loopedSlider 0.5.6 – jQuery plugin

loopedSlider is a plugin made for jQuery that solves a simple problem, the looping of slide content. It was created to be easy to implement, smooth and most of all end the “content rewind” that most other content sliders suffer from.

Info

Developed by Nathan Searles, http://nathansearles.com

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Examples

• Simple example using images, DIVs and auto generated pagination
• Simple text and auto height example using LIs
• Multiple sliders and auto play with auto restart
• Styled example

Markup

<div id="loopedSlider">
	<div class="container">
	        <div class="slides">
	                <div><img src="01.jpg" alt="" /></div>
	                <div><img src="02.jpg" alt="" /></div>
	                <div><img src="03.jpg" alt="" /></div>
	                <div><img src="04.jpg" alt="" /></div>
	        </div>
	</div>
	<a href="#" class="previous">previous</a>
	<a href="#" class="next">next</a>
</div>

CSS

.container { width:500px; height:375px; overflow:hidden; position:relative; cursor:pointer; }
.slides { position:absolute; top:0; left:0; }
.slides div { position:absolute; top:0; width:500px; display:none; }

Initialize

<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
        $(function(){
                $('#loopedSlider').loopedSlider();
        });
</script>

Defaults

container: ".container", //Class/id of main container. You can use "#container" for an id.
slides: ".slides", //Class/id of slide container. You can use "#slides" for an id.
pagination: "pagination", //Class name of parent ul for numbered links. Don't add a "." here.
containerClick: true, //Click slider to goto next slide? true/false
autoStart: 0, //Set to positive number for true. This number will be the time between transitions.
restart: 0, //Set to positive number for true. Sets time until autoStart is restarted.
slidespeed: 300, //Speed of slide animation, 1000 = 1second.
fadespeed: 200, //Speed of fade animation, 1000 = 1second.
autoHeight: 0, //Set to positive number for true. This number will be the speed of the animation.
addPagination: false //Add pagination links based on content? true/false

Defining Local Defaults

<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
        $(function(){
			$('#loopedSlider').loopedSlider({
				addPagination: true,
				slidespeed: 500
			});
        });
</script>

Defining Global Defaults

<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
        $(function(){
			$.fn.loopedSlider.defaults.addPagination = true;
			$.fn.loopedSlider.defaults.slidespeed = 500;
        });
</script>

Changelog

• 0.5.6 – Updated to jQuery 1.4. Defaults are now global.
• 0.5.5 – Bug fixes, code clean up and added auto generated pagination feature for dynamic sites
• 0.5.4 – Fixed bug if slider has less then 3 slides
• 0.5.3 – Minor bug fix related to auto restart
• 0.5.2 – Added restart of auto start after it’s been stopped
• 0.5.1 – Fixed minor bug, container option not properly set
• 0.5 – Initial release