Bootstrap 3 Fullscreen Background Carousel with Fade effect

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Bootstrap 3 Fullscreen Background Carousel with Fade effect

I really needed a fullscreen background carousel for bootstrap with a fade effect and it took about 5 tutorials to put together because of the background aspect and finidng an effective fade effect so I thought I might as well share with you guys!

A Pen by Otis Wright on CodePen.

License.

index.html

<!-- Inspired by https://codepen.io/transportedman/pen/NPWRGq -->

<div class="carousel slide carousel-fade" data-ride="carousel">

    <!-- Wrapper for slides -->
    <div class="carousel-inner" role="listbox">
        <div class="item active">
        </div>
        <div class="item">
        </div>
        <div class="item">
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<!-- Remeber to put all the content you want on top of the slider below the slider code -->

<div class="title">
  <h1>This is Awesome</h1>
</div>

script.js

$('.carousel').carousel();

scripts

<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

style.css

html {
    position: relative;
    min-height: 100%;
}
.carousel-fade .carousel-inner .item {
    opacity: 0;
    transition-property: opacity;
}
.carousel-fade .carousel-inner .active {
    opacity: 1;
}
.carousel-fade .carousel-inner .active.left,
.carousel-fade .carousel-inner .active.right {
    left: 0;
    opacity: 0;
    z-index: 1;
}
.carousel-fade .carousel-inner .next.left,
.carousel-fade .carousel-inner .prev.right {
    opacity: 1;
}
.carousel-fade .carousel-control {
    z-index: 2;
}
@media all and (transform-3d),
(-webkit-transform-3d) {
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.next,
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.active.right {
        opacity: 0;
        -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
        transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
    }
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.prev,
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.active.left {
        opacity: 0;
        -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
        transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
    }
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.next.left,
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.prev.right,
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.active {
        opacity: 1;
        -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
        transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
    }
}
.item:nth-child(1) {
    background: url(https://ununsplash.imgix.net/photo-1417021423914-070979c8eb34?q=75&fm=jpg&s=55746bd56e02a131b1e48c12196ea866) no-repeat center center fixed;
    -webkit-background-size: cover;
    -moz-background-size: cover;
    -o-background-size: cover;
    background-size: cover;
}
.item:nth-child(2) {
    background: url(https://ununsplash.imgix.net/reserve/oY3ayprWQlewtG7N4OXl_DSC_5225-2.jpg?q=75&fm=jpg&s=85ab821f3fa535036a68155aab571bad) no-repeat center center fixed;
    -webkit-background-size: cover;
    -moz-background-size: cover;
    -o-background-size: cover;
    background-size: cover;
}
.item:nth-child(3) {
    background: url(https://unsplash.imgix.net/photo-1414073875831-b47709631146?q=75&fm=jpg&s=731b6d5150eea8bafa63ae8194e72ebd) no-repeat center center fixed;
    -webkit-background-size: cover;
    -moz-background-size: cover;
    -o-background-size: cover;
    background-size: cover;
}
.carousel {
    z-index: -99;
}
.carousel .item {
    position: fixed;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}
.title {
  text-align: center;
  margin-top: 20px;
  padding: 10px;
  text-shadow: 2px 2px #000;
  color: #FFF;
}

styles

<link href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />