Add a Showcase Slider to your Website

This article teaches you how to add a showcase slider to your website using FlexSlider.

A showcase slider displays the "best of" your content to users with a powerful, responsive slider. In Part II of our FlexSlider Series, we provide you with the code you need to add a showcase slider to your homepage using the fully responsive jQuery toolkit FlexSlider by WooThemes.

Below is the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to add this functionality to your website.

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Step 1 - Add the HTML below to where you'd like to add the slider

<div class="outerWideSlider">
  <div class="wideSlider">
    <div class="flexslider" data-startat="0">
      <ul class="slides">
        <li>
          <img alt="" src="https://www.solodev.com/assets/flexslider/slide1.jpg">
          <div class="text-caption">
            <div class="inner">
              <h2>Slide #1</h2>
              <p>This is the text for slide #1</p>
            </div>
          </div>
        </li>
        <li>
          <img alt="" src="https://www.solodev.com/assets/flexslider/slide2.jpg">
          <div class="text-caption">
            <div class="inner">
              <h2>Slide #2</h2>
              <p>This is the text for slide #1</p>
            </div>
          </div>
        </li>
        <li>
          <img alt="" src="https://www.solodev.com/assets/flexslider/slide3.jpg">
          <div class="text-caption">
            <div class="inner">
              <h2>Slide #3</h2>
              <p>This is the text for slide #1</p>
            </div>
          </div>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Step 2 - Add the CSS below to the main stylesheet of your website

