[How To] Add Cool jQuery Featured post Slidshow to Blogger [Tutorial]

Login to your Blogger Dashboard.
Click on Design->Edit HTML
Here Press Ctrl+F To fine the code </head>
Paste the following code before </head>

<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:400px;

height:250px;

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:400px;

height:250px;

border:none;

}

#slideshow-caption {

width:500px;

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>

You can modify this code according to your blog….
Now just preview if no errors…save it…
And Goto page elements and click on Add A gadget and paste the following code their..

 <ul class=”slideshow”>

<li><a href=”#”><img src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X01lvNGoZP8/TfeEXy8CIXI/AAAAAAAAAeU/zNw1ADoaK9Q/s1600/image%2B4.jpg” title=”Image 1 title here” alt=”Image 1 Description here” /></a></li>

<li><a href=”#”><img src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jx_URwewxpg/TfeEpYld40I/AAAAAAAAAec/siweUuCVOq0/s1600/image%2B1.jpg” title=”Image 2 title here” alt=”Image 2 Description here” /></a></li>

<li><a href=”#”><img src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jy74KW7u2TM/TfeE36INJrI/AAAAAAAAAek/QC3Rx_kCxA8/s1600/image%2B3.jpg” title=”Image 3 title here” alt=”Image 3 Description here” /></a></li>

<li><a href=”#”><img src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dfs7y51TGSY/TfeDGMGkZCI/AAAAAAAAAd0/CjCMIP9lo2w/s1600/bla_image.png” title=”Image 4 title here” alt=”Image 4 Description here” /></a></li>

</ul>

Edit this Code

Replace # with your post Link
Put your image link between <img src=”here”
replace image title and description.

Save your gadget and enjoy…in return give me a favour….Add our button to your blog or site….

paste below code in your sidebar footer etc..

<a target=”_blank”href=”http://step2problogging.blogspot.com” title=”ProBlogging”><img border=”0″ width=”80″ alt=”ProBlogging” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HfWqcHK2yqM/Tgm4dThAkqI/AAAAAAAAAFo/-zelVndjh3w/s1600/pro-blogging+%25283%2529.png” height=”15″/></a>

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