add_action("admin_init", "selection_meta_box");

	function selection_meta_box(){
		add_meta_box("featured-post", "Set Featured", "featured_post", "post", "side", "low");
	}

	function featured_post(){
		global $post;
		$meta_data = get_post_custom($post->ID);
		$featured_post = $meta_data["_featured_post"][0];
		$selected = ($meta_data["_featured_post"][0] == "yes") ? 'checked' : '';
		echo "<p>";
		echo "<input $selected type='checkbox' name='featured_post' value='yes' />";
		echo "<label>Select this post as Featured.</label>";
		echo "</p>";
	}

	add_action('save_post', 'save_post_details');

	function save_post_details(){
		global $post;
		if ( defined( 'DOING_AUTOSAVE' ) && DOING_AUTOSAVE )
    	return;
		$featured_post = trim($_POST["featured_post"]);
		update_post_meta($post->ID, "_featured_post", $featured_post);
	}

	function show_featured_posts($numbers) {
		global $post;
		//get $numbers of featured posts
		$featured_posts_array = get_posts( 'meta_key=_featured_post&meta_value=yes&numberposts='.$numbers.'&post_status=publish');
		$output .= '<div class="slider-wrapper theme-default">';
		$output .= '<div class="ribbon"></div>';
        $output .= '<div id="slider" class="nivoSlider">';
		foreach ($featured_posts_array as $post) :  setup_postdata($post);
		$nivo_title = "#nivo".get_the_ID(); //assign the postID as title of the image
		if ( function_exists("has_post_thumbnail") && has_post_thumbnail() ) {
		$output .= get_the_post_thumbnail(get_the_ID(), array(800,400), array( "class" => "post_thumbnail", 'title' => $nivo_title )); }
		$caption .= "<div id='nivo".get_the_ID()."' class='nivo-html-caption'>
				<h2><a href='".get_permalink()."'>".get_the_title()."</a></h2>
                ".get_the_excerpt()."
            </div>";
		endforeach;
		$output .= '</div>';
		$output .= $caption;
		$output .= '</div>';
		return $output;
		//reset WP query
		wp_reset_query();
	}

	function include_nivo_scripts() {
		wp_deregister_script( 'jquery' );
		wp_register_script( 'jquery', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6/jquery.min.js');
		wp_register_script( 'nivopack', get_bloginfo('template_directory').'/lib/js/jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js');
		wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery' );
		wp_enqueue_script( 'nivopack' );
	}

	add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'include_nivo_scripts');

	add_action('wp_print_styles', 'add_nivo_stylesheets');
	function add_nivo_stylesheets() {
		 wp_register_style('nivo_theme_style', get_bloginfo('template_directory').'/themes/default/default.css');
		 wp_register_style('nivo_main_style', get_bloginfo('template_directory').'/lib/js/nivo-slider.css');
         wp_enqueue_style( 'nivo_theme_style');
		 wp_enqueue_style( 'nivo_main_style');
    }

	add_action('wp_footer', 'nivo_functioncall');
	function nivo_functioncall() {
		echo '<script type="text/javascript">
    	$(window).load(function() {
        $("#slider").nivoSlider();
   	 	});
   		</script>';
	}

	function tg_featured_posts($atts, $content = null) {
		extract(shortcode_atts(array(
			"numbers" => '5'
		), $atts));
		echo show_featured_posts($numbers);
	}
	add_shortcode('featured', 'tg_featured_posts');