ));
                                $i=0; while ( $get_featured_posts->have_posts()) : $get_featured_posts->the_post(); $i++;
                                        $title_attribute = apply_filters( 'the_title', get_the_title( $post->ID ) );
                                        $excerpt = get_the_excerpt();
                                        if ( $i == 1 ) { $classes = "post hentry slides displayblock"; } else { $classes = "post hentry slides displaynone"; }
                                        $catcheverest_post_sliders .= '
                                        <article class="'.$classes.'">
                                                <figure class="slider-image">
                                                        <a title="Permalink to '.the_title('','',false).'" href="' . get_permalink() . '">
                                                                '. get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID, 'slider', array( 'title' => esc_attr( $title_attribute ), 'alt' => esc_attr( $title_attribute ), 'class'  => 'pngfix' ) ).'
                                                        </a>
                                                </figure>
                                                <div class="entry-container">
                                                        <header class="entry-header">
                                                                <h1 class="entry-title">
                                                                        <a title="Permalink to '.the_title('','',false).'" href="' .get_permalink() . '">'.the_title( '<span>','</span>', false ).'</a>
                                                                </h1>
                                                        </header>';
                                                        if( $excerpt !='') {
                                                                $catcheverest_post_sliders .= '<div class="entry-content">'. $excerpt.'</div>';
                                                        }
                                                        $catcheverest_post_sliders .= '
                                                </div>
                                        </article><!-- .slides -->';
                                endwhile; wp_reset_query();
                                $catcheverest_post_sliders .= '
                        </section>
                <div id="slider-nav">
                        <a class="slide-previous">&lt;</a>
                        <a class="slide-next">&gt;</a>
                </div>
                <div id="controllers"></div>
                </div><!-- #main-slider -->';


        set_transient( 'catcheverest_post_sliders', $catcheverest_post_sliders, 86940 );
        }
        echo $catcheverest_post_sliders;
}
endif; // catcheverest_post_sliders