Oct
23
2011

Customizable Content Slider - Basic jQuery Slider

Basic jQuery Slider is a non-complicated and lightweight (4.6kb minified)content slider plugin that can present any HTML content. It is not feature-rich and includes only the essential functionality combined with clean semantic mark-up.

  • Easy to use, easy to theme, easy to customise.

  • A simple, no-frills, robust jQuery plugin for creating beautiful slideshows for your featured content.



  • Slides can contain any valid HTML markup

  • Allows both slide and fade animations

  • Supported in all major browsers

  • Easy to theme and customise for any project

  • Supports keyboard navigation

  • Super lightweight, weighs in at 4.6kb minified

  • Completely free to use




There are 2 built-in animation types: fade + slide and navigation can be accomplished with prev-next controls, buttons and keyboard.

And, settings like rotation speed, animation duration and pause on hover exist for a better customization.

How to use the slider


Step 1: Incude the jQuery library (self hosted or from the google CDN) and the plugin in your document header (or footer)






Step 2: Drop in the markup for the slider. All that is required is a container element wrapped around an unordered list with the class 'bjqs'. The list elements will become your slides and can contain images, video or any valid html mark-up.










Step 3: Activate the plug-in on your container element and adjust the settings as required. The full list of avaliable options are documented in the plug-in.


$(document).ready(function(){
$('#my-slideshow').bjqs({
'width' : 940,
'height' : 340,
'showMarkers' : true,
'showControls' : true,
'centerMarkers' : false
});
});

Step 4: Theme and customise the slider to your hearts content!

Requirements: jQuery
Compatibility: All Major Browsers
Website: http://basic-slider.com/
Download: https://github.com/jcobb/basic-jquery-slider

About the Author: SGH

At the same time, I can’t think of anything more satisfying than sitting in front of TV, eating take-away, lights down low, in my pyjamas and watching crap on TV. Basically, I strive to live a balanced life. Fun. Serious. Fast. Slow. Brainy. Bimbotic. Intense. Lazy. You get the drift.

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