Hi @mdent,
I hope you are well today and thank you for your questions.
It would be helpful for others if you create separate topics for each questions.
1. Static slider – I would like to use the existing slider on Sparkling, but only have a single image. That way it acts as a “hero layout” feature something similar to this static page. As you can see, the author is visible and remains so with a call to action “Get Started Here”I want to create something similar, which I believe is possible. On the demo content, there are slider images that have text on them. I’d like to put an image as a slider that has no text (the image will have text). How is this possible? I also want to make sure (as I’ve had this problem in the past) that new blog posts do not get added to the slider.
You can try achieving this by attaching only one post to the slider category that have featured image then you can hide the slider text by adding the following CSS code in the Custom CSS option of the latest version of Sparkling theme on the below path.
Admin Area -> Appearance -> Customize -> Sparkling Options -> Other -> Custom CSS
.flex-caption {
display: none;
}
2. Call to Action – Under this static slider, I’d like a simple call to action similar to what is on the Sparkling “Demo” page. If you visit that page (here) you will see a “Download Now!” button at the bottom. I’d like to know how to add that on my site AND then link it to a “Start Here” pageBoth the static slider and the call to action under it help me to replicate the blog I showed above while still using the Sparkling template (just so you know what I’m going for).
You can achieve this by configuring the Call to Action settings in the theme options on the following path.
Admin Area -> Appearance -> Customize -> Sparkling Options -> Action Button
3. Featured images and sidebar images – In the documentation I see the featured images for a single post are 750 x 410 pixels. Is this true?
Yes it’s true.
Also, I notice that on the demo for Sparkling, the featured image creates a sidebar image. Is this automatic? Are there size specs that I need to change or it will automatically pull?
It’s created automatically.
4. Shop icon – As you can see from our site, we also have a “Shop”, but it is through WooCommerce