This example was built using Ventrian News and http://www.serie3.info/s3slider/demonstration.html
The template used is below.
Obviously, the CSS should really go across into a linked CSS file - but I've included it here for ease of understanding
Header
<style type='text/css'>
#s3slider {
width: 400px; /* important to be same as image width */
height: 300px; /* important to be same as image height */
position: relative; /* important */
overflow: hidden; /* important */
}
#s3sliderContent {
width: 400px; /* important to be same as image width or wider */
position: absolute; /* important */
top: 0; /* important */
margin-left: 0; /* important */
}
.s3sliderImage {
float: left; /* important */
position: relative; /* important */
display: none; /* important */
}
.s3sliderImage span {
position: absolute; /* important */
left: 0;
font: 10px/15px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
padding: 10px 13px;
width: 374px;
background-color: #000;
filter: alpha(opacity=70); /* here you can set the opacity of box with text */
-moz-opacity: 0.7; /* here you can set the opacity of box with text */
-khtml-opacity: 0.7; /* here you can set the opacity of box with text */
opacity: 0.7; /* here you can set the opacity of box with text */
color: #fff;
display: none; /* important */
top: 0;
/*
if you put
top: 0; -> the box with text will be shown at the top of the image
if you put
bottom: 0; -> the box with text will be shown at the bottom of the image
*/
}
.s3sliderImage span a {
color: #fff;
}
.clear {
clear: both;
}
</style>
<div id="s3slider">
<ul id="s3sliderContent">
Body
<li class="s3sliderImage">
[IMAGE] <span class="left"><a href='[LINK]'><strong>[TITLE]</strong><br />[SUMMARY]</a></span>
</li>
Footer
<div class="clear s3sliderImage"></div>
</ul>
</div>
<script type='text/javascript' src='/js/jquery/s3slider.js'>
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#s3slider').s3Slider({
timeOut: 2500
});
});
</script>