The s3Slider jQuery plugin is made by example of jd`s smooth slide show script.

Usage:

<script src="js/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="js/s3Slider.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

HTML:

<div id="s3slider">
   <ul id="s3sliderContent">
      <li class="s3sliderImage">
          <img src="#" />
          <span>Your text comes here</span>
      </li>
      <li class="s3sliderImage">
          <img src="#" />
          <span>Your text comes here</span>
      </li>
      <div class="clear s3sliderImage"></div>
   </ul>
</div>

Sample 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
   */
}

.clear {
   clear: both;
}

Inside in HTML:

$(document).ready(function() {
   $('#s3slider').s3Slider({
      timeOut: 4000
   });
});

timeOut: values in miliseconds…

Example – Website

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