Jive BxSlider with Advanced Captions

by Laurie

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://community.jivesoftware.com/resources/statics/86268/jquery.bxslider.css">
<script src="https://community.jivesoftware.com/resources/statics/86268/jquery.bxslider.min.js"></script>
<div class="blue" id="carousel">


    
<div class="slides" style="width: auto; position: relative;">
    
    <!-- SLIDE 1 -->
     <div class="slide">
         <img src="https://community.jivesoftware.com/resources/statics/86268/slide-project%20manage%20series%202.jpg" alt=""/>

    	<a class="btn" href="https://community.jivesoftware.com/community/jivetalks/blog/2015/03/17/5-employee-engagement-ideas-that-make-a-difference">Read Blog</a>
    </div>
    
    
    <!-- SLIDE 2 -->
    <div class="slide">
         <img src="https://community.jivesoftware.com/resources/statics/86268/slide-patty-mar15.jpg" alt=""/>

        <div><a class="btn" href="https://community.jivesoftware.com/community/jivetalks/blog/2015/03/11/how-i-work-an-interview-with-patty-mcenaney-from-envestnet-asset-management">Full Story</a></div>
    </div>
    
    
<!-- SLIDE 3 -->
    <div class="slide">
         <img src="https://community.jivesoftware.com/resources/statics/86268/slide-project%20manage%20series%202.jpg" alt=""/>

    	<a class="btn" href="https://community.jivesoftware.com/community/jivetalks/blog/2015/03/18/jive-for-project-managers-iii-running-your-project">Read Blog</a>
    </div>
    
    
</div><!-- END slides -->
        
        
        

</div><!-- END carousel -->

CSS

#carousel {
    height: 380px;
    color: #021677;
    font-size: 16px;
}
#carousel .slide {
    width: 100%;
    height: 380px;
    padding-top: 350px;
    padding-right: 0px;
    padding-bottom: 0px;
    padding-left: 0px;
    display: none;
    cursor: pointer;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}
#carousel .slide .content, #carousel .slide .btn {
  

   
    z-index: 5;
}
#carousel .slide img {
    left: 0%;
    top: 5%;
    width: 100%;
    height: auto;
    margin-top: -5%;
    margin-right: 0px;
    margin-bottom: 0px;
    margin-left: 0px;
    position: absolute;
    z-index: -1;
}

#carousel h2 {
    color: #5a2bac;
    line-height: 1;
    font-size: 32px;
    margin-bottom: 18px;
}
#carousel .slide .btn {
    color: #fff;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    padding-top: 15px;
    padding-right: 15px;
    padding-bottom: 15px;
    padding-left: 15px;
    font-size: 13px;

     background-color: rgba(80, 80, 80, 0.75);
}
#carousel .slide div{
width: 100%;
}
#carousel .slide .btn::after {
    color: inherit;
    line-height: 1;
    margin-top: -2px;
    margin-right: 0px;
    margin-bottom: 0px;
    margin-left: 10px;
    vertical-align: middle;
    display: inline-block;
    content: url('/resources/statics/86268/btn-arrow.png');
}
.bx-wrapper .bx-prev, .bx-wrapper .bx-next {
    background-image: url("/resources/statics/86268/controls.png");
}
.bx-wrapper .bx-pager {
    text-align: right;
    right: 10px;
    bottom: 10px;
    z-index: 500;
}
.bx-wrapper .bx-default-pager.bx-pager a {
    text-align: left;
    border-top-color: #fff;
    border-right-color: #fff;
    border-bottom-color: #fff;
    border-left-color: #fff;
    border-top-width: 3px;
    border-right-width: 3px;
    border-bottom-width: 3px;
    border-left-width: 3px;
    border-top-style: solid;
    border-right-style: solid;
    border-bottom-style: solid;
    border-left-style: solid;
    border-top-left-radius: 10px;
    border-top-right-radius: 10px;
    border-bottom-right-radius: 10px;
  ...

JavaScript

(function($) { 

$(document).ready(function() {



// --------------------------- CAROUSEL
	$('#carousel .slides').bxSlider({
			minSlides:1,
			maxSlides:1,
			slideMargin:0,
			moveSlides:1,
			mode:'fade',
			auto:true,
			pause:5000,
			speed:700,
			autoHover:true,
        	
        onSlideBefore: function ($slideElement, oldIndex, newIndex) {
				$('#carousel .slide').eq(oldIndex).removeClass('active');
			},
			onSlideAfter: function ($slideElement, oldIndex, newIndex) {
				$('#carousel .slide').eq(newIndex).addClass('active');
				$('#carousel .ellipsis').trigger('update.dot');
			},
			onSliderLoad: function () {
				$('#carousel .slide').eq(0).addClass('active');
				$('#carousel .ellipsis').trigger('update.dot');
			}
	});
	
	$('#carousel .slide a[href^="http"]').attr("target","_blank");
	$('#carousel .slide').click(function(e){
		if($(this).find('a').attr('target')) {
			e.preventDefault();
			e.stopPropagation();
			window.open($(this).find('a').attr('href'), '_blank');
		}else{
			e.preventDefault();
			e.stopPropagation();
			window.top.location.href=$(this).find('a').attr('href');
		}
	  });

// --------------------------- ELLIPSES
	$(".ellipsis").dotdotdot();

});

equalheight = function(container){

var currentTallest = 0,
     currentRowStart = 0,
     rowDivs = new Array(),
     $el,
     topPosition = 0;
 $(container).each(function() {

   $el = $(this);
   $($el).height('auto')
   topPostion = $el.position().top;

   if (currentRowStart != topPostion) {
     for (currentDiv = 0 ; currentDiv < rowDivs.length ; currentDiv++) {
       rowDivs[currentDiv].height(currentTallest);
     }
     rowDivs.length = 0; // empty the array
     currentRowStart = topPostion;
     currentTallest = $el.height();
     rowDivs.push($el);
   } else {
     rowDivs.push($el);
     currentTallest = (currentTallest < $el.height()) ? ($el.height()) :(currentTallest);
  }
   for (currentDiv = 0 ; currentDiv < rowDivs.length ; currentDiv++) {
    ...