hello,
i followed instructions from your site to create a slider. it worked but i didn’t realize it only shows on the post page. after publishing the post page with the slider the slider title shows on my homepage but not the slider. (i have a blank box that if i click it goes to the post page).
how can i have an image gallery slider ON THE HOME PAGE?
(i read a response from this forum saying to insert a shortcode but i don’t know where to get it or how to do it – is that the answer?)
*the only way anything shows on homepage is to set a featured image but i want the slider on the home page, not a single image that is clicked to get to the post page with slider
thank you.
*the only way to have anything on homepage is to assign a featured image with “read more” button but then on the post page itself i have an image at the top AND the slider!
Hello !
What kind of slider have you used ? Can you send us a picture of the settings that you have done. For a simple image slider we recommend using revolution slider: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-install-revolution-slider-v5/ ; https://forum.tagdiv.com/import-revolution-sliders-on-demos/
Thank you !
i followed this:
https://tagdiv.com/tagdiv-slide-gallery/
now i have activated the slider plugin but don’t know how to use it – will this now allow me to have a slider on the homepage?
your link says how to install but not where to find it
Hello !
The link you have followed works only in posts. For template slides you have 3 options in tagDiv composer: https://www.screencast.com/t/o980EMAoY8Es for what you are looking to achieve I recommend using the revolution slider.
Thank you !
yes i realize that..
-i uploaded the plugin for revolution from the zipped file.
-under newspaper panels “install premium plugins” it shows slider as “optional” instead of “active” even though i have activated it and in WP plugins it shows as activated.
– i am missing elements and i assume it’s because i haven’t entered a registration key…? (even though i uploaded the zipped file that came with my theme packaged). also, i added the element to the homepage and entered the code for it but is there no way to have it advance on click and be in a similar contained block like the slider from tagdiv on post pages?
i have followed the instructions found on:
https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-install-revolution-slider-v5/
and
https://tagdiv.com/revolution-slider-plugin-with-newspaper-theme/
Hi meeshymee, the Revolution Slider will not have status as tagDiv plugins (dis will be display in the same way when this plugin is enable or disable) -> https://i.imgur.com/iWW8a19.png make sure that in revolution slider you set the posts to be display – https://i.imgur.com/r9m7TkD.png -> https://i.imgur.com/VRKXcFH.png then using tagDiv Composer -> https://i.imgur.com/NYebc3j.png ( also you can set the shortcode directly in ca column text in text area). -> https://i.imgur.com/wxruA0T.png
Hope this will help you!
Yes, I did all that however your instruction says to choose post based – does this mean that i can insert this slider without having to also post to a page other than homepage? (i tried post based originally but it did not allow me to choose 5 specific photos to include).
Whether I choose post based or something else I have to still manually choose photos for each layer and the sizing is massive unless I manually alter the size of each layer .. I see no difference between post based or any other setting. Either way it will not allow me to have it advance on click and be in a similar contained block like the slider from tagdiv on post pages.
can you please explain IN DETAIL?
Hi,
Maybe I do not understand correctly and you do not have problems for how to set the revolution slider, and you want to make only a gallery image using this plugin, if is so here is an example -> https://www.screencast.com/t/gz5L6Gjo -> https://www.screencast.com/t/lULmo9IPF -> https://www.screencast.com/t/OP0KGwRZp -> https://www.screencast.com/t/8xzRSWT50p -> https://www.screencast.com/t/nAgnPJdY -> https://www.screencast.com/t/aQvuPQicrF
If I still understand wrong, please let me know and I will try to provide a better answer!
Thank you for your understanding!
hi calin,
i am SO CONFUSED – i REALLY appreciate your effort in helping.. i will try to explain: i have easily made a slider gallery on a post page using the WP classic block and slider element and it includes 5 images from media gallery with captions. it goes through the 5 photos by clicking an arrow. all i want to do is recreate that on the homepage (ie. a contained (bordered) gallery of 5 photos that advance on click). apparently i must use revolution slider on the post instead, and insert the shortcode on the homepage. i get that, but first i must create the slider.
the first problem is that when i click ‘slider revolution’ in the WP dashboard i don’t get the same options as shown in your link. I don’t get “new slider”.. my options are what shows in the bottom of your link: new blank module, new module from template or manual import.
*nowhere do i see ‘content source – default sidebar’
i am forced to choose blank module and then choose slider and then choose auto (which is supposed to automatically adjust size to container width). the next option is Classic, Linear Resizing and then the editor opens where i get a complicated layout that is geared more to using graphics and layers and looks nothing like what’s shown in your links. i must resize EACH photo individually and what shows on the post page is floating photos that are not contained with a border or in a size that fits (either huge or tiny as i alter the settings) and photos change by timer and no arrows even though i chose arrows and look nothing like the post page one.) they also have no caption.
then, i copy the code from the editor and paste it onto the homepage in column text and all i see is the code.
i assume, from your links, that if i had the sidebar option i could just choose my 5 photos, insert the shortcode into a ‘text’ element on the homepage and that’s it.
please help.
Hi meeshymee, sorry, for making you confused, I just remember that there is another way to set the galley in pages.
What you say, do you want to try with me the gallery implementation? this will be more easy and faster then Revolution Slider.
First you need to edit the page with tagDiv Composer -> https://i.imgur.com/nnRXj22.png then add a column text or text with title element where you want to set the gallery -> https://i.imgur.com/gqNkais.jpg then click on the edit content and it will be open the WP editor -> https://i.imgur.com/XkCtlYn.png where the gallery can be add as in our guide -> https://i.imgur.com/3txdvtj.png -> https://i.imgur.com/nF9WgNB.png -> https://i.imgur.com/ks6m6Fu.png the results will be -> https://i.imgur.com/kBNzO0B.jpg
Hope this will help you and sorry again that I do not remember about this before.
Thank you!
THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
(i made this slider on a post page but couldn’t get it to be on homepage for some reason and it says above that slider revolution must be used.)
last question: normally i would want it on the homepage without linking to a post but if i wanted to link to a post how do i do that? (one of the gallery options is ‘link to attachment page’ does that just mean the post page url?)
Hi,
Unfortunately the image gallery slider can be link on:
– attachment page (the image will be open in modal image)
– media file (you’ll bi link to that image)
– none (without link)
If must set a link to that gallery, then you can use the custom title from that element and set on it a link (but this link will not be set on gallery only on title gallery -> https://i.imgur.com/KOURBDY.png) if you want to set the links on gallery images then it can be done only with slider revolution, sorry.
Thank you!
ok. thanks again.