.flex-container a:active,
.flex-container a:focus,
.flexslider a:active,
.flexslider a:focus {
  outline: 0;
}
.flex-control-nav,
.flex-direction-nav,
.slides {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: flexslider-icon;
  src: url(/core/fileparse.php/6/urlt/_resources/fonts/flexslider-icon.eot);
  src: url(/_resources/fonts/flexslider-icon.eot?#iefix) format('embedded-opentype'), url(/core/fileparse.php/6/urlt/_resources/fonts/flexslider-icon.woff) format('woff'), url(/core/fileparse.php/6/urlt/_resources/fonts/flexslider-icon.ttf) format('truetype'), url(/_resources/fonts/flexslider-icon.svg#flexslider-icon) format('svg');
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: normal;
}
.flexslider {
  padding: 0;
}
.flexslider .slides > li {
  display: none;
  -webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
}
.flexslider .slides img {
  width: 100%;
  display: block;
}
.flex-pauseplay span {
  text-transform: capitalize;
}
.slides:after {
  display: block;
  clear: both;
  visibility: hidden;
  line-height: 0;
  height: 0;
}
html[xmlns] .slides {
  display: block;
}
* html .slides {
  height: 1%;
}
.no-js .slides > li:first-child {
  display: block;
}
.flexslider {
  margin: 0 0 60px;
  background: #fff;
  border: 4px solid #fff;
  position: relative;
  -webkit-border-radius: 4px;
  -moz-border-radius: 4px;
  -o-border-radius: 4px;
  border-radius: 4px;
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
  -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
  -o-box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
  box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
  zoom: 1;
}
.flex-viewport {
  max-height: 2000px;
  -webkit-transition: all 1s ease;
  -moz-transition: all 1s ease;
  -o-transition: all 1s ease;
  transition: all 1s ease;
}
.loading .flex-viewport {
  max-height: 300px;
}
.flexslider .slides {
  zoom: 1;
}
.carousel li {
  margin-right: 5px;
}
.flex-direction-nav {
  *height: 0;
}
.flex-direction-nav a {
  text-decoration: none;
  display: block;
  width: 40px;
  height: 40px;
  margin: -20px 0 0;
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  z-index: 10;
  overflow: hidden;
  opacity: 0;
  cursor: pointer;
  color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
  text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);
  -webkit-transition: all .3s ease;
  -moz-transition: all .3s ease;
  transition: all 0.3s ease;
}
.flex-direction-nav .flex-prev {
  left: -50px;
}
.flex-direction-nav .flex-next {
  right: -50px;
  text-align: right;
}
.flexslider:hover .flex-prev {
  opacity: .7;
  left: 10px;
}
.flexslider:hover .flex-next {
  opacity: .7;
  right: 10px;
}
.flexslider:hover .flex-next:hover,
.flexslider:hover .flex-prev:hover {
  opacity: 1;
}
.flex-direction-nav .flex-disabled {
  opacity: 0!important;
  filter: alpha(opacity=0);
  cursor: default;
}
.flex-direction-nav a:before {
  font-family: flexslider-icon;
  font-size: 40px;
  display: inline-block;
  content: '\f001';
}
.flex-direction-nav a.flex-next:before {
  content: '\f002';
}
.flex-pauseplay a {
  display: block;
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 5px;
  left: 10px;
  opacity: .8;
  z-index: 10;
  overflow: hidden;
  cursor: pointer;
  color: #000000;
}
.flex-pauseplay a:before {
  font-family: flexslider-icon;
  font-size: 20px;
  display: inline-block;
  content: '\f004';
}
.flex-pauseplay a:hover {
  opacity: 1;
}
.flex-pauseplay a.flex-play:before {
  content: '\f003';
}
.flex-control-nav {
  width: 100%;
  position: absolute;
  bottom: -40px;
  text-align: center;
}
.flex-control-nav li {
  margin: 0 6px;
  display: inline-block;
  zoom: 1;
  *display: inline;
}
.flex-control-paging li a {
  width: 11px;
  height: 11px;
  display: block;
  background: #666;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
  cursor: pointer;
  text-indent: -9999px;
  -webkit-border-radius: 20px;
  -moz-border-radius: 20px;
  -o-border-radius: 20px;
  border-radius: 20px;
  -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
  -moz-box-shadow: inset 0 0 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
  -o-box-shadow: inset 0 0 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
}
.flex-control-paging li a:hover {
  background: #333;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
}
.flex-control-paging li a.flex-active {
  background: #000;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);
  cursor: default;
}
.flex-control-thumbs {
  margin: 5px 0 0;
  position: static;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.flex-control-thumbs li {
  width: 25%;
  float: left;
  margin: 0;
}
.flex-control-thumbs img {
  width: 100%;
  display: block;
  opacity: .7;
  cursor: pointer;
}
.flex-control-thumbs img:hover {
  opacity: 1;
}
.flex-control-thumbs .flex-active {
  opacity: 1;
  cursor: default;
}
@media screen and (max-width: 860px) {
  .flex-direction-nav .flex-prev {
    opacity: 1;
    left: 10px;
  }
  .flex-direction-nav .flex-next {
    opacity: 1;
    right: 10px;
  }
}
/* reset styles */
.flexslider {
  margin: 0;
  background: transparent;
  border: 0;
  -webkit-border-radius: 0;
  -moz-border-radius: 0;
  -o-border-radius: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  -webkit-box-shadow: none;
  -moz-box-shadow: none;
  -o-box-shadow: none;
  box-shadow: none;
}
.flexslider .flex-direction-nav a {
  opacity: 1;
  text-shadow: none;
  -webkit-transition: none;
  -moz-transition: none;
}
.flexslider .flex-direction-nav a {
  opacity: 1;
  text-shadow: none;
  -webkit-transition: none;
  -moz-transition: none;
}
.flexslider .flex-direction-nav .flex-prev {
  left: -100px;
}
.flexslider .flex-direction-nav .flex-next {
  right: -100px;
  text-align: center;
}
.flexslider:hover .flex-prev {
  opacity: 1;
  left: -100px;
}
.flexslider:hover .flex-next {
  opacity: 1;
  right: -100px;
}
.flexslider .slides > li {
  -webkit-backface-visibility: visible;
}
.flexslider .slides img {
  width: 100%;
}
.flexslider .flex-direction-nav a {
  text-align: center;
  -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease;
