Bx Slider
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Bx Slider
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BxSlider module integrates the bxSlider library with Fields. Often used for showing photos on e-commerce, classified, real estate sites.
Why bxSlider?
- Fully responsive - will adapt to any device
- Horizontal, vertical, and fade modes
- Slides can contain images, video, or HTML content
- Advanced touch / swipe support built-in
- Uses CSS transitions for slide animation (native hardware acceleration!)
- Full callback API and public methods
- Small file size, fully themed, simple to implement
- Browser support: Firefox, Chrome, Safari, iOS, Android, IE7+
- Tons of configuration options
- Integration with the Colorbox module
Drupal 8
Dependencies
- BxSlider Library - https://github.com/stevenwanderski/bxslider-4/archive/master.zip
Drupal 7
Dependencies
- BxSlider Library - http://bxslider.com/lib/jquery.bxslider.zip
- jQuery Update - https://drupal.org/project/jquery_update
- this module is used, because BxSlider libraries require the jQuery library of 1.8 version or higher. - Libraries API - https://drupal.org/project/libraries
Installation
- Download the library http://bxslider.com/lib/jquery.bxslider.zip.
- Unzip and put the content of the archive to the sites/all/libraries/bxslider (create required directories).
For example, note that the file jquery.bxslider.min.js is accessible by the path sites/all/libraries/bxslider/jquery.bxslider.min.js. - Download and enable this module and dependent modules.
- Select some content type, then select 'Manage display' and select a formatter "BxSlider" for required images field. Then click to the formatter settings for filling BxSlider settings.
Select the formatter "BxSlider - Thumbnail slider", if needed a carouser thumbnail pager.
For example, go to /admin/structure/types/manage/article/display , select a formatter BxSlider for an Images field and click 'the gear' at the right side of the page for required image field.
More
If needed integration with Views, use BxSlider - Views slideshow integration
