Enterprise Theme: Home Page Slider Problems

[Janet]

I am using Enterprise theme, but cannot get the Home Page slider to work in the Home Top #2 widget. I have tried WP-Cycle, as well as Genesis Responsive Slider. Can someone help me? Thanks so much!

Here is the page I'm working on: http://www.pineblossomswebsites.com/tbc/

 

http://www.pineblossomswebsites.com/tbc/

[AnitaC]

What issue are you having? Does not show up???? Please place one or the other in that widget area so we can take a look.

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[Janet]

I'm sorry not to give more info! When I click on Upload in the WP-Cycle plugin, the only thing that happens is that I'm taken back to the home page, and, of course, the picture I tried to upload is not there. I've used this theme before with no problems on the slider, so I'm puzzled! I don't see anything to place in that widget area.

Thanks!

[Janet]

Hi, I was hoping to get some help, please! Thanks!

[Aaron Hartland]

When using the Enterprise theme with WP-Cycle, you don't need to place anything in the Home Top #2 widget area. Instead, WP-Cycle is called by the home.php template file. Photos are uploaded in Dashboard > Media > WP-Cycle. Here is the code from the theme's home.php file that calls WP-Cycle:

add_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'enterprise_home_top_helper' );
/**
 * Conditionally add Home Top #1 (home-top-1) sidebar and WP-Cycle.
 */
function enterprise_home_top_helper() {

  echo '';

	if ( is_active_sidebar( 'home-top-1' ) ) {
		echo '';
		dynamic_sidebar( 'home-top-1' );
		echo '';
	}
	echo '';
	if ( function_exists( 'wp_cycle' ) )
		wp_cycle();
	echo '';
	echo '';

}

If you'd like to widgetize the Home Top #2 area (to use something like the Genesis Responsive Slider), replace this:

echo '';
if ( function_exists( 'wp_cycle' ) )
wp_cycle();
echo '';
echo '';

with this:

echo '';
dynamic_sidebar( 'home-top-2' );
echo '';
echo '';

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[Aaron Hartland]

Ok... that code didn't paste correctly.. Do NOT use that. 🙂

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[Aaron Hartland]

Here is all the code that I was trying to paste... https://gist.github.com/aaronhartland/5820203

Sorry.

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[Janet]

Thank you, Aaron! Do I need to replace the coding on your Gist enterprise.php with the new-section php? I have nothing in the Home Top #2 widget, but the WP-Cycle just will not work for me.:)

Thanks!

[Aaron Hartland]

Just to be clear... You already uploaded your photos in Dashboard > Media > WP-Cycle ... and they are not displaying? If it were me, I'd trouble shoot this problem before moving to something else...

WP-Cycle doesn't work as a widget, so the code I provided would be if you do not want to use WP-Cycle, but rather use a different slider in that widget area. (Keep in mind, additional styling may be required.)

If you wish to widgetize the Home Top #2 area so that you can drag/drop widgets into this are and have them display on the theme... then yes. The change is removing the already existing call for WP-Cycle and replacing it with a dynamic sidebar.

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[Janet]

Yes, the photos are not showing up. Nothing happens when I click on Upload under Media>WP-Cycle other than being taken to the Home Page. I'd rather use WP-Cycle, if I can. It's just simpler. If I can get it to work.:)

[Janet]

How do I add just one photo, rather than use a slider? I tried inserting the html into the widget and it didn't show up either!:/

[AnitaC]

Are you using HTML in a text widget for that area or are you trying to add a shortcode? If you want just one image there - you can Install the Image Widget - http://wordpress.org/plugins/image-widget/. Just download, activate and drag over and upload your image. That's it.

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[AnitaC]

I set up a client last week using this theme and the Soliloquy-Lite slider and it worked great. The other problem was his hosting company having some cache settings and it didn't work until the next morning.

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[Janet]

Thanks to all of you! I found out what the problem was. My WordPress Firewall plugin was killing it every time i tried to use WP-Cycle! Once I whitelisted the WP-Cycle pages, everything works perfectly! So, so happy!

[AnitaC]

Oh Good, I know that was probably driving you nuts! I'll close this thread now.

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