Featured Content Slider Using jQuery
Add JavaScript Files
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js" ></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.5.3/jquery-ui.min.js" ></script>
The CSS Styles
#featured{ width:400px; padding-right:250px; position:relative; height:250px; background:#fff; border:5px solid #ccc; }
The navigation tabs are absolutely positioned to the right with following styles:
#featured ul.ui-tabs-nav{ position:absolute; top:0; left:400px; list-style:none; padding:0; margin:0; width:250px; } #featured ul.ui-tabs-nav li{ padding:1px 0; padding-left:13px; font-size:12px; color:#666; } #featured ul.ui-tabs-nav li span{ font-size:11px; font-family:Verdana; line-height:18px; }
The content panels are given following styles so as to fit them inside featured div container. The ui-tabs-hide class is essential to working of this script as it decides which content panels are hidden and which is displayed.
#featured .ui-tabs-panel{ width:400px; height:250px; background:#999; position:relative; overflow:hidden; } #featured .ui-tabs-hide{ display:none; }
And the selected tab is given a background image with a left arrow. Here are the styles for selected tab.
#featured li.ui-tabs-nav-item a{/*On Hover Style*/ display:block; height:60px; color:#333; background:#fff; line-height:20px; outline:none; } #featured li.ui-tabs-nav-item a:hover{ background:#f2f2f2; } #featured li.ui-tabs-selected{ /*Selected tab style*/ background:url('images/selected-item.gif') top left no-repeat; } #featured ul.ui-tabs-nav li.ui-tabs-selected a{ background:#ccc; }
Since i used small thumbnail images in the navigation tabs, i applied following styles to them.
#featured ul.ui-tabs-nav li img{ float:left; margin:2px 5px; background:#fff; padding:2px; border:1px solid #eee; }
Also, in the content panel which is displayed, it has one image of size 400px x 250px and some relavent title and description inside the div with class info. To display .info div over the image i absolutely positioned it over the image with a transparent background to add some eye-candy.
#featured .ui-tabs-panel .info{ position:absolute; top:180px; left:0; height:70px; width: 400px; background: url('images/transparent-bg.png'); } #featured .info h2{ font-size:18px; font-family:Georgia, serif; color:#fff; padding:5px; margin:0; overflow:hidden; } #featured .info p{ margin:0 5px; font-family:Verdana; font-size:11px; line-height:15px; color:#f0f0f0; } #featured .info a{ text-decoration:none; color:#fff; } #featured .info a:hover{ text-decoration:underline; }
The JavaScript Code
$(document).ready(function(){ $("#featured > ul").tabs({fx:{opacity: "toggle"}}).tabs("rotate", 5000, true); });
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