jQuery cycle and WordPress: Captions, buttons, oh my

First: You should use an IDE like “Eclipse” or “PhpFireStorm”.

Second: Re-reading your code is always a good advice – what’s missing in the next line?

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Third: You need to state global $post; at the beginning of your file, before you can access the provided data from the global post object.

Fourth: Never ever do something like this: <?php echo 'bla'; ?><?php echo 'whatever'; ?>. It doesn’t harm, but it’s aweful to read (and you should def. avoid it if you’re making money with code/webdesign).