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Featured Slider

As you probably noticed, Evenflow is demonstrating a “featured slider” on the front page of this demo which is is controlled from the WordPress admin section located in the Evenflow Theme Options. Under the Featured Slider tab you’ll see the Featured Slider Settings panel.

Preparation

The first thing to do is decide what type of slide you want to display. Each slide is controlled by Pages. We’ve tried to make this as versatile as possible for both power users and those new to WordPress.

Option A: Allows you to manually enter in your own text and images ins the Wordpress Page write panels. You can insert an image and some text while making sure the content fits nicely into the specified height of your slider. This way, anything you add before the <!–more–> tag is shown in the slider. When the user clicks the slide’s “Read more..” link they are taken to the page where the remaining content underneath the <!–more–> tag is displayed.

Option B: Allows you to use the Custom Image Field (Page Image Settings) box to specify the URL to the image. This option is great for designers who want to show a single custom graphic or photo. The slider will automatically resize your image according to the height attribute in the Featured Slider Settings panel. Try to keep the images at the same aspect ratio for best scaling. When the user clicks the image they are taken to the page where the content of the write panel is displayed. The image is shown at the top of the page and (if enabled) will display the full size image in a PrettyPhoto lightbox modal window.

Assigning Pages to Slides

To assign a Page to a slide, go to your Pages panel and add a new or edit an existing entry according to your slider settings mentioned above. Take note of the Page ID as you will need to enter a comma separated list in the Featured Slider Settings.

You can get a Page’s ID by hovering over one of the links in your Pages manager. Another quick way is to jump over to the “Navigation” tab in the Evenflow theme options panel where you’ll see the page ID next to each page.

Footer Widget One

This is the "Bottom1" widget position. It can be used to display any 3 of your widgets for content or it can be used as a simple footer. To add a widget to this position, just go to your WP admin, and drag a widget onto the "Bottom1" position.

Footer Widget Two

This is the "Bottom2" widget position. It can be used to display any 3 of your widgets for content or it can be used as a simple footer. To add a widget to this position, just go to your WP admin, and drag a widget onto the "Bottom2" position.

Footer Widget Three

This is the "Bottom3" widget position. It can be used to display any 3 of your widgets for content or it can be used as a simple footer. To add a widget to this position, just go to your WP admin, and drag a widget onto the "Bottom3" position.