Featured Content Tabbed Slider For Blogger

After my tutorial on Advanced CSS menu today I am going to give you a content slider for your blog with CSS & jQuery. This  slider is quiet simple to embed in your blogger blog with BTH codes. This has a feature of auto-slide and also has tabs to jump to another slide. You can view a demo here. Okay now lets start creating.

1. Goto template and hit 'edit HTML'.

2. Then find for (ctrl+F) ]]></b:skin>.

3. Just above  ]]></b:skin> paste the following code-

#featured{
width:400px;
padding-right:250px;
position:relative;
height:250px;
background:#fff;
border:5px solid #ccc;
}
#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;
}

#featured .ui-tabs-panel{
width:400px; height:250px;
background:#999; position:relative;
overflow:hidden;
}
#featured .ui-tabs-hide{
display:none;
}

#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('selected-item.gif') top left no-repeat;
}
#featured ul.ui-tabs-nav li.ui-tabs-selected a{
background:#ccc;
}

#featured ul.ui-tabs-nav li img{
float:left; margin:2px 5px;
background:#fff;
padding:2px;
border:1px solid #eee;
}
#featured .ui-tabs-panel .info{
position:absolute;
top:180px; left:0;
height:70px; width: 400px;
background: url('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;
}

4. Then again paste this code after ]]></b:skin> -

<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>

<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.5.3/jquery-ui.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>

<script type='text/javascript'>
$(document).ready(function(){
$(&quot;#featured &gt; ul&quot;).tabs({fx:{opacity: &quot;toggle&quot;}}).tabs(&quot;rotate&quot;, 5000, true);
});
</script>

5. Then save the template.

6. Now Go to layout and 'add a new gadget'

7. From the list select 'HTML/JAVASCRIPT'

8. Paste the following code in the editor-

<div id='featured'>
<ul class='ui-tabs-nav'>
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<li class='ui-tabs-nav-item' id='nav-fragment-2'><a href='#fragment-2'><img alt='blogger' src='http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq108/fooble11/image2-small.jpg'/><span>How to remove &quot;showing post with label&quot; in Blogger</span></a></li>
<li class='ui-tabs-nav-item' id='nav-fragment-3'><a href='#fragment-3'><img alt='buzz' src='http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq108/fooble11/new1.jpg'/><span>How to add Google Buzz to Blogspot blog</span></a></li>
<li class='ui-tabs-nav-item' id='nav-fragment-4'><a href='#fragment-4'><img alt='chat' src='http://i50.tinypic.com/34xfg4m.jpg'/><span>Chat live with your blog visitors using Yahoo Pingbox</span></a></li>
</ul>
<!-- First Content -->
<div class='ui-tabs-panel' id='fragment-1' style=''>
<img alt='mac' src='http://i47.tinypic.com/rsbi80.jpg'/>
<div class='info'>
<h3><a href='#'>Install Mac OS X on Intel/AMD PC using iATKOS v7</a></h3>
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</div>
</div>
<!-- Second Content -->
<div class='ui-tabs-panel ui-tabs-hide' id='fragment-2' style=''>
<img alt='' src='http://i50.tinypic.com/33kprh5.jpg'/>
<div class='info'>
<h3><a href='http://bloggertrickshut.blogspot.com'>How to remove &quot;showing post with label&quot; in Blogger</a></h3>
<p>Description goes here, this is just a test description....<a href='#'>read more</a></p>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Third Content -->
<div class='ui-tabs-panel ui-tabs-hide' id='fragment-3' style=''>
<img alt='' src='http://i47.tinypic.com/2191lqt.jpg'/>
<div class='info'>
<h3><a href='http://bloggertrickshut.blogspot.com'>How to add Google Buzz to Blogspot blog</a></h3>
<p>Description goes here, this is just a test description....<a href='#'>read more</a></p>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Fourth Content -->
<div class='ui-tabs-panel ui-tabs-hide' id='fragment-4' style=''>
<img alt='' src='IMAGE URL'/>
<div class='info'>
<h3><a href='http://bloggertrickshut.blogspot.com'>Chat live with your blog visitors using yahoo</a></h3>
<p>Description goes here, this is just a test description....<a href='#'>read more</a></p>
</div>
</div> </div>

9. Make necessary changes and save the gadget.