Child Theme and Slider

Travelify
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Hello!

I am trying to do the same on my site as in this support thread: https://colorlibsupport.com/t/adjust-slider-size-for-right-side-bar/

I have installed Meta Slider and prepared the slider, installed and activated the Child Theme, but I’m not clear on what to do next to achieve the layout? Thank you for your help!

(sorry to create so many threads today, but they’re all such different topics, figured it best to keep them separate)

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Hi @jessismore,

Thank you for your question.

You don’t need to install meta slider. Just install and activate the shared Child Theme.

Nothing is happening on your site because you have not configured the slider on your site as described on the below page.

Best Regards,
Movin

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Thanks. Maybe I’m confused - all of the other support topics recommended using Meta Slider and then the one I linked said next to use the child theme. So what is the difference?

After installing Meta Slider, it does offer a lot more options than the Travelify slider, so if I prefer to use that, is it possible?

Thank you so much!

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Thanks. Maybe I’m confused – all of the other support topics recommended using Meta Slider and then the one I linked said next to use the child theme. So what is the difference?

They were about to use Meta slider for the size but i provided them the child theme solution so they achieved it with existing theme slider and not used Meta slider.

After installing Meta Slider, it does offer a lot more options than the Travelify slider, so if I prefer to use that, is it possible?

Yes it is possible but you have to develop custom code in the Travelify child theme to achieve this.

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Hey there!

So I turned the slider on in the child theme and there are no options to really address any of how it shows up. First I don’t want the title or excerpt on there, but even if I did, the overlay is cut off. The slider also doesn’t set well in the homepage. It also doesn’t actually display in the Wordpress Customize panel, so the only way to see any of this is to publish changes live.

And because there are no options to customize the slider, I want to use Meta Slider as all of the other threads had suggested and I originally requested - how do I use that on the home page? And if I’m going with that, should I deactivate the child theme?

Cheers!

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So I turned the slider on in the child theme and there are no options to really address any of how it shows up. First I don’t want the title or excerpt on there, but even if I did, the overlay is cut off.

You can disable them by adding the following CSS code in the Custom CSS option of your theme on the below path.

Admin Area -> Appearance -> Customize -> Travelify Other Options

.featured-slider article.featured-text {
    display: none;
}
The slider also doesn’t set well in the homepage.

Please describe a bit more in detail what do you mean by it?

It also doesn’t actually display in the WordPress Customize panel, so the only way to see any of this is to publish changes live.

It’s displaying fine for me in the WordPress Customize panel. Maybe it is not working for you because you have used the shared child theme.

And because there are no options to customize the slider, I want to use Meta Slider as all of the other threads had suggested and I originally requested – how do I use that on the home page?

As said above you have to develop custom code in the Travelify child theme to achieve this.

Developing custom code for custom functionality is beyond the scope of support that we provide here.

If you are not a developer then you can consider hiring a developer to develop it for you. You can hire a developer from any freelance site. Colorlib recommends the developer https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~011652ffec8865c6d5

And if I’m going with that, should I deactivate the child theme?

Yes you can if you don’t need the functionality provided by it.