Description:
Use the default featured content carousel widget with some extra features. The main feature is to display the image from the first post in the carousel.

Check the Q&A tab for help.

DEMO on eReadersForum.com (at the bottom of the page!)

Features:

• option to display an image to the left of or above the thread title
• option to adjust the radius of the image/avatar (you can make it square)
• option to set the number of slides to display at once
• option to change image aspect ratio (4/3 or 16/9)
• if there is no image in the first post, you can set it to show the thread starter's avatar, a custom image (option to upload any image) or the Font Awesome icon (predefined)
• option to set the resize for custom image (cover, contain or none)

Screenshots:
< default settings with the image from the first post and a user avatar (if there is no image) >



... also to display it as square:


... or with Font Awesome icon instead of user avatar:


< option to display the image above the thread title (image/avatar radius is set to 0) >


... or with a custom image if there is no image in the post:


... or with Font Awesome icon:


< option with 3 slides showing at once >