This is a short instruction on how to install Easy Slider 1.7 on your Squarespace site. To use Easy Slider you have to upload the following files and scripts:
You can download the .zip file with the jQuery and Easy Slider 1.7 scipt HERE.
Preparation
- Go to your Squarespace storage and create a folder named scripts
- Then Upload the .zip file into that folder (tick: Decompress Zip Files After Uploading)
Script
<script src="/storage/scripts/easyslider/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/storage/scripts/easyslider/easySlider1.7.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#easyslider").easySlider({
auto: true,
pause:2500,
speed: 1500,
continuous: true
});
});
</script>
HTML Code
<div id="easyslider">
<ul>
<li><img src="/storage/slideshow/slide-1.jpg" alt="Slideshow Image 1" /></li>
<li><img src="/storage/slideshow/slide-2.jpg" alt="Slideshow Image 2" /></li>
<li><img src="/storage/slideshow/slide-3.jpg" alt="Slideshow Image 3" /></li>
</ul>
</div>
<p> </p>>
CSS Code
/* Footer Slider */
#easyslider {min-height:???px;}
#easyslider ul, #easyslider li {
margin:0;
padding:0;
list-style:none; }
#easyslider, #easyslider li {
width:???px;
height:???px;
overflow:hidden; }
#prevBtn { visibility: hidden; }
#nextBtn { visibility: hidden; }
/* Footer Slider */
Extra Script Code
The Easy Slider has plenty of options. Below is the code with all available options and their defaults:
prevId: 'prevBtn',
prevText: 'Previous',
nextId: 'nextBtn',
nextText: 'Next',
controlsShow: true,
controlsBefore: '',
controlsAfter: '',
controlsFade: true,
firstId: 'firstBtn',
firstText: 'First',
firstShow: false,
lastId: 'lastBtn',
lastText: 'Last',
lastShow: false,
vertical: false,
speed: 800,
auto: false,
pause: 2000,
continuous: false,
numeric: false,
numericId: 'controls'
Explanation
prevId
Id attribute for "previous" button. Default value is "prevBtn".
prevText
Inner text for "previous" button. Default value is "Previous".
nextId
Id attribute for "next" button. Default value is "nextBtn".
nextText
Inner text for "next" button. Default value is "Next".
orientation
Sliding can be horizontal or vertical. Horizontal is default and if you want vertical set this to 'vertical'.
speed
Animation speed in milliseconds, default value is 800.
controlsShow
By default set to true, but if set to false it will not add any controls. It can be used with auto scroll when you want to disable user interaction.
controlsBefore and controlsAfter
In case you want to add some additional markup to gain more control over buttons you can do so by using these parameters. Check out the demo where I use these options.
controlsFade
By default set to true. If set to false it will disable button hiding when slider reaches the end.
firstShow and lastShow
These parameters hide (or show) "go to first" and "go to last" buttons.
auto
This option enables automatic sliding. If you set it to true the sliding will automatically start and continue to perform untill user clicks one of the buttons.
pause
This option is set in milliseconds and it represent the duration of each slide when plugin is set to auto sliding.
continuous
If set to true clicking the next button when the slider reached the end will simply continue showing all of the slides again with continuous motion. Combining this option with auto (both set to true) you'll get endless animation.
numeric
If you set this option to true you will get numeric navigation instead of next/prev buttons. Plugin will create an ordered list just after the slider div. Ordered list will have the exact number of elements as the slider. Clicking on each of the number will make the animation jump to a certain slide.
numericId
This option defines id attribute for the ordered list. You should use this id to select and style the list with CSS.
