<div id="myGallery">
                
                
                <?php
                $featured_posts_category = get_theme_option('featured_posts_category');
                
                if($featured_posts_category != '' && $featured_posts_category != '0') {
                    global $post;

                     $featured_posts = get_posts("numberposts=5&&category=$featured_posts_category");
                     $i = 0;
                     foreach($featured_posts as $post) {
                         setup_postdata($post);
                        if ( version_compare( $wp_version, '2.9', '>=' ) ) {
                            $slide_image_full = get_the_post_thumbnail($post->ID,'large', array('class' => 'full'));
                            $slide_image_thumbnail = get_the_post_thumbnail($post->ID,'large', array('class' => 'thumbnail'));
                        } else {
                            $get_slide_image = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'featured', true);
                            $slide_image_full = "<img src=\"$get_slide_image\" class=\"full\" alt=\"\" />";
                            $slide_image_thumbnail = "<img src=\"$get_slide_image\" class=\"thumbnail\" alt=\"\" />";
                        }
                         
                      ?>
                      <div class="imageElement">
                            <h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
                            <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
                            <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>" class="open"></a>
                            <?php echo  $slide_image_full; ?>
                            <?php echo  $slide_image_thumbnail; ?>
                        </div>
                     <?php }
                } else {
                    for($i = 1; $i <=5; $i++) {
                        ?>
                            <div class="imageElement">
                                <h3>Это популярная запись №<?php echo $i; ?></h3>
                                <p>Чтобы задать популярную запись, пожалуйста зайдите в настройки темы в панели администратора. Также вы можете отключить данную опцию.</p>
                                <a href="#" title="Это популярная запись №<?php echo $i; ?>" class="open"></a>
                                <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/jdgallery/slides/<?php echo $i; ?>.jpg" class="full" alt="" />
                                <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/jdgallery/slides/<?php echo $i; ?>.jpg" class="thumbnail" alt="" />
                            </div>
                        <?php
                    }
                }
                
                ?>
            </div>