Basic jQuery Horizontal Slider 1

HTML/CSS/jQuery setup for bare-bones horizontal slider.

by the_voder

HTML

<a href="" id="prevbutton" class="navbutton">Previous</a>

<div id="slidemask">
    <div id="slidecontainer">
        <div id="slide1" class="slides">Slide 1</div>
        <div id="slide2" class="slides">Slide 2</div>
        <div id="slide3" class="slides">Slide 3</div>
        <div id="slide4" class="slides">Slide 4</div>
    </div>
</div>

<a href="" id="nextbutton" class="navbutton">Next</a>
<br class="clearfloat" />

<div id="slideno">Slide 1 of 4</div>

CSS

.navbutton {
    display: block;
    padding: 8px;
    margin-top: 20px;
    float: left;
}
#slidemask {
    width: 200px;
    height: 100px;
    margin-top: 8px;
    padding: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    border: 1px dashed #666;
    float: left;
}
#slidecontainer {
    position: relative;
    left: 0;
    margin: 0;
    padding 0;
    width: 800px;
}
.slides {
    width: 190px;
    height: 90px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 5px;
    float: left;
}
.slides#slide1 {
    background-color: red;
}
.slides#slide2 {
    background-color: green;
}
.slides#slide3 {
    background-color: blue;
}
.slides#slide4 {
    background-color: yellow;
}
.clearfloat {
    clear: both;
}
#slideno {
   margin-left: 100px;
   margin-top: 5px;
}

JavaScript

var slidewidth = 200;
var noslides = 4;
var currentslide = 0;

$('#nextbutton').click(function () {
    if (currentslide < (noslides - 1)) {
        currentslide++;
        $('#slidecontainer').animate({
            left: -currentslide * slidewidth
        }, 500);
        showslideno();
    }
    return false;
});

$('#prevbutton').click(function () {
    if (currentslide > 0) {
        currentslide--;
        $('#slidecontainer').animate({
            left: -currentslide * slidewidth
        }, 500);
        showslideno();
    }
    return false;
});

function showslideno() {
     $('#slideno').html('Slide ' + (currentslide + 1) +' of '+ noslides);   
}