At BWC, we love sliders (also known as slideshows). They have come a long way since the introduction of mobile devices. Now well coded sliders can work very well on smart phones and tablets alike.

There are several elements to consider before adding a slider to your website:

1) Its location: Where do want to place it? Where should you be placing it? Homepage? Sub pages?

2) Its goal: What are you trying to accomplish with this new slider? Call-to-action or not? Create a feeling? Impress prospective clients? Sell products? Convey a specific message?

3) Combination of elements: Images only, images with videos,  image and text combination …

4) Transition styles: Slides fading in and out, breaking into pieces, sliding (do you want to slide back to the beginning or stop) … There are many options to consider.

5) Speed of the slide transition:  Typically you would want a faster pace for a younger audience and a slower transition between the different slides for a more mature target audience.

6) Design and styling:

Full with or defined width

Thumbnails or no thumbnails

Numbers or no numbers

Clickable or not, ghost buttons …

Giving control to visitors or not: play, pause, forward …

Etc…

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