Introduction

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Smart Slider 3 by Nextend is the perfect slider solution for Joomla, that contains 4 slider types and is totally responsive. Create beautiful sliders & animated blocks with the next generation visual editor. Awesome sliders, no compromises! Smart Slider 3 is the top rated slider extension for Joomla with more than 900.000 satisfied users.


INTRODUCTION

Smart Slider 3 is a brand new and intuitive Joomla extension to create sliders which was never possible before with any slider extensions. Besides that Smart Slider gives you the tool to create YouTube and Vimeo slides, create slides from your Joomla articles. Even more it has a complete easy-to-use slide editor with different layers. Don't hesitate install the Smart Slider 3 and enjoy the next generation Joomla experience.


MOST POWERFUL FEATURES

  • User-friendly Editor - Anyone can build with Smart Slider. The interface comes with drag&drop builder and live preview.
  • Totally integrated with Joomla - module, shortcode and ACL
  • Fully responsive and touch friendly - Sliders can be enjoyed in any environment, be it a mobile, tablet or desktop.
  • 4 slider types - Simple slider, Showcase slider, Carousel slider and Block type. You can create whole landing pages easily with blocks.
  • Dynamic Slides - Available sources are listed below
  • Customizable controls - Arrows, Bullets, Autoplay, Indicator, Bar, Thumbnails, Shadows, Full screen and custom HTML
  • Slide backgrounds - Lot of super smooth background animations and Ken Burns effect
  • Layers - Build unique design with varied layers: Image, Heading, Text, Button, Vimeo, YouTube, Input, List, Icon, Caption, Transition, Iframe, HTML5 video, Audio, Counter, Circle counter, Progress bar, Image box, Animated heading, Highlighted heading, HTML and Area
  • Font and Style manager system - Change easily all the details that really matter in typography and style.
  • Powerful layer animation system to give layers motion and transitions. The possibilities of what you can build are endless. Even more you can create different type of layer animations: In, Loop and Out
  • In-built lightbox
  • Complete detailed documentation
  • Tutorial videos - https://smartslider3.com/videos/
  • Sample sliders - more than 100 sliders to start

DYNAMIC SLIDER SOURCES

Generate sliders from external sources. Add dynamic content to each slide such as:

Joomla specific generators: Joomla articles, K2 items, Ignite Gallery, EasyBlog posts, Phoca Gallery, redSHOP products, VirtueMart products, Joomshopping products, MijoShop products, EasyDiscuss, Eshop, HikaShop, JEvents, Flexicontent, RSEvents, Event Booking.
Social generators: Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest, Vimeo.
Other generators: Images from folder, RSS generator, Text/CSV generator


SUPPORT AND SERVICES

We are committed to top-notch customer support because we know if you have problem with Smart Slider 3, you need a solution as soon as possible.


FEATURES

  • Create a new project or start one of our templates
  • Import and Export sliders
  • Intuitive slide creation: choose images, select Joomla Article or create a blank canvas
  • Static overlays
  • Dynamic slides - use different dynamic sources for the same slider
  • YouTube, Vimeo and Video slides
  • Bulk actions for slides - delete, duplicate, publish and unpublish
  • Publish slider with module, shortcode or PHP
  • Touch Swipe, scroll, keyboard navigation
  • Auto, full-width and full page responsive layout
  • Optimized for any screen sizes and touch devices
  • 5 Slide switching animations: Horizontal, Vertical, Fade, Crossfade and No animation
  • More than 30 Slide background animations: Scale to left, Zoom, Fade, Curtain to left, Puzzle, Scale to top, Scale to bottom, Curtain to bottom, Curtain to top and much more
  • Autoplay configurations
  • Add different slider controls and change the styles and positions
  • Slider controls: Arrows, Bullets, Autoplay, Indicator, Bar, Thumbnails, Shadows, Full screen - design your own or use pre-set
  • SEO and script optimized
  • Export slider as HTML
  • Hardware Accelerated 2D and 3D Transforms
  • Slide link: Choose your post or page to create permalinks to articles
  • Slide background image with transparent color overlay
  • 5 Slide background image fill mode: Fill, Fit, Stretch, Center and Tile
  • 22 Layers: Image, Heading, Text, Button, Vimeo, YouTube, Input, List, Icon, Caption, Transition, Iframe, HTML5 video, Audio, Counter, Circle counter, Progress bar, Image box, Animated heading, Highlighted heading, HTML and Area
  • Visual slide editor with zoom and desktop, tablet and mobile modes
  • Undo and redo in slide editor
  • Default positioning for responsive content
  • Absolute positioning for decorative elements
  • Advanced layer snap in visual slide editor
  • Adaptive layer font sizing
  • Layer aligning: left, center, right, top, bottom
  • Layer sizing: fixed and auto adjusted
  • Layer cropping: visible, hidden and scroll
  • Hide layers on specific devices
  • Slide thumbnail image
  • Layer animation builder
  • Live Timeline
  • Built-in lightbox
  • Popular effects: Ken Burns, Parallax, Particle and Shape divider
  • Slide background image optimization and lazy loading
  • Premium support
The extension is full of options and does what you expext from it and more, the real value is given by support, they follow you personally and don't leave you untile you solve all the problems ( which where crated by my old template). Thank you guys, you have a very satisfied client!
I bought this extension a few months back and I can highly recommend Smart Slider 2 as the best solution available...

