Jquery Slider For Featured Content Tutorial

Nowday the jquery slidershows are the new way to show a featured articles for your visitors. So on this quick tutorial we will show you how to add a Jquery Slider for your featured articles with a simple easy CSS and Jquery codes.
These slider are commonly used in modern day web design websites and blogs. It gives a very nice and clean professional look and feel to the blog website and it attracts the visitors to the featured products or news listed on your blog or the articles that you need to drive a traffic on it.

Add this in your Style CSS file :

#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;
}

Before add this code :

<script src='https://safir85.ucoz.com/24work-blogspot/featured-post-s/jquery-1.3.2.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>

<script src='https://safir85.ucoz.com/24work-blogspot/featured-post-s/jquery-1.5.3-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>

and add this Where you need the Jquery Slider to Display :

<div id='featured'>
<ul class='ui-tabs-nav'>
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</ul>
<!-- First Content -->
<div class='ui-tabs-panel' id='fragment-1' style=''>
<img alt='mac' src='https://i47.tinypic.com/rsbi80.jpg'/>
<div class='info'>
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</div>
</div>
<!-- Second Content -->
<div class='ui-tabs-panel ui-tabs-hide' id='fragment-2' style=''>
<img alt='' src='https://i50.tinypic.com/33kprh5.jpg'/>
<div class='info'>
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</div>
</div>
<!-- Third Content -->
<div class='ui-tabs-panel ui-tabs-hide' id='fragment-3' style=''>
<img alt='' src='https://i47.tinypic.com/2191lqt.jpg'/>
<div class='info'>
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</div>
</div>
<!-- Fourth Content -->
<div class='ui-tabs-panel ui-tabs-hide' id='fragment-4' style=''>
<img alt='' src='https://i48.tinypic.com/10pwp3o.jpg'/>
<div class='info'>
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</div>
</div> </div>

Enjoy and Goodluck