A CodePen by Anonymous. CSS Slideshow Controls - This is a pure CSS (no images) way to create pager navigation controls for a slideshow. I'm using the cycle plugin here but this could easily be adapted to work with any slideshow plugin.

*Note: I'm using the CSS arrow technique [http://cssarrowplease.com/] for the previous/next arrows. So this will only work if they are on a solid background color... you could easily add font glyphs or other technique [http://codepen.io/joshnh/pen/Hkqxu] for the buttons and still remain imageless.

*Reference: The Guild  - S4 Ep 2: Strange Allies - [http://youtu.be/Zlz8K7Lmu7w]