Featured Content Slider Help – PHP

I’m using a theme that has a built-in featured content slider. It has a text overlay at the bottom that I’d like to disable, but that isn’t offered as an option in the theme settings. I know a little about PHP, but not enough to be able to isolate that particular piece of code.

I’ve tried some other plug-ins as replacements (slideshow and content slider plug-ins), but none of them integrate as well as the built-in one – except, again, I’m finding the text overlay feature really intrusive.

I have posted the code below. If there’s anyone proficient in PHP who could take a look, I’d be very grateful.

Thanks!
David

‘<?php $featured_category = get_theme_option(‘featured_category’); $featured_number = get_theme_option(‘featured_number’); ?>

<?php if(($featured_category == “Choose a category:”) || ($featured_number == ‘Number of post:’)) { ?>

<?php { /* nothing */ } ?>

<?php } else { ?>

<div id=”featured”>
<div id=”featured-title”>Featured News</div>
<div id=”Gallerybox”>
<script type=”text/javascript”>
function startGallery() {
var myGallery = new gallery($(‘myGallery’), {
timed: true,
delay: 5000,
showArrows: true,
showCarousel: false,
embedLinks: true
});
document.gallery = myGallery;
}
window.onDomReady(startGallery);
</script>

<div id=”myGallery”>

<?php
$my_query = new WP_Query(‘cat=’. $featured_category . ‘&’ . ‘showposts=’. $featured_number . ‘&’ . ‘orderby=date’);
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;
$the_post_ids = get_the_ID();
?>

<div class=”imageElement post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
<?php $values = get_post_custom_values(“feat-img”); if (isset($values[0])) : ?>
<img src=”<?php $values = get_post_custom_values(“feat-img”); echo $values[0]; ?>” class=”full” alt=”<?php the_title(); ?>” />
<?php else : ?>
<img src=”<?php echo get_featured_slider_image(); ?>” class=”full” alt=”<?php the_title(); ?>” />
<?php endif; ?>
<h3>” title=”<?php the_title(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
<p><?php the_featured_excerpt($excerpt_length=30); ?></p>
” title=”open image” class=”open”>
</div><!– IMAGE ELEMENT POST <?php the_ID(); ?> END –>

<?php endwhile;?>

</div><!– MYGALLERY END –>
</div><!– GALLERBOX END –>
</div><!– FEATURED END –>

<?php } ?> ‘