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I'm not seeing away to make the main image on the home page a slider. Is that possible?

Tom Fellner
tomf@imaginethatcreative.net

Type: Discussion
Status: In Progress
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datasouth replied on at Permalink Reply
datasouth
Hiya Tom,

Currently, the banner area of the cosmos theme does not support the default slider function. Although, we will implement this on the next update. We'll try to push the new update tomorrow so you can use the slider.

Thanks
tomrfellner replied on at Permalink Reply
tomrfellner
Awesome!
datasouth replied on at Permalink Reply
datasouth
Version 1.2.1 is now live with some overall fixes to the theme. We've also added compatibility for the default slider block on the homepage banner area.

Please update your theme and let us know if there is anything else we can do to help.
tomrfellner replied on at Permalink Reply
tomrfellner
Thanks!

So I upgraded the template but I'm not seeing how to place a slider in the main image on the home page. Can you give me a little direction?

Tom
datasouth replied on at Permalink Reply
datasouth
Hi,

I apologize for misunderstanding. Didn't know you wanted the whole background image as the slider. For now, you can add a slider block inside the banner area but the whole banner can't be the slider.

We will keep that feature in mind on our next update.
tomrfellner replied on at Permalink Reply
tomrfellner
Ok. Just so you know this is a big deal for us as we are using your template for two different clients and we assumed the background could be a slider as that is pretty much the norm. We will probably need to use a different template for these clients moving forward.
datasouth replied on at Permalink Reply
datasouth
Hi Tom,

That is completely understandable. And since you mentioned that the background slider is a big deal and is being used by two clients, we are now prioritizing to add this feature. Although, some time might be needed as the theme wasn't designed to work this way.
tomrfellner replied on at Permalink Reply
tomrfellner
Thanks,

Im letting the clients know of the limitation but recommending we stick with Cosmos with the option to add the slider once it's available.
tomrfellner replied on at Permalink Reply
tomrfellner
The client is asking us to consider a different template but we want to keep them with Cosmos. Would you be able to give us a date on when the slider would be available? If we had a estimated date I think that would help.
datasouth replied on at Permalink Reply
datasouth
There will be no exact date but this won't take so much time. I'm working on it and will release the new version as soon as I can.

Thank you for you patience.
datasouth replied on at Permalink Reply
datasouth
I have uploaded the new version of the theme. Kindly update the theme and clear the browser's cache.

You might want to try these steps:

***If you don't want to reinstall the existing site:
1. Go to Page Templates and click 'Add Template'

Name: Home Version3
Handle: home_v3
Icon: choose your icon

2. Follow the steps below(After installation steps)

***After installation:
1. Change home page template to 'Home Version3'. You can do this via (sitemap -> design and type -> Home Version3) or (upper left cog icon -> design -> page template -> Home Version3)

2. Remove page attribute 'Image Background' (upper left cog icon -> attributes -> Image Background)

3. Empty 'Big Image Text' area and add image slider block.

Let me know how it goes.
tomrfellner replied on at Permalink Reply
tomrfellner
YOU GUYS ROCK!!

Thank you so much! The only thing I see is to have the slider reduce in size on mobile.
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tomrfellner
Hey guys, the website is coming along well. One small issue wondering if you could look at. When we view the home page slideshow on mobile, the image responds horizontally but not vertically so the images looks squished. see screenshot. Can this be fixed?
datasouth replied on at Permalink Reply
datasouth
Hi Tom. I'll update it and will upload the new version once done.
datasouth replied on at Permalink Reply
datasouth
I already uploaded the new version along with the fixes on image slider.
tomrfellner replied on at Permalink Reply 1 Attachment
tomrfellner
Hey thanks for the update! Still getting some wonkiness. the Slider doest scale well with the element above and below it when using the custom template "Cosmos Animate Slider" see screenshot attached and website link...

http://205.134.252.171/~altitudeoxygen/...
datasouth replied on at Permalink Reply
datasouth
I uploaded the new version of the theme. You might want to check it. Let me know how it goes.
tomrfellner replied on at Permalink Reply
tomrfellner
Not seeing the new version
tomrfellner replied on at Permalink Reply
tomrfellner
It says version 1.2.5 in my C5 interface but I know you have 1.2.6 out. Can you send me a link to manually download and install?

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