It really changed the looks of my site, making it more professional and Smart Slider 2 is completely responsive too...

The documentation is very clear and the possibilities are only limited by your imagination. You can insert about everything you like in a slider. I also use SS2 for non moving slides in a module position because it's so easy to implement...

I did not need any support but had a few simple questions, I contacted Nextend two times and received an answer within ten minutes, the fastest reply I ever had. I have a business license but will upgrade to a lifetime license because I don't want any site without Smart Slider 2 from Nextend...



Great Extension, Great Support!!!



Yvonne

best slider module



Posted on 28 January 2014
smart slider 2 is full of amazing features, ease of use, versatile, theres ton of uses for it, and on top of that the support is awesome, look no further for a slider and buy this !!
I'm really happy with the smart slider 2, it does everything I was looking for and then some! Support is fast, friendly and very helpful. Looking forward to seeing what other goodies come from the team at Nextend.

Excellent Slider!



Posted on 22 January 2014
This is my favorite Joomla slider ever, becuase its: Feature rich

easy to use

powerful and eyecandy

responsive

compatible with popular Joomla components (Virtuemart.. etc)



Support is top notch, very FAST and friendly! If u are looking for a professional and modern slider, I higly recommend Smart Slider!

Excellent product.



Posted on 20 January 2014
I advise all Smart Slider 2.

Very big functionality, expeditious support.

The easy interface allows to create magnificent slideshows and animation.

I am happy that I use Smart Slider 2 on the Joomla sites.
This is an exceptionally excellent component. It is everything it claims to be. What is even more impressive is the top class support that exceeds all expectations. If you are after an amazing slideshow component you need not look further. You found it. I don't think you can find better. Previously I had Smart Slide and now I got Smart Slide 2. Worth every penny. I recommend you include support in your purchase. It’s worth it!
When looking for a Joomla tool to present featured articles on a front page, I came across Smart Slider 2. Before buying, I had some questions about the functionallity and they were answered within the hour. After running into some small bugs, support immediately stepped in and solved them within a day. Excellent. The tool itself is brilliant.
The level of detail in functionality and the user interface is amazing for a slideshow component. It feels like a stand alone, full featured, web application that integrates with joomla.

If you are in need for sliders often, the best value is the "Lifetime" package.



** Great support! - I had a question and it was answered in less than a day.

Great Product and Support



Posted on 02 January 2014
Smart Slider 2 is simply a fantastic product. Anything that we have tried to do, we have found a way to accomplish it. When we wanted to do some custom configuration, Nextend responded quickly with all the help we needed. Highly recommended.

Smart Slider

Version:
3.5.1.30
Developer:
NEXTEND
Last updated:
Nov 09 2025
1 month ago
Date added:
Nov 19 2014
License:
GPLv2 or later
Type:
Paid download
Includes:
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Compatibility:
J3 J4 J5 J6
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