Creating Jquery Featured Content

In this tutorial I am going to explain,how to create a slideshow to show your featured content to visitors.This is very easy to add and configure.This slideshow is working using jquery.You do not want to host any java script file yourself to add this slideshow to your blog.So you can add this slideshow to your site with in few minutes.Default width=600px and height=240px.But you can change it easily to match it for your website.

If you like add this slideshow to your blogger blog or website,then follow the steps given below.



1.Login to your blogger dashboard--> Design - -> Edit HTML.

2.Scroll down to where you see </head> tag .

3.Copy below code and paste it just before the </head> tag .

<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'></script>

<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[

$(document).ready(function() {

//Execute the slideShow, set 6 seconds for each images
slideShow(3000);

});

function slideShow(speed) {


//append a LI item to the UL list for displaying caption
$('ul.slideshow').append('<li id="slideshow-caption" class="caption"><div class="slideshow-caption-container"><h3></h3><p></p></div></li>');

//Set the opacity of all images to 0
$('ul.slideshow li').css({opacity: 0.0});

//Get the first image and display it (set it to full opacity)
$('ul.slideshow li:first').css({opacity: 1.0});

//Get the caption of the first image from REL attribute and display it
$('#slideshow-caption h3').html($('ul.slideshow a:first').find('img').attr('title'));
$('#slideshow-caption p').html($('ul.slideshow a:first').find('img').attr('alt'));

//Display the caption
$('#slideshow-caption').css({opacity: 0.7, bottom:0});

//Call the gallery function to run the slideshow
var timer = setInterval('gallery()',speed);

//pause the slideshow on mouse over
$('ul.slideshow').hover(
        function () {
                clearInterval(timer);
        },
        function () {
                timer = setInterval('gallery()',speed);
        }
);

}

function gallery() {


//if no IMGs have the show class, grab the first image
var current = ($('ul.slideshow li.show')?  $('ul.slideshow li.show') : $('#ul.slideshow li:first'));

//Get next image, if it reached the end of the slideshow, rotate it back to the first image
var next = ((current.next().length) ? ((current.next().attr('id') == 'slideshow-caption')? $('ul.slideshow li:first') :current.next()) : $('ul.slideshow li:first'));

//Get next image caption
var title = next.find('img').attr('title');
var desc = next.find('img').attr('alt');

//Set the fade in effect for the next image, show class has higher z-index
next.css({opacity: 0.0}).addClass('show').animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1000);

//Hide the caption first, and then set and display the caption
$('#slideshow-caption').animate({bottom:-70}, 300, function () {
                //Display the content
                $('#slideshow-caption h3').html(title);
                $('#slideshow-caption p').html(desc);
                $('#slideshow-caption').animate({bottom:0}, 500);
});

//Hide the current image
current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 1000).removeClass('show');

}

//]]>
</script>

<style type="text/css">
ul.slideshow {
list-style:none;
width:600px;
height:240px;
overflow:hidden;
position:relative;
margin:0;
padding:0;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Trebuchet MS,Verdana;
;
}
ul.slideshow li {
position:absolute;
left:0;
right:0;
}
ul.slideshow li.show {
z-index:500;
}
ul img {
width:600px;
height:240px;
border:none;
}
#slideshow-caption {
width:600px;
height:70px;
position:absolute;
bottom:0;
left:0;
color:#fff;
background:#000;
z-index:500;
}
#slideshow-caption .slideshow-caption-container {
padding:5px 10px;
z-index:1000;
}
#slideshow-caption h3 {
margin:0;
padding:0;
font-size:16px;
}
#slideshow-caption p {
margin:5px 0 0 0;
padding:0;
}
</style>

4.Now save your template.

5.Go to Layout --> Page Elements.

6.Click on 'Add a Gadget'.

7.Select 'HTML/Javascript' and add the code given below:

<ul class="slideshow">

<li><a href="#"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ookBT5nicUdt-FgH6VGzu9SjDTrZDmFjkM-s5Ut4HmiUsHJyYmRnbJaE897iywM1ZI5MFbDpmG5GSSqW6eEBGKHhHqMkJJX-_YdpIRnykVMEwXDY4x1p6zaZHgqTXxUchm_z1Nn79u8/s1600/1.jpg" title="This is featured post 1 title" alt="Replace This Text With Your Featured Post 1 Description." /></a></li>

<li><a href="#"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3I2o8FxKhDtg7GmmtMmT_iYe7ja_xAIAqkTNAEkQ407tjtpelh31ENeQkFqOErsZAMOr7p-GyNn4APEDgX8VUYokcLDp4aiKAFIXY1kOnr9zLB-clbIsuMCpCAM7h-WO79dGNj1XyC-M/s1600/2.jpg" title="This is featured post 2 title" alt="Replace This Text With Your Featured Post 2 Description." /></a></li>

<li><a href="#"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvnqHtU5r1c8SbqqNGaVNz2Ni5dkSGp7wxX2u_6hwvIkCZwSFtM291Q5lnje8wIulglS6S5kYGefgM-llOiyl7-LehqoE0_ZOwL1tFXY6jvAZ2TkDk_svjkFM23caRP-eMWk22jo25VA/s1600/3.jpg" title="This is featured post 3 title" alt="Replace This Text With Your Featured Post 3 Description." /></a></li>

<li><a href="#"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMzqIrhkmeJs6kiu3Le2WAre2TWqr31hvE_FifXqMgNyZ428COloIkx9EQwY_LqVB_UjFwsdwcQJM7Ap42PzFBQ2mzOXk0fdiwssCMUGyxnuX-9bvPrxoVYcCym3isO0SjEVKQiJMqQ0/s1600/4.jpg" title="This is featured post 4 title" alt="Replace This Text With Your Featured Post 4 Description." /></a></li>

</ul>

You can add more slides as you like.

Note : Replace images URLs,"This is featured post X title","Replace This Text With Your Featured Post X Description" with your content.

You are done.