Fully automated slider for sidebar of blogger

In this post we will share the great trick of fully automated slider for sidebar in Blogger. This slider will work automatically and keep updating as your blog updates when you write a new post. You can customize it according to your own taste, because it has lots of customization options that can be change in order to make it fit.

Main features:

This is responsive widget that will resize as your browser windows resize. So, if your template is responsive it will more suitable for you. This widget contains number of effects including Hover effect, Transition effect etc. You can change the number of slides to be shown. You can change the posts displayed for a specific label i.e. if you want to show only of a specific label you can this by changing the settings.

demo

Steps to add this widget in Blogger

You just need to add the below code in sidebar HTML Gadget.

HTML,CSS and JS

<style scoped="" type="text/css">
ul.abt-sidebar-slider *{-moz-box-sizing:border-box;-webkit-box-sizing:border-box;box-sizing:border-box}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider{font:normal normal 11px Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider,ul.abt-sidebar-slider li{margin:0;padding:0;list-style:none;position:relative}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider{width:100%;height:500px}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider li{height:24.5%;position:absolute;padding:0;width:49.5%;float:left;overflow:hidden;display:none}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(1),ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(2),ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(3),ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(4){display:block}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider img{border:0;width:100%;height:100%}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(1){width:100%;height:49.5%;margin:0 0 2px;left:0;top:0}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(2){left:0;top:50%}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(3){left:50.5%;top:50%}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(4){width:100%;left:0;top:75%}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider  .overlayx,ul.abt-sidebar-slider li{-webkit-transition:all .4s ease-in-out;-moz-transition:all .4s ease-in-out;-o-transition:all .4s ease-in-out;-ms-transition:all .4s ease-in-out;transition:all .4s ease-in-out}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider .overlayx{width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;z-index:2;left:0;top:0;background-image:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjrnxFbEQMEhFfaGEI6jcRR9LHA6BuFH_HMcoTVrBLvpKb6wgt8zwRldhInD5nrGCzADkNOb1CxglHb-aHuUyFSpF2SMoSh2DJs2oFPPNY9aKDYLegOMFTTx86pE95VQu2yBB6lWhcmI/s1600/linebg-fade.png);background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:repeat-x}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider .overlayx,ul.abt-sidebar-slider img{border:4px solid #2E8DCE;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;border-radius:3px}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(1) .overlayx{background-position:50% 25%}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider .overlayx:hover{-ms-filter:"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft. Alpha(Opacity=10)";filter:alpha(opacity=10);-khtml-opacity:0.1;-moz-opacity:0.1;opacity:0.1}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider h4{position:absolute;bottom:30px;z-index:2;color:white;margin:0;width:100%;padding:0 10px;line-height:1.5em;font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman";font-weight:normal}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(1) h4,ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(4) h4{font-size:150%}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider .label_text{position:absolute;bottom:10px;left:10px;z-index:2;color:white;font-size:90%}
ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(2) .autname,ul.abt-sidebar-slider li:nth-child(3) .autname{display:none}
.buttons{margin:5px 0 0}
.buttons a{display:inline-block;text-indent:-9999px;width:15px;height:25px;position:relative}
.buttons a::before{content:"";width:0;height:0;border-width:8px 7px;border-style:solid;border-color:transparent #535353 transparent transparent;position:absolute;top:50%;margin-top:-8px;margin-left:-10px;left:50%}
.buttons a.nextx::before{border-color:transparent transparent transparent #535353;margin-left:-3px}
</style>
<div id="featuredpostside"></div>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.0/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/76401970/All%20Blogger%20Tricks/abt-sidebar-slider.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
FeaturedPostSide({
blogURL:"http://www.bloggingbee.com",
MaxPost:8,
idcontaint:"#featuredpostside",
ImageSize:300,
interval:5000,
autoplay:true,
tagName:false
});
//]]>
</script>

Configuration/Settings

blogURL = Add your blog URL here

MaxPost = The total no. of posts in the slider

Interval = Time taken to change the slides position in milliseconds

autoplay = Write true or false in you want / don't want the slides to change automatically.

tagname = If you want to display articles by tag / label, such as the tag widget, it will be written as tagname: "widget"

Save widget and enjoy...