$(function(){
    // Set starting slide to 1
    var startSlide = 1;
    // Get slide number if it exists
    if (window.location.hash) {
        startSlide = window.location.hash.replace('#','');
    }
    // Initialize Slides
    $('#slides').slides({
        preload: true,
        preloadImage: 'img/ajax_loading.gif',
        generatePagination: true,
        play: 10000,
        pause: 25000,
        hoverPause: true,
        // Get the starting slide
        start: 1,
        animationComplete: function(current){
            // Set the slide number as a hash
            window.location.hash = '#' + current;
        }
    });
});