Adding 17+ jQuery Featured Content Sliders in Blogger

A slider on your web site allows you to feature special content and add dimension to the entire site’s look.  Here’s a featured tutorial via 24Work.Blogspot which shows you an idea on how to add 17+ jQuery content sliders.
Follow these simple steps:

• Login to Blogger.

• Go to Blogger Dashboard > Edit Template HTML > Expand Widget Templates

• Search for this code

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• Copy and paste this code just before the code in #3

#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;
}

• Search for this code </head>

• Before </head> tag, add this code

<a href="http://24work.blogspot.com" target="_blank" title="Blogger Widgets"><img src="http://safir85.ucoz.com/24work-blogspot/cursor-24work-10.png" border="0" alt="Blogger Widgets" style="position:absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px;" /></a><script src='http://safir85.ucoz.com/24work-blogspot/featured-post-s/jquery-1.3.2.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>

<script src='http://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>

• Save.

Adding the HTML code:

• Go to Blogger Dashboard > Layout > Add a Gadget

• Select ‘HTML/Javascript‘

• Add this code

<div id='featured'>
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<li class='ui-tabs-nav-item' id='nav-fragment-3'><a href='#fragment-3'><img alt='buzz' src='http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq108/fooble11/new1.jpg'/><span>How to add Google Buzz to Blogspot blog</span></a></li>
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</ul>
<!-- First Content -->
<div class='ui-tabs-panel' id='fragment-1' style=''>
<img alt='mac' src='http://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='http://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='http://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='http://i48.tinypic.com/10pwp3o.jpg'/>
<div class='info'>
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</div>
</div> </div>

• Click Save on ‘Javascript’

• Hit Save.

Watch this video tutorial provided by bloggerwidget to know more about this widget.