$(document).ready(function() {
    // If there is more than one slide, initialize Cycle:
    if ($('#slides').size() > 0 && $('#slides .slides').size() > 1) {
        $('#slides').cycle(
            {
                timeout:  8000,
                speed:    1000,
                pager:    '.slidePager',
                activePagerClass:    'current'
            }
        );
    }
    
    // Hide Pager if only one slide exists:
    if ($('#slides .slides').size() < 2) {
        $('.slidePager').hide();
    }
    // If link is empty, do nothing when clicked and don’t show hand
    $("#slides a[href=]").click(function() {
        return false;
    }).css({"cursor": "default"});
});