Autoplay background image with text, button, and logo overlay

I'm looking for some help with creating a specific type of page. Essentially, I want to create a 'Cover Page' (like 7.0 had), where the background images are autoplaying (like the intro page to this website www.rees.archi) with a logo, text and button to enter the site. I've totally exhausted my search and everything I've found although helpful, just isn't right. Can anyone advise?

You should be able to create a page with one section; a carousel gallery, and then use a few lines of CSS to hide the header and footer on just that one page.

If you set that up and share the page, I can give you the CSS to do the rest.

Hi @Ziggy thanks for the quick reply. I should've mentioned, I'm building a website in 7.1 - so I'm not sure if it's possible to create a carousel gallery in this version. If so, do you mind showing me how? Apologies if it's obvious!

Try starting with this guide:

https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360035636332

Let me know if you have any issues.

Hi @Ziggy, I'm afraid I've tried this route quite a few times. None of the options allow for a text and a button to be on the actual image, while it's on autoplay (again, I'm looking for it to look like this website: www.rees.archi). I think it needs some custom CSS code.

Try this:

https://www.will-myers.com/products/p/sliding-image-banner

Thanks @Ziggy - Ideally I'd like to accomplish this through code vs. paying for something incase its something clients don't like. I had tried this video previously (https://www.will-myers.com/how-to-make-a-sliding-image-banner-in-the-new-squarespace-71-old) which essentially does what I want, but the coding isn't fully working for me.

I'm not aware of a free option that does this, you may be able to find something or write the code yourself, but I don't have a better option. Sorry about that!

@Ziggy Thank you, appreciate the help! I actually found a workaround with this video here that pretty much does what I want - just need to make a few design/site style changes - https://www.will-myers.com/articles/auto-scroll-for-carousel-banner-slideshows-for-auto-layout-sections-in-squarespace-71