Automatic Fullscreen Background Slideshow Plugin - Harper Banner

Harper Banner is an ultra-light jQuery plugin for creating a responsive fullscreen slideshow that automatically fades through a list of background images at a specific speed. The background images will automatically resize to fit the size of the viewport.

How to use it:

1. The required html structure for the background slideshow.

<div class="banner">
  <div class="overlay"></div>
  <ul class="slides">
    <li data-background="1.jpg">
      <div class="holder">
        <h1>Slide 1</h1>
        <h2>This is slide 1</h2>
      </div>
    </li>
    <li data-background="2.jpg">
      <div class="holder">
        <h1>Slide 2</h1>
        <h2>This is slide 2</h2>
      </div>
    </li>
    <li data-background="3.jpg">
      <div class="holder">
        <h1>Slide 3</h1>
        <h2>This is slide 3</h2>
      </div>
    </li>
  </ul>
  <ul class="controls"></ul>
</div>

2. Add the following CSS styles to your CSS file.

.banner ul.slides { background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); }

.banner ul.slides li, .banner .overlay {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  right: 0;
  overflow: auto;
  background-position: center center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-attachment: fixed;
  background-size: cover;
  -moz-background-size: cover;
  -webkit-background-size: cover;
  background-color: #464646;
  -webkit-touch-callout: none;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  -khtml-user-select: none;
  -moz-user-select: none;
  -ms-user-select: none;
  user-select: none;
}

.banner ul.slides li .holder, .banner .overlay .holder {
  margin: 10% auto 0 auto;
  padding: 50px;
  width: 70%;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
  box-shadow: -1px -1px 0 #d4d4d4, 1px -1px 0 #d4d4d4, -1px 1px 0 #d4d4d4, 1px 1px 0 #d4d4d4, 2px 2px 2px #000000;
  -webkit-border-radius: 34px 20px 20px 20px;
  -moz-border-radius: 34px 20px 20px 20px;
  border-radius: 34px 20px 20px 20px;
  text-align: center;
}

.banner ul.slides li h1, .banner .overlay h1 {
  margin: 0 auto;
  color: #000000;
  font-size: 80px;
  text-align: center;
  text-shadow: -1px -1px 0 #d4d4d4, 1px -1px 0 #d4d4d4, -1px 1px 0 #d4d4d4, 1px 1px 0 #d4d4d4, 2px 2px 2px #000000;
  cursor: default;
}

.banner ul.slides li h2, .banner .overlay h2 {
  margin: 0 auto;
  color: #000000;
  font-size: 30px;
  text-align: center;
  text-shadow: -1px -1px 0 #d4d4d4, 1px -1px 0 #d4d4d4, -1px 1px 0 #d4d4d4, 1px 1px 0 #d4d4d4, 2px 2px 2px #000000;
  cursor: default;
}

.banner ul.controls {
  margin-left: -50px;
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  bottom: 20px;
  list-style: none;
  padding-left: 0;
  text-align: center;
}

.banner ul.controls li {
  margin-right: 20px;
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  background: #000000;
  float: left;
  cursor: pointer;
  box-shadow: -1px -1px 0 #d4d4d4, 1px -1px 0 #d4d4d4, -1px 1px 0 #d4d4d4, 1px 1px 0 #d4d4d4, 2px 2px 2px #000000;
  -moz-border-radius: 50px;
  -webkit-border-radius: 50px;
  border-radius: 50px;
  -webkit-transition: background 0.2s ease-in-out;
  -moz-transition: background 0.2s ease-in-out;
  -o-transition: background 0.2s ease-in-out;
  transition: background 0.2s ease-in-out;
  -webkit-transition: background 0.2s ease-in-out;
  -moz-transition: background 0.2s ease-in-out;
  -o-transition: background 0.2s ease-in-out;
  transition: background 0.2s ease-in-out;
}

.banner ul.controls li:hover, .banner ul.controls li.hover { background: #4D8CC4; }

.banner ul.controls li:last-child { margin-right: 0; }

.passion {
  font-size: 20px;
  vertical-align: middle;
}

3. Include jQuery library and the jQuery Harper Banner plugin at the bottom of the webpage.

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="dist/harper-banner.min.js"></script>

4. Call the function on the top container.

$('.banner').harper();

5. Set the delay in milliseconds between each background.

$('.banner').harper({
  duration: 10000
});

Change log:

2016-08-30

• code refactoring.

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