Background Slideshow

A fullscreen background slideshow with autoplay functionality.

Background Slideshow

A simple fullscreen background slideshow with auto-play and controls to navigate and pause.

The HTML

<ul id="cbp-bislideshow" class="cbp-bislideshow">
	<li><img src="images/1.jpg" alt="image01"/></li>
	<li><img src="images/2.jpg" alt="image02"/></li>
	<li><img src="images/3.jpg" alt="image03"/></li>
	<li><img src="images/4.jpg" alt="image04"/></li>
	<li><img src="images/5.jpg" alt="image05"/></li>
	<li><img src="images/6.jpg" alt="image06"/></li>
</ul>
<div id="cbp-bicontrols" class="cbp-bicontrols">
	<span class="cbp-biprev"></span>
	<span class="cbp-bipause"></span>
	<span class="cbp-binext"></span>
</div>

The CSS

@font-face {
	font-family: 'entypo';
	src:url('../fonts/controls/entypo.eot');
	src:url('../fonts/controls/entypo.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
		url('../fonts/controls/entypo.woff') format('woff'),
		url('../fonts/controls/entypo.ttf') format('truetype'),
		url('../fonts/controls/entypo.svg#entypo') format('svg');
	font-weight: normal;
	font-style: normal;
}

.cbp-bislideshow {
	list-style: none;
	width: 100%;
	height: 100%;
	position: fixed;
	top: 0;
	left: 0;
	z-index: -1;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
}

.cbp-bislideshow li {
	position: absolute;
	width: 101%;
	height: 101%;
	top: -0.5%;
	left: -0.5%;
	opacity: 0;
	-webkit-transition: opacity 1s;
	-moz-transition: opacity 1s;
	transition: opacity 1s;
}

/* If background-size supported we'll add the images to the background of the li */

.backgroundsize .cbp-bislideshow li {
	-webkit-background-size: cover;
	-moz-background-size: cover;
	background-size: cover;
	background-position: center center;
}

/* ...and hide the images */
.backgroundsize .cbp-bislideshow li img {
	display: none;
}

.cbp-bislideshow li img {
	display: block;
	width: 100%;
}

.cbp-bicontrols {
	position: fixed;
	width: 300px;
	height: 100px;
	margin: -50px 0 0 -150px;
	top: 50%;
	left: 50%;
}

.cbp-bicontrols span {
	float: left;
	width: 100px;
	height: 100px;
	position: relative;
	cursor: pointer;
}

.cbp-bicontrols span:before {
	position: absolute;
	width: 100%;
	height: 100%;
	top: 0;
	left: 0;
	text-align: center;
	font-family: 'entypo';
	speak: none;
	font-style: normal;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-variant: normal;
	text-transform: none;
	line-height: 100px;
	font-size: 80px;
	color: #fff;
	-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
	opacity: 0.7;
}

.cbp-bicontrols span:hover:before {
	opacity: 1;
}

.cbp-bicontrols span:active:before {
	top: 2px;
}

span.cbp-biplay:before {
	content: "e002";
}

span.cbp-bipause:before {
	content: "e003";
}

span.cbp-binext:before {
	content: "e000";
}

span.cbp-biprev:before {
	content: "e001";
}

.cbp-bicontrols span.cbp-binext {
	float: right;
}

/* Fallback */

.no-js.no-backgroundsize .cbp-bislideshow li:first-child {
	opacity: 1;
}

.no-js.backgroundsize .cbp-bislideshow li:first-child img {
	display: block;
}

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The JavaScript

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- imagesLoaded jQuery plugin by @desandro : https://github.com/desandro/imagesloaded -->
<script src="js/jquery.imagesloaded.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/cbpBGSlideshow.min.js"></script>
<script>
	$(function() {
		cbpBGSlideshow.init();
	});
</script>
/**
 * cbpBGSlideshow.js v1.0.0
 * http://www.codrops.com
 *
 * Licensed under the MIT license.
 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 * 
 * Copyright 2013, Codrops
 * http://www.codrops.com
 */
var cbpBGSlideshow = (function() {

	var $slideshow = $( '#cbp-bislideshow' ),
		$items = $slideshow.children( 'li' ),
		itemsCount = $items.length,
		$controls = $( '#cbp-bicontrols' ),
		navigation = {
			$navPrev : $controls.find( 'span.cbp-biprev' ),
			$navNext : $controls.find( 'span.cbp-binext' ),
			$navPlayPause : $controls.find( 'span.cbp-bipause' )
		},
		// current item´s index
		current = 0,
		// timeout
		slideshowtime,
		// true if the slideshow is active
		isSlideshowActive = true,
		// it takes 3.5 seconds to change the background image
		interval = 3500;

	function init( config ) {

		// preload the images
		$slideshow.imagesLoaded( function() {
			
			if( Modernizr.backgroundsize ) {
				$items.each( function() {
					var $item = $( this );
					$item.css( 'background-image', 'url(' + $item.find( 'img' ).attr( 'src' ) + ')' );
				} );
			}
			else {
				$slideshow.find( 'img' ).show();
				// for older browsers add fallback here (image size and centering)
			}
			// show first item
			$items.eq( current ).css( 'opacity', 1 );
			// initialize/bind the events
			initEvents();
			// start the slideshow
			startSlideshow();

		} );
		
	}

	function initEvents() {

		navigation.$navPlayPause.on( 'click', function() {

			var $control = $( this );
			if( $control.hasClass( 'cbp-biplay' ) ) {
				$control.removeClass( 'cbp-biplay' ).addClass( 'cbp-bipause' );
				startSlideshow();
			}
			else {
				$control.removeClass( 'cbp-bipause' ).addClass( 'cbp-biplay' );
				stopSlideshow();
			}

		} );

		navigation.$navPrev.on( 'click', function() { 
			navigate( 'prev' ); 
			if( isSlideshowActive ) { 
				startSlideshow(); 
			} 
		} );
		navigation.$navNext.on( 'click', function() { 
			navigate( 'next' ); 
			if( isSlideshowActive ) { 
				startSlideshow(); 
			}
		} );

	}

	function navigate( direction ) {

		// current item
		var $oldItem = $items.eq( current );
		
		if( direction === 'next' ) {
			current = current < itemsCount - 1 ? ++current : 0;
		}
		else if( direction === 'prev' ) {
			current = current > 0 ? --current : itemsCount - 1;
		}

		// new item
		var $newItem = $items.eq( current );
		// show / hide items
		$oldItem.css( 'opacity', 0 );
		$newItem.css( 'opacity', 1 );

	}

	function startSlideshow() {

		isSlideshowActive = true;
		clearTimeout( slideshowtime );
		slideshowtime = setTimeout( function() {
			navigate( 'next' );
			startSlideshow();
		}, interval );

	}

	function stopSlideshow() {
		isSlideshowActive = false;
		clearTimeout( slideshowtime );
	}

	return { init : init };

})();

Manoela Ilic

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