[SOLVED] Nivo Silder
I wanted the image on my home page to rotate showing different images that are clickable and link to different sections of the website.
http://lakewooditsupport.co.uk I have tried loads of free sliders and all are a pain and never look clean and link. I don't want captions and overlays just plain images that can be clicked. I found this : http://nivo.dev7studios.com/#support and its just what I've been looking for but without the arrows on the images just the bullets under to navigate if needed. I would pay the $15 but I don't know if it can be linked to different pages and, I'm not really that sharp with java. I would try their forum but I have more trust in you guys. |
I like the Cimy Header Image Rotator
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Just thought I would let you guys know how I got on, I finally went and got the Nivo Slider plugin after trying tonnes of others to no avail. Anyway after a good few hours of messing with the CSS I finally got it to look how I wanted :D.
Let me know what you think? and if you see any error at your end. http://lakewooditsupport.co.uk/ |
Looks nice... Which Nivo Slide plugin did you use?
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Lakewooditsupport, Where did you put their suggested php?
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You would add a new widget area where you want the slider to appear and then use the php code or in some cases a shortcode in either a php aware or shortcode aware widget.
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lmilesw, thanks for the quick response! Forgive me but I'm a new to php and any code in general and I'm not sure how to do either of those. I was able to figure out the cimy header rotater by puting the code where %image goes, but this slider seems to require a little more figuring out. Could I ask you to hold my hand and walk me through adding a new widget area where the header image is supposed to go and how to use the php.
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To really walk you though this would take quite a bit of time until you get familiar with how some of this works.
First look in the ATO>Add New Widget Areas section and read through the info there and try out creating a basic new widget area. Use the Minimum Required Values code. Once you have a new widget area you can put any widget in it. One I use that is php aware is the Linkable Titles Html Php widget. When you have a bit of experience playing with this post a new question and we can move on. When I first installed this theme it was a bit overwhelming so I played with it on a test site. |
Larry, Thanks so much. I think that will be a good way to get started and get familiar with the process. Im planning on donating so I can get read some of the threads in the gold area!
Thanks again, |
Larry,
I added a new widget area using the minimum requirements in my "configure header area" HTML Code:
%logo <?php bfa_widget_area('name=My_header_widge_ area'); ?> According to the nivo slider install instructions shown here http://vimeo.com/11698666 your supposed to put the code HTML Code:
<?php if ( function_exists('show_nivo_slider') ) { show_nivo_slider(); } ?> Thanks |
try adding that code as the first part of your code in the widget - you will need the 'exec php' plugin installed also
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You just put
HTML Code:
<?php if ( function_exists('show_nivo_slider') ) { show_nivo_slider(); } ?> |
Larry,
Thanks I got it working, kinda. http://www.kneedeepflyfishing.com/ . I'm having issues with the images not showing up as their actual size that I input them as. I set the settings>WPnivo slider to the size of my images but all i'm getting is a thumbnail size. |
If you are using the plugin, what size do you have the slides set to display as?
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I have the slides set to display as 990px x 330x in the settings>nivo slider. My images are 990px x 330px.
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Not having the plugin I'm just tossing out some ideas based on wheat IA see.
Do you pick an image from the media library to display because I see in the page source it is grabbing the 'DSC_0018header-150x50.jpg' and 'DSC_0018header1-150x50.jpg' images |
Yes, the plugin is supposed to take the featured image from a post but for some reason its only taking a 150x150 thumbnail of the featured image even though when I uploaded the image I set it to full size just like the instructional video here http://vimeo.com/11698666 . Any ideas?
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I would contact the plugin developer
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I apologize ahead of time for being a beginner user but I really need someones help here. I do have a basic understanding of html and css. I merely want to install a nivo slider into my header in Atahualpa 3.7.6 . I would appreciate very basic step-by-step instructions. Not sure which nivo slider is most compatible with atahualpa theme, any suggestions would be welcomed.
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This is where the Add New Widget Area function comes in. I would suggest looking at that section of the theme options and play with creating a new widget area. Then when you feel comfortable add a new widget area the Style Header Area box. Now you can put a slider widget in that box in Appearance>Widgets.
I don't believe there is a "best" slider. It depends on what you want to do. |
How do you get the slider to appear above the first excert on the homepage, I have the php code for the slider, just not sure where to put it in.
It should like like here: stadtkometen.de |
you will have to add a new widget area to the index.php code just above the line
HTML Code:
<?php /* If there are any posts: */ |
Thank you - again! :) Worked like a charm, just had to add one single line of PHP code, did not even need to create a widget.
The only trouble I have now is how to center the slider box, I think Atahualpa“s code somehow overwrites the nivo“s code. My URL ist www.tribe-online.de maybe you are able to pinpoint the problem, tried firebug already... PHP Code:
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Look at your CSS again and review how to identify classes and ID's in the CSS selector
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You have to supply a width for margin: 0 auto to work.
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