  transition: all 0.2s ease;
  color: #333;
  line-height: 1;
}
.flexslider .flex-direction-nav a:hover {
  color: #1d8fad;
}
.flexslider .flex-direction-nav .flex-disabled {
  display: none;
}
.outerWideSlider {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: none;
  margin: 0px auto 5px auto;
  overflow: hidden;
  position: relative;
}
.wideSlider {
  width: 1170px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  position: relative;
}
.wideSlider .flexslider .flex-viewport {
  overflow: visible !important;
}
.wideSlider .flexslider .flex-direction-nav a {
  display: block;
  width: 70px;
  height: 120px;
  margin-top: -60px;
  background: transparent url("https://www.solodev.com/assets/flexslider/slider-arrow-sprite.png") no-repeat 0 0;
  -webkit-transition: none;
  transition: none;
}
.wideSlider .flexslider .flex-direction-nav a:before {
  display: none;
  height: 0;
}
.wideSlider .flexslider .flex-direction-nav a:hover {
  background-position: 0 -200px;
}
.wideSlider .flexslider .flex-direction-nav a.flex-next {
  background-position: -200px 0;
}
.wideSlider .flexslider .flex-direction-nav a.flex-next:hover {
  background-position: -200px -200px;
}
.wideSlider .flexslider .slides > li {
  position: relative;
  -webkit-backface-visibility: visible;
}
.wideSlider .flexslider .slides > li img {
  width: 99.5%;
  margin: 0 0.25%;
}
@media (max-width: 1200px) {
  .wideSlider {
    width: 940px;
  }
  .flexslider .flex-direction-nav .flex-prev {
    left: -20px;
  }
  .flexslider .flex-direction-nav .flex-next {
    right: -20px;
  }
  .flexslider:hover .flex-prev {
    left: -20px;
  }
  .flexslider:hover .flex-next {
    right: -20px;
  }
}
@media (max-width: 1005px) {
  .wideSlider {
    width: 720px;
  }
}
@media (max-width: 768px) {
  .wideSlider {
    width: auto;
    margin-left: 15px;
    margin-right: 15px;
  }
  .flexslider .flex-direction-nav .flex-prev {
    left: 10px;
  }
  .flexslider .flex-direction-nav .flex-next {
    right: 10px;
  }
  .flexslider:hover .flex-prev {
    left: 10px;
  }
  .flexslider:hover .flex-next {
    right: 10px;
  }
}
.flex-active-slide .text-caption {
  display: block;
}
.text-caption {
  background: #fff;
  padding-top: 4px;
  position: absolute;
  left: 294px;
  right: 3px;
  bottom: 0;
  top: auto;
  color: #fff;
  display: none;
}
.text-caption .btn-big {
  margin-left: 4px;
}
.text-caption p {
  color: #fff;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 13px;
  line-height: 17px;
}
.text-caption h1,
.text-caption h2,
.text-caption h3,
.text-caption h4,
.text-caption h5,
.text-caption h6 {
  color: #fff;
  margin: 0 0 4px 0;
}
.text-caption h3 {
  font-size: 23px;
}
.text-caption .inner {
  overflow: hidden;
  background: #123142;
  padding: 12px 24px;
}
.text-caption .btn-big.btn-block {
  margin-top: 20px;
}
.text-size2 .sideMenu {
  max-height: 100%;
  overflow-y: scroll;
}
.text-size2 p,
.text-size2 li,
.text-size2 li a {
  font-size: 120% !important;
  line-height: 1.2 !important;
}
.text-size2 .text-caption h3 {
  font-size: 25px;
}
.text-size2 .media .media-heading a {
  font-size: 23px;
}
.text-size2 .btn {
  font-size: 18px;
}
.text-size2 .media .dateEl {
  font-size: 18px;
}
.text-size2 h3 {
  font-size: 28px;
}
.text-size2 h4 {
  font-size: 20px;
}
.text-size2 .media .longDate,
.text-size2 .media .timeEl {
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 16px;
}
.text-size2 .dropdown-menu li,
.text-size2 .dropdown-menu li a {
  font-size: 16px !important;
  line-height: 18px !important;
}
.text-size3 .sideMenu {
  max-height: 100%;
  overflow-y: scroll;
}
.text-size3 p,
.text-size3 li,
.text-size3 li a {
  font-size: 130% !important;
  line-height: 1.2 !important;
}
.text-size3 .text-caption h3 {
  font-size: 27px;
}
.text-size3 .media .media-heading a {
  font-size: 25px;
}
.text-size3 .btn {
  font-size: 20px;
}
.text-size3 .media .dateEl {
  font-size: 20px;
}
.text-size3 h3 {
  font-size: 30px;
}
.text-size3 h4 {
  font-size: 22px;
}
.text-size3 .media .longDate,
.text-size3 .media .timeEl {
  font-size: 18px;
  line-height: 18px;
}
.text-size3 .dropdown-menu li,
.text-size3 .dropdown-menu li a {
  font-size: 18px !important;
  line-height: 20px !important;
}
.wideSlider .flexslider .flex-direction-nav a {
    display: block;
    width: 35px;
    height: 60px;
    margin-top: -30px;
    background: transparent url("https://www.solodev.com/assets/flexslider/slider-arrow-sprite-mobile.png") no-repeat 0 0;
  }
  .wideSlider .flexslider .flex-direction-nav a:hover {
    background-position: 0 -100px;
  }
  .wideSlider .flexslider .flex-direction-nav a.flex-next {
    background-position: -100px 0;
  }
  .wideSlider .flexslider .flex-direction-nav a.flex-next:hover {
    background-position: -100px -100px;
  }
  .wideSlider .flexslider .slides li:not(.flex-active-slide) img {
  opacity: 0.4;
}

Step 3 - Add the JavaScript below to a file called flex.js

$(document).ready(function () {
$(".wideSlider").each(function () {
    var $this = $(this);
    var $slider = $this.find(".flexslider");
    var startat = $slider.attr("data-startat");
    if (startat = 0) {
    }
    $slider.flexslider({
      animation: 'slide',
      easing: 'linear', 
      slideshow: true, 
      slideshowSpeed: 7000, 
      animationLoop: true, 
      startAt: startat,
      controlNav: false,
      directionNav: true,
      nextText: " ",
      prevText: " ",
    });
  });
})

Step 4 - Add the includes below to the page where your slider lives

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-backstretch/2.0.4/jquery.backstretch.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/flexslider/2.6.2/flexslider.css">
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/flexslider/2.6.2/jquery.flexslider.js"></script>
<script src="flex.js"></script>

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Step 1 - Add the HTML below to where you'd like to add the slider

Step 2 - Add the CSS below to the main stylesheet of your website

Step 3 - Add the JavaScript below to a file called flex.js

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