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HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/1.4.0/bootstrap.min.css">
<ul id="myContent">
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</ul>


<!-- pagination -->
<div id="pager2" class="pagination"></div>

JavaScript

jQuery.fn.pagination = function(maxentries, opts){
    opts = jQuery.extend({
        items_per_page:10,
        num_display_entries:10,
        current_page:0,
        num_edge_entries:0,
        link_to:"javascript:void(0)",
        prev_text:"Prev",
        next_text:"Next",
        ellipse_text:"...",
        prev_show_always:true,
        next_show_always:true,
        callback:function(){return false;}
    },opts||{});

    return this.each(function() {
        /**
         * Calculate the maximum number of pages
         */
        function numPages() {
            return Math.ceil(maxentries/opts.items_per_page);
        }

        /**
         * Calculate start and end point of pagination links depending on 
         * current_page and num_display_entries.
         * @return {Array}
         */
        function getInterval()  {
            var ne_half = Math.ceil(opts.num_display_entries/2);
            var np = numPages();
            var upper_limit = np-opts.num_display_entries;
            var start = current_page>ne_half?Math.max(Math.min(current_page-ne_half, upper_limit), 0):0;
            var end = current_page>ne_half?Math.min(current_page+ne_half, np):Math.min(opts.num_display_entries, np);
            return [start,end];
        }

        /**
         * This is the event handling function for the pagination links. 
         * @param {int} page_id The new page number
         */
        function pageSelected(page_id, evt){
            current_page = page_id;
            drawLinks();
            var continuePropagation = opts.callback(page_id, panel);
            if (!continuePropagation) {
                if (evt.stopPropagation) {
                    evt.stopPropagation();
                }
                else {
                    evt.cancelBubble = true;
                }
            }
            return continuePropagation;
        }

        /**
         * This function inserts the pagination links into the container element
         */
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