Can the text and buttons remain static although the Nectar Slider image changes automatically? It seems distracting to have the text and buttons keep reappearing every time the image changes.

If its not too late, there is a way to do this. I split the row into 1/2 + 1/2 with nectar slider on one side, but set as full width.

I then add text/images/buttons on the other half with an extra class as element. Then in CSS add:

.element {
position: relative;
top: 20px;
left: -45%;
z-index: 100; 

You can just edit the top and left to position it correctly as a static over top of your slider...

Hope this helps