THE MOLITOR FORUMS » Topic: Can't seem to get the slider working? http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/cant-seem-to-get-the-slider-working THE MOLITOR FORUMS » Topic: Can't seem to get the slider working? en-US Sun, 03 May 2026 05:07:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.themolitor.com/forums/search.php THE MOLITOR on "Can't seem to get the slider working?" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/cant-seem-to-get-the-slider-working#post-23435 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:36:01 +0000 THE MOLITOR 23435@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

Hi there,

If you just want a slideshow, I recommend using the nivo slider and not the dual slider. The dual slider is really intended to posts that have additional content to read. The nivo slider is better suited as just an image slideshow.

Let me know if that works better.

Best,

Chris

jweaving on "Can't seem to get the slider working?" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/cant-seem-to-get-the-slider-working#post-23432 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:22:16 +0000 jweaving 23432@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

Hi Chris,

Thanks, that does help stop you from being able to click on the image and go to the post. Is there a way to remove the "Continue >>" message?

Also, when I made the change, I noticed that hovering over my dropdown for "Kurt's Team," it is highlighting each category and leaving it highlighted whether I select it or not. Any ideas why?

Here's what remains on this slider post (kurtforseymour.com):
1) The URL, which I don't believe you can leave blank (?)
2) The URL points to one of the categories in the dropdown: "Board of Selectmen" >> I'll be removing that option in the Menu section
3) I just made the change you suggested by adding the pound sign in the 'custom link' field
4) If you view the post, you'll still see the embedded image that I kept as a placeholder... I'm not sure if I should still keep it or not since the page will exist in the future, even though it won't be linked...

I appreciate all of your help with this. I hope it clarifies any questions that others may have.

THE MOLITOR on "Can't seem to get the slider working?" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/cant-seem-to-get-the-slider-working#post-23419 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 09:40:43 +0000 THE MOLITOR 23419@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

Hi there,

Yes, in the "Slider Custom Link" field, use the pound sign (#) to disable the link.

Let me know if that helps.

Best,

Chris

jweaving on "Can't seem to get the slider working?" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/cant-seem-to-get-the-slider-working#post-23403 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 08:38:48 +0000 jweaving 23403@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

Thanks again, Chris. (Traditional) Posts are working just fine and the slider seems to be working fine...

Questions:
1) Am I able to use the slider as a slideshow only? -- not with clickable images that bring to posts
2) If so, how would I set this up?

THE MOLITOR on "Can't seem to get the slider working?" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/cant-seem-to-get-the-slider-working#post-23391 Sat, 21 Sep 2013 14:04:41 +0000 THE MOLITOR 23391@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

Hi there,

Thanks for following up.

To prevent duplicate content on the home page, the slider category is excluded from the post list. This is beneficial for SEO purposes as Google doesn't like seeing the same post (title, image, content) listed multiple times on a single page.

Hope that helps.

Best,

Chris

jweaving on "Can't seem to get the slider working?" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/cant-seem-to-get-the-slider-working#post-23382 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:28:31 +0000 jweaving 23382@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

I think I got it working? kurtforseymour.com

...but for some reason posts are not showing up on the homepage?

jweaving on "Can't seem to get the slider working?" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/cant-seem-to-get-the-slider-working#post-23380 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 09:18:47 +0000 jweaving 23380@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

Hi Chris,

Maybe I'm just doing it incorrectly. The original image size is 1800 x 1440 (I can always reduce).

What I had originally done was created a post (as you would in WP), inserted the media -- I reduced the size to the 'large' setting, selected the category as "Slider" and posted. It did show the title, etc. in the slider box, however the image was missing on the homepage.

Secondly, as I said, on the post itself it just happened to have the image with the Facebook widget overlayed on it.

Can you explain to me how I should do it? Also, do I need to have three images in the slider?

THE MOLITOR on "Can't seem to get the slider working?" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/cant-seem-to-get-the-slider-working#post-23374 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 04:31:53 +0000 THE MOLITOR 23374@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

Hi there,

Are you selecting a featured image for each post in the slider?

Regarding the post page, unfortunately WordPress doesn't support post page templates, so deactivating the widget panel dynamically for specific posts isn't a supported feature.

Let me know if that helps.

Best,

Chris

jweaving on "Can't seem to get the slider working?" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/cant-seem-to-get-the-slider-working#post-23369 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:06:25 +0000 jweaving 23369@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

I've tried adding media (pics) as I usually do with a typical blog.

I created a blog post, inserted the pic -- tried various sizes, then posted... It doesn't seem to show up on the homepage?

Since it's a post, if clicked, it will bring me to the post where the widgets will overlap the photo. Is there a way that I can either not have it clickable to go to any post/page OR if that's not possible and it does go to a post/page, is there a way that I can disable the widgets from being displayed?

I tried creating a page, but I notice you can't categorize them...