Using Body direction rtl with FlexSlider carousel causing blank div - css

Question

My website Direction(attribute in body) is RTL.
When i'm trying to implement the FlexSlider it's causing the div to be blank.
Like this -
Blanck div
But if im just removing the RTL attribute from the body it's arrange perfectly like this:
arrange fine
The question is how can i bypass it? I just cant figure it out.. i tried change the Flex css but still no good..
this is the css :
/*
* jQuery FlexSlider v2.2.0
* http://www.woothemes.com/flexslider/
*
* Copyright 2012 WooThemes
* Free to use under the GPLv2 license.
* http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
*
* Contributing author: Tyler Smith (#mbmufffin)
*/
/* Browser Resets
*********************************/
.flex-container a:active,
.flexslider a:active,
.flex-container a:focus,
.flexslider a:focus {outline: none;}
.slides,
.flex-control-nav,
.flex-direction-nav {margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style: none;}
/* Icon Fonts
*********************************/
/* Font-face Icons */
#font-face {
font-family: 'flexslider-icon';
src:url('fonts/flexslider-icon.eot');
src:url('fonts/flexslider-icon.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
url('fonts/flexslider-icon.woff') format('woff'),
url('fonts/flexslider-icon.ttf') format('truetype'),
url('fonts/flexslider-icon.svg#flexslider-icon') format('svg');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}
/* FlexSlider Necessary Styles
*********************************/
.flexslider {margin: 0; padding: 0;}
.flexslider .slides > li {display: none; -webkit-backface-visibility: hidden; text-align:right;direction:rtl;} /* Hide the slides before the JS is loaded. Avoids image jumping */
.flexslider .slides img {max-width: 232px;
height: 118px;
margin: 0 auto;
display: block;
border-radius: 5px;
margin-bottom: 5px;}
.flex-pauseplay span {text-transform: capitalize;}
/* Clearfix for the .slides element */
.slides:after {content: "."; display: block; clear: both; visibility: hidden; line-height: 0; height: 0;}
html[xmlns] .slides {display: block;}
* html .slides {height: 1%;}
/* No JavaScript Fallback */
/* If you are not using another script, such as Modernizr, make sure you
* include js that eliminates this class on page load */
.no-js .slides > li:first-child {display: block;}
/* FlexSlider Default Theme
*********************************/
.flexslider { margin: 0 0 60px; background: #fff; border: 4px solid #fff; position: relative; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; -o-border-radius: 4px; border-radius: 4px; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.2); -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.2); -o-box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.2); box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.2); zoom: 1; }
.flex-viewport { max-height: 2000px; -webkit-transition: all 1s ease; -moz-transition: all 1s ease; -o-transition: all 1s ease; transition: all 1s ease; }
.loading .flex-viewport { max-height: 300px; }
.flexslider .slides { zoom: 1; }
/* Direction Nav */
.flex-direction-nav {*height: 0;}
.flex-direction-nav a { text-decoration:none; display: block; width: 40px; height: 40px; margin: -20px 0 0; position: absolute; top: 50%; z-index: 10; overflow: hidden; opacity: 0; cursor: pointer; color: #a5d4ff; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.3); -webkit-transition: all .3s ease; -moz-transition: all .3s ease; transition: all .3s ease; }
.flex-direction-nav .flex-prev { left: -50px; }
.flex-direction-nav .flex-next { right: -50px; text-align: right; }
.flexslider:hover .flex-prev { opacity: 0.7; left: 10px; }
.flexslider:hover .flex-next { opacity: 0.7; right: 10px; }
.flexslider:hover .flex-next:hover, .flexslider:hover .flex-prev:hover { opacity: 1; }
.flex-direction-nav .flex-disabled { opacity: 0!important; filter:alpha(opacity=0); cursor: default; }
.flex-direction-nav a:before { font-family: "flexslider-icon"; font-size: 40px; line-height:1; display: inline-block; content: '\f001'; }
.flex-direction-nav a.flex-next:before { content: '\f002'; }
/* Pause/Play */
.flex-pauseplay a { display: block; width: 20px; height: 20px; position: absolute; bottom: 5px; left: 10px; opacity: 0.8; z-index: 10; overflow: hidden; cursor: pointer; color: #000; }
.flex-pauseplay a:before { font-family: "flexslider-icon"; font-size: 20px; display: inline-block; content: '\f004'; }
.flex-pauseplay a:hover { opacity: 1; }
.flex-pauseplay a.flex-play:before { content: '\f003'; }
/* Control Nav */
.flex-control-nav {width: 100%; position: absolute; bottom: -40px; text-align: center;}
.flex-control-nav li {margin: 0 6px; display: inline-block; zoom: 1; *display: inline;}
.flex-control-paging li a {width: 11px; height: 11px; display: block; background: #666; background: rgba(0,0,0,0.5); cursor: pointer; text-indent: -9999px; -webkit-border-radius: 20px; -moz-border-radius: 20px; -o-border-radius: 20px; border-radius: 20px; -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.3); -moz-box-shadow: inset 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.3); -o-box-shadow: inset 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.3); box-shadow: inset 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.3); }
.flex-control-paging li a:hover { background: #333; background: rgba(0,0,0,0.7); }
.flex-control-paging li a.flex-active { background: #000; background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9); cursor: default; }
.flex-control-thumbs {margin: 5px 0 0; position: static; overflow: hidden;}
.flex-control-thumbs li {width: 25%; float: left; margin: 0;}
.flex-control-thumbs img {width: 100%; display: block; opacity: .7; cursor: pointer;}
.flex-control-thumbs img:hover {opacity: 1;}
.flex-control-thumbs .flex-active {opacity: 1; cursor: default;}
#media screen and (max-width: 860px) {
.flex-direction-nav .flex-prev { opacity: 1; left: 10px;}
.flex-direction-nav .flex-next { opacity: 1; right: 10px;}
}

Answer 1

You can use this updated version of FlexSlider that has RTL support: https://github.com/layalk/FlexSlider
$('#flexslider').flexslider({rtl:true});
You also need to include the flexslider-rtl.css file after the flexslider.css file.