Slider in Sidebar

8 posts from 2 voices

• Started 1 year ago by martoccia
• Latest reply from Dude
• This topic is not a support question

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• sidebar
• size
• slider

1. 

   martoccia
   Member

   Hello, I'd like to add the slider (the one in the Home Page) in the pages right hand sidebar.

   I've tried to copy / paste the slider code from the Index to the sidebar php file, and adjusted the size to "M", but it doesn't work.

   Do you have an idea on how to do it?

   Thank you!!!!

   Francesco

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. 

   Dude
   Dude

   Hey,
   currently it's not easily possible to transfer the Avisio mainpage slider into the sidebar without adjusting css, php, etc. quite a bit. However you can use slider like SlideDeck which offer widgets for sidebars, etc. out of the box and which allow you to create several slideshows within minutes.

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 

   martoccia
   Member

   Thanks for your suggestion, but with SlideDeck is NOT possible to create custom slideshow to be show in a widget in the sidebar of pages.
   I have tried with NextGenGallery, but the transition effect seems to conflict with something of the theme...I'm not able to slow down the transition. Example: http://lnx.cogesim.com/chi-siamo

   Do you have any other suggestion? Or maybe do you know how to get the NGG transition to work properly?

   Thanks!

   F.

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 

   Dude
   Dude

   I know that the nivo slider plugin: http://nivo.dev7studios.com/features/#wordpress allows you to insert slideshows anywhere you like by using shortcodes. You can create as many slideshows as you like, use different dimensions, etc. You can add the shortcode by using a text widget in the sidebar. To allow shortcodes in sidebar widgets, simply edit the functions.php file from your them and add the following code:
   

   add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');

   Once you saved the file, you can now add as many shortcodes as you want in sidebar widgets.

   I haven't used a nextgen gallery slideshow yet so I'm not sure if there's an alternative out there. I've found: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easy-nivo-slider/ but it seems to be broken and I haven't tested it with our themes.

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. 

   martoccia
   Member

   I have seen that that plugin is 20 Euros!
   Do you know something free? I'm testing plugins since this morning.. and they all conflict with the theme! :D

   I just need to add a basic slideshow with a slow fade on the sidebar! ;)

   F.

   Posted 1 year ago #
6. 

   Dude
   Dude

   I haven't used other plugins so I can't/don't want to recommend one because it's just a trial & error game. I can understand that you don't want to buy a premium plugin though.

   Posted 1 year ago #
7. 

   martoccia
   Member

   Ok.. thanks anyway. If you remind of some simple code of fading slideshow... please post it!

   Thanks

   Posted 1 year ago #
8. 

   Dude
   Dude

   Ok - will do that :)

   Posted 1 year ago #

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