Atmosphere Pro Front Page 1 MetaSlider CSS Position

[Bobert]

Hello,
Can anyone please help me with this problem? THANKS!

The following is a support question I submitted to StudioPress. (There response is below)

Home Page issue question. I need a slideshow on the home page. Nested to the very top, just below the logo & Header menus.

As you can see I deleted the default main image, which just left a flat blackish 1600x1050 image, I expected white. So I added a 1600x1050 white .png. Then added a test Metaslider in the Front Page 1 Widget area. Just 2 slides at 1200x705, but as you can see it doesn't go from edge to edge (which I want) & it's not nested to the top (which I want), just below the menus.

So, Please... how can I achieve the result I'm looking for concerning the slider placement?

Thank you!

Bob
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SP Response:

You can definitely customize the site that way - unfortunately, I don't have copy/paste code, as it needs to be written and tested specifically for your site.

You can use in-browser Inspection tools to determine the proper selector to target, and to make live changes until you have this customization just right:

Theme Customization Basic Skills

All of these design changes are done with css in the style.css file.

You can also ask on the Community Forums, to see if another user has done something similar and can share the code: http://studiopress.community

If you wish to have someone assist you with the work, we have Approved Designers - just visit http://www.studiopress.com/genesis-developers for a list.

http://new.marydowlings.com/

[Brad Dalton]

You could hook in a slider like soliloquy using the genesis_after_header hook.

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[Bobert]

That Worked!! Thank you so much! I'm using MetaSlider... I guess it doesn't seem to matter which slider your using. Though if you know of a good reason I should change, please share.

Thanks Again!
Bob

[Bobert]

Hi again... it's on every page & should only be on the home page. Did I do something wrong with the hook?

Thanks!
Bob

[Brad Dalton]

You can add the code to the front page template

or

You can add a conditional tag to the code.

See the last code snippet on this page

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[Bobert]

Thanks, but it's still not working...

I added this to
Atmosphere Pro: Theme Functions (functions.php)

add_filter( 'genesis_after_header', 'add_slider' );

function add_slider() {

if ( ! is_front_page() ) {
return;
}

if ( function_exists( 'metaslider' ) ) {

metaslider( 'slider', 'slug' );

}

}

The short code is in the simple hooks as after header.

And the Front Page 1 Widget has nothing in it.

But the slider is still on every page.

What am I doing wrong? Here's the home page link: http://new.marydowlings.com/

Thanks!
Bob

[Brad Dalton]

Remove the shortcode from simple hooks because its not wrapped in a conditional.

Add the code to functions.php

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[Bobert]

Now nothing appears & I think I know why.

The slider I made using MetaSlider I did name "slider".

But it says this:

How to Use

To display your slideshow, add the following shortcode (in orange) to your page. If adding the slideshow to your theme files, additionally include the surrounding PHP function (in gray).

<?php echo do_shortcode('
  [metaslider id="384"]
'); ?>

I tried adding it in a few places, but it doesn't work. Is this the problem & if so, do you know how I can fix it? Thanks Again! Bob

[Brad Dalton]

Swap out the function call

if ( function_exists( 'metaslider' ) ) {

metaslider( 'slider', 'slug' );

}

To this :

echo do_shortcode('[metaslider id="384"]');

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[Bobert]

Brad,
That worked great!!! It's not on the other pages! I have do have to bypass the front page widgets & use WP Text Editor. That should not be a problem on the home page. If I use the Front Page 2 Widget, the text appears way to far down on the page... Any thoughts? Though it's an issue.

Home

Thanks for everything!!!
Bob

[Brad Dalton]

Something like this in functions.php :

add_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'add_slider' );

function add_slider() {

    if ( ! is_front_page() ) {
        return;
    }
echo do_shortcode('[metaslider id="384"]');
}

Or this in your front-page.php template :

add_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'add_slider' );

function add_slider() {

echo do_shortcode('[metaslider id="384"]');
}

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[Bobert]

It seems that your solution, also fixed the front page 2 widget issue & how/where it appears as well as if I leave front page 2 widget out... the WP text editor works.

But it's great to have options!

Again... Thank You So Much!!! You Made My Day!!!!!

Bob 🙂

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