Minimal Content Carousel Slider Plugin with jQuery and CSS3

A simple and easy-to-use jQuery & CSS3 carousel slider which allows to cycle through a set of Html contents with smooth sliding effect.

How to use it:

1. Include the Font Awesome 4 for the control icons.

<link href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.1.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

2. Create a content slider with controls as follows. Use Html5 data-color attribute to specify the background color for each slide.

<div id="slider-wrap">
  <ul id="slider">

    <li data-color="#1abc9c">
      <div>
        <h3>Slide #1</h3>
        <span>Sub-title #1</span>
      </div>
    </li>

    <li data-color="#1abc9c">
      <div>
        <h3>Slide #2</h3>
        <span>Sub-title #2</span>
      </div>
    </li>

    <li data-color="#1abc9c">
      <div>
        <h3>Slide #3</h3>
        <span>Sub-title #3</span>
      </div>
    </li>
  </ul>
  
  <!--controls-->
  <div class="btns" id="next"><i class="fa fa-arrow-right"></i></div>
  <div class="btns" id="previous"><i class="fa fa-arrow-left"></i></div>
  <div id="counter"></div>
  <div id="pagination-wrap">
    <ul>
    </ul>
  </div>
  <!--controls--> 
  
</div>

3. The required CSS/CSS3 styles for the content slider.

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

#slider-wrap {
  width: 600px;
  height: 400px;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}

#slider-wrap ul#slider {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
}

#slider-wrap ul#slider li {
  float: left;
  position: relative;
  width: 600px;
  height: 400px;
}

#slider-wrap ul#slider li > div {
  position: absolute;
  top: 20px;
  left: 35px;
}

#slider-wrap ul#slider li > div h3 {
  font-size: 36px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

#slider-wrap ul#slider li > div span {
  font-family: Neucha, Arial, sans serif;
  font-size: 21px;
}

#slider-wrap ul#slider li i {
  text-align: center;
  line-height: 400px;
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  font-size: 90px;
}

/*btns*/


.btns {
  position: absolute;
  width: 50px;
  height: 60px;
  top: 50%;
  margin-top: -25px;
  line-height: 57px;
  text-align: center;
  cursor: pointer;
  background: rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
  z-index: 100;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  -moz-user-select: none;
  -khtml-user-select: none;
  -ms-user-select: none;
  -webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease;
  -moz-transition: all 0.1s ease;
  -o-transition: all 0.1s ease;
  -ms-transition: all 0.1s ease;
  transition: all 0.1s ease;
}

.btns:hover { background: rgba(0,0,0,0.3); }

#next {
  right: -50px;
  border-radius: 7px 0px 0px 7px;
}

#previous {
  left: -50px;
  border-radius: 0px 7px 7px 7px;
}

#counter {
  top: 30px;
  right: 35px;
  width: auto;
  position: absolute;
}

#slider-wrap.active #next { right: 0px; }

#slider-wrap.active #previous { left: 0px; }

/*bar*/


#pagination-wrap {
  min-width: 20px;
  margin-top: 350px;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
  height: 15px;
  position: relative;
  text-align: center;
}

#pagination-wrap ul { width: 100%; }

#pagination-wrap ul li {
  margin: 0 4px;
  display: inline-block;
  width: 5px;
  height: 5px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: #fff;
  opacity: 0.5;
  position: relative;
  top: 0;
}

#pagination-wrap ul li.active {
  width: 12px;
  height: 12px;
  top: 3px;
  opacity: 1;
  box-shadow: rgba(0,0,0,0.1) 1px 1px 0px;
}

/*ANIMATION*/


#slider-wrap ul,
#pagination-wrap ul li {
  -webkit-transition: all 0.3s cubic-bezier(1, .01, .32, 1);
  -moz-transition: all 0.3s cubic-bezier(1, .01, .32, 1);
  -o-transition: all 0.3s cubic-bezier(1, .01, .32, 1);
  -ms-transition: all 0.3s cubic-bezier(1, .01, .32, 1);
  transition: all 0.3s cubic-bezier(1, .01, .32, 1);
}

4. Include the latest version of jQuery library at the end of the document.

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

5. The JQuery script to enable the content slider.

var pos = 0; // current position

var totalSlides = $('#slider-wrap ul li').length;

var sliderWidth = $('#slider-wrap').width();


$(document).ready(function(){

$('#slider-wrap ul#slider').width(sliderWidth*totalSlides);

$('#next').click(function(){
slideRight();
});

$('#previous').click(function(){
slideLeft();
});

var autoSlider = setInterval(slideRight, 3000);

$.each($('#slider-wrap ul li'), function() { 
   var c = $(this).attr("data-color");
   $(this).css("background",c);
   
   var li = document.createElement('li');
   $('#pagination-wrap ul').append(li);   
});

countSlides();

pagination();

$('#slider-wrap').hover(
  function(){ $(this).addClass('active'); clearInterval(autoSlider); }, 
  function(){ $(this).removeClass('active'); autoSlider = setInterval(slideRight, 3000); }
);

});


function slideLeft(){
pos--;
if(pos==-1){ pos = totalSlides-1; }
$('#slider-wrap ul#slider').css('left', -(sliderWidth*pos)); 

countSlides();
pagination();
}

function slideRight(){
pos++;
if(pos==totalSlides){ pos = 0; }
$('#slider-wrap ul#slider').css('left', -(sliderWidth*pos)); 

countSlides();
pagination();
}

function countSlides(){
$('#counter').html(pos+1 + ' / ' + totalSlides);
}

function pagination(){
$('#pagination-wrap ul li').removeClass('active');
$('#pagination-wrap ul li:eq('+pos+')').addClass('active');
}

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This awesome jQuery plugin is developed by andrecortellini. For more Advanced Usages, please check the demo page or visit the official website.