'post', 'posts_per_page' => $number, 'meta_key' => 'blog_home_slider_post', 'meta_value' => 'on', 'orderby' => 'rand'); $my_query = new WP_Query( $args ); while ( $my_query ->have_posts() ) : $my_query ->the_post(); ?>

24) {echo substr(the_title($before = '', $after = '', FALSE), 0, 24) . '...'; } else {the_title(); } ?>