Centered Carousel Summary Block Excerpt

What You'll Create

Summary block carousel slides in Squarespace where the text content (title, excerpt, metadata) is perfectly centered both horizontally and vertically over the slide. The content floats in the middle of each carousel item, creating a polished overlay effect.

The Problem It Solves

Squarespace's summary block carousel places text content in default positions that can't be easily repositioned. There's no native option to center content absolutely over the thumbnail images. This technique creates a professional overlay layout without restructuring your content.

Perfect For

Featured blog carousels, testimonial sliders with backgrounds, hero content rotators, portfolio showcases, announcement carousels.

What Makes This Different

Positions the text content absolutely at 50% from left and top, then uses horizontal and vertical movement to achieve true center alignment. The parent container establishes the positioning context. Desktop-only targeting ensures mobile layouts remain functional.

Details

• Section Type: Classic

• Code Type: CSS

• Prerequisites: Summary block with carousel layout, completion of Module 4 positioning lesson

• Toolkit Title: Center Carousel Summary Block Exc

Learn This Technique

This is one of 150+ code techniques taught inside Standout Squarespace, where you get:

• The complete, copy-paste code

• Video walkthrough explaining how it works

• The principles behind the technique so you can customize it

• Access to our private community for support