Fully Automated Slider for Sidebar of Blogger
This widget is somewhat different. We normally use Sidebar for adding widgets like Popular Posts, Labels, Like box etc. but this time we would be adding a slider to the sidebar. This widget contains number of effects including Hover effect, Transition effect etc. You can change the number of slides to be shown. You can change the posts displayed for a specific label i.e. if you want to show only of a specific label you can by changing the settings.
Adding the HTML/CSS/JS
Go to Blog Title → Layout → Add Widget → HTML/JavaScript. Add the below given code and Save it.<style scoped="" type="text/css">
/*
Made by AllBloggerTricks.com with lot of hardwork please keep the comment intact
*/
ul.abt-sidebar-slider *{-moz-box-sizing:border-box;-webkit-box-sizing:border-box;box-sizing:border-box}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider{font:normal normal 11px Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider,ul.abt-sidebar-slider li{margin:0;padding:0;list-style:none;position:relative}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider{width:100%;height:500px}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider li{height:24.5%;position:absolute;padding:0;width:49.5%;float:left;overflow:hidden;display:none}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(1),ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(2),ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(3),ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(4){display:block}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider img{border:0;width:100%;height:100%}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(1){width:100%;height:49.5%;margin:0 0 2px;left:0;top:0}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(2){left:0;top:50%}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(3){left:50.5%;top:50%}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(4){width:100%;left:0;top:75%}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider .overlayx,ul.abt-sidebar-slider li{-webkit-transition:all .4s ease-in-out;-moz-transition:all .4s ease-in-out;-o-transition:all .4s ease-in-out;-ms-transition:all .4s ease-in-out;transition:all .4s ease-in-out}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider .overlayx{width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;z-index:2;left:0;top:0;background-image:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbiMn6RaQqEuL-i1eJkEg0db5yovsZ0qFoZk4NqDI-z7bhpFQtdWkW06bdeV5QPYfIQj2W1LJzWLJ5DLdHjXmcjjk7MQ4rDua8I9b3dcS7ZkQsojV53foPlzwzFgfxqA2JSbznZEBzWQ/s1600/linebg-fade.png);background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:repeat-x}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider .overlayx,ul.abt-sidebar-slider img{border:4px solid #2E8DCE;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;border-radius:3px}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(1) .overlayx{background-position:50% 25%}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider .overlayx:hover{-ms-filter:"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft. Alpha(Opacity=10)";filter:alpha(opacity=10);-khtml-opacity:0.1;-moz-opacity:0.1;opacity:0.1}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider h4{position:absolute;bottom:30px;z-index:2;color:white;margin:0;width:100%;padding:0 10px;line-height:1.5em;font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman";font-weight:normal}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(1) h4,ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(4) h4{font-size:150%}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider .label_text{position:absolute;bottom:10px;left:10px;z-index:2;color:white;font-size:90%}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(2) .autname,ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(3) .autname{display:none}
.buttons{margin:5px 0 0}
.buttons a{display:inline-block;text-indent:-9999px;width:15px;height:25px;position:relative}
.buttons a::before{content:"";width:0;height:0;border-width:8px 7px;border-style:solid;border-color:transparent #535353 transparent transparent;position:absolute;top:50%;margin-top:-8px;margin-left:-10px;left:50%}
.buttons a.nextx::before{border-color:transparent transparent transparent #535353;margin-left:-3px}
</style>
<div id="featuredpostside"></div>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.0/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://files.allbloggertricks.com/Scripts/abt-sidebar-slider.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
FeaturedPostSide({
blogURL:"http://www.allbloggertricks.com",
MaxPost:8,
idcontaint:"#featuredpostside",
ImageSize:300,
interval:5000,
autoplay:true,
tagName:false
});
//]]>
</script>
Now save the template so that changes can take place.
Settings
These are the 1 time settings you may apply.
blogURL = Add your blog URL here
MaxPost = The total no. of posts in the slider
Interval = Time taken to change the slides position in milliseconds
autoplay = Write true or false in you want / don't want the slides to change automatically.
tagname = If you want to display articles by tag / label, such as the tag widget, it will be written as tagname: "widget"
Once you are done with the settings edit the code and Save the template again. Thats it, a cool sidebar slider can now be seen in your blogger blog.
http://www.allbloggertricks.com/2013/04/fully-automated-slider-for-sidebar-of.html
