Using Soliloquy 2.1.9 with Lifestyle Pro:

[TonyP]

Hi all,

If you've been using Soliloquy 1 on your home page, remember to update the addition to the theme functions.php to match the new shortcode, i.e.

Old version:

//*Add Slider after header
add_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'home_slider', 9 );
function home_slider() {
	if ( is_front_page() && function_exists( 'soliloquy_slider' ) ) 
	soliloquy_slider( 'homeslider' ); }

New version:

//*Add Slider after header
add_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'home_slider', 9 );
function home_slider() {
	if ( is_front_page() && function_exists( 'soliloquy' ) ) 
	soliloquy( 'homeslider', 'slug' ); }

NOTE: I use this system with my Lifestyle Pro multisite blogs. Although each blog's slider is different, by naming every slider "homeslider", each is loaded on the home page in the same position after the header. Of course, each slider has different content which is configured in each individual blog's soliloquy settings.

BTW, there's no longer any need to edit the CSS to lose the gap between the slider and the menu below/other content, as with the new version this is configured in the soliloquy settings themselves.

HTH,

Tony

http://www.travelsignposts.com/

[Susan]

Thanks for this. I use Soliloquy, but I haven't updated it as yet.

[TonyP]

To add to my post above, although the sliders are working well (very fast to load), a problem has surfaced. Here's a copy of the query I've made on the Soliloquy support forum:

"Slight problem…I’m on Centos/LiteSpeed, using WP Multisite with multiple sub-blogs under one domain, running Genesis Lifestyle Pro. I discovered that when upgrading to Version 2.1.9 I had to have Soliloquy activated on the main blog (although not used there) before I went through the upgrade process on each sub-blog. Soliloquy is not network activated.

I had to re-enter my activation code, refresh the add-ons, and then everything went through OK. It was necessary for me to reconfigure the size of each slider to return it to my specs. The addition of the gutter control was welcome! I have not discovered how to set a default size so far, so had to put in all my settings.

Everything appeared to be working fine. But I then discovered that the WP media library was now blank, showing no images. If I disable the plugin (I have a test blog) the images re-appear.

Solution anyone?!"

Tony

[TonyP]

The good news is that the issue referred to in my post above has been solved in the short term by the deactivation of the Filters Add-on, which brings back the images in the Media Library. Here is the answer to me from Thomas Griffin, the creator of Soliloquy:

"The Filters Addon has been deprecated until I can reconfigure the filter processing to use the latest updates using WP_Image_Editor. Removing the Filters Addon should fix the issue. Backwards compat with the Filters Addon is baked into the upgrade, but I have not been able to get that addon back running with v2 yet."

Meanwhile, apart from the procedures I outlined above, all went smoothly with my upgrade, and the new version is undoubtedly faster, with some useful practical additions and improved GUI.

Cheers,

Tony

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