How To Create JQuery Featured Content Slideshow

Instructions To Follow:

STEP #1
Log in to Blogger, go to Layout -> Edit HTML
and mark the tick box "Expand Widget Templates"

STEP #2
Now find (CTRL+F) this code in the template:

</head>

And immediately before it, paste this code:

<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'></script>

<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[

$(document).ready(function() {

//Execute the slideShow, set 6 seconds for each images
slideShow(3000);

});

function slideShow(speed) {


//append a LI item to the UL list for displaying caption
$('ul.slideshow').append('<li id="slideshow-caption" class="caption"><div class="slideshow-caption-container"><h3></h3><p></p></div></li>');

//Set the opacity of all images to 0
$('ul.slideshow li').css({opacity: 0.0});

//Get the first image and display it (set it to full opacity)
$('ul.slideshow li:first').css({opacity: 1.0});

//Get the caption of the first image from REL attribute and display it
$('#slideshow-caption h3').html($('ul.slideshow a:first').find('img').attr('title'));
$('#slideshow-caption p').html($('ul.slideshow a:first').find('img').attr('alt'));

//Display the caption
$('#slideshow-caption').css({opacity: 0.7, bottom:0});

//Call the gallery function to run the slideshow
var timer = setInterval('gallery()',speed);

//pause the slideshow on mouse over
$('ul.slideshow').hover(
function () {
clearInterval(timer);
},
function () {
timer = setInterval('gallery()',speed);
}
);

}

function gallery() {


//if no IMGs have the show class, grab the first image
var current = ($('ul.slideshow li.show')?  $('ul.slideshow li.show') : $('#ul.slideshow li:first'));

//Get next image, if it reached the end of the slideshow, rotate it back to the first image
var next = ((current.next().length) ? ((current.next().attr('id') == 'slideshow-caption')? $('ul.slideshow li:first') :current.next()) : $('ul.slideshow li:first'));

//Get next image caption
var title = next.find('img').attr('title');
var desc = next.find('img').attr('alt');

//Set the fade in effect for the next image, show class has higher z-index
next.css({opacity: 0.0}).addClass('show').animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1000);

//Hide the caption first, and then set and display the caption
$('#slideshow-caption').animate({bottom:-70}, 300, function () {
//Display the content
$('#slideshow-caption h3').html(title);
$('#slideshow-caption p').html(desc);
$('#slideshow-caption').animate({bottom:0}, 500);
});

//Hide the current image
current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 1000).removeClass('show');

}

//]]>
</script>

<style type="text/css">
ul.slideshow {
list-style:none;
width:600px;
height:240px;
overflow:hidden;
position:relative;
margin:0;
padding:0;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Trebuchet MS,Verdana;
;
}
ul.slideshow li {
position:absolute;
left:0;
right:0;
}
ul.slideshow li.show {
z-index:500;
}
ul img {
width:600px;
height:240px;
border:none;
}
#slideshow-caption {
width:600px;
height:70px;
position:absolute;
bottom:0;
left:0;
color:#fff;
background:#000;
z-index:500;
}
#slideshow-caption .slideshow-caption-container {
padding:5px 10px;
z-index:1000;
}
#slideshow-caption h3 {
margin:0;
padding:0;
font-size:16px;
}
#slideshow-caption p {
margin:5px 0 0 0;
padding:0;
}
</style>

Now click Save Template

STEP #3 Log in to Blogger, go to Layout

Add a Gadget of HTML/JavaScript type.

Then add this code in to it:.

<ul class="slideshow">

<li><a href="#"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogUCvmwtxpHYZhOzAGWMWjY9Zyl7X4UMy0JiOxmg93u0Lzp-lVds_dwpn_l3kqeWlCTJSaJiC0pPUqvbVL5Dd_Ojg3gAA-si-swsZdWgV9QV9c-aOscm8Ddu9SHLYSE2yiliMfEDkfp4/s1600/1.jpg" title="This is featured post 1 title" alt="Replace This Text With Your Featured Post 1 Description." /></a></li>

<li><a href="#"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjVgWSc6ocAgWjhjR_ej3u4TYHPoQlXbBc3MEZmtZJXf8UU4ImYy61l7EG4iG6AUFo-pHBQ-RzHwq6Cxu8VsvKzHsIROWxt-hbh4Pgc2soh1rVk5rpH4d_5KaWc8-EAQaZeor2I1oyYM4/s1600/2.jpg" title="This is featured post 2 title" alt="Replace This Text With Your Featured Post 2 Description." /></a></li>

<li><a href="#"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfvG5vpVSzc7u_xC9PpQ817Tytshlk1Q4j5cz5nVC6w8Zvmu_K15cbDrLJUlBUQJWQX54ToS0GPuOEyd1VIkYwybpwnm0YI_BUrRF8iE90nVPWL7P6sMRqQVfvz9WAtmpDaq6c4gHJj44/s1600/3.jpg" title="This is featured post 3 title" alt="Replace This Text With Your Featured Post 3 Description." /></a></li>

<li><a href="#"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWgenh2M2DjbLfmOd0a1GSnm72Cfx3zxy8sr0_Bob9fDtvip0-5lPIjjkw_U2ETASU4sKGSqpum8fv-OIRELF-d0vjtuCv1nGfa3w-iqrG4SqwJ_QtfuxZ7MHqjz0l5Kg-EJsANvTYId8/s1600/4.jpg" title="This is featured post 4 title" alt="Replace This Text With Your Featured Post 4 Description." /></a></li>

</ul>

You can add more slides as you like.

Note : Replace images URLs,"This is featured post X title","Replace This Text With Your Featured Post X Description" with your content.

You are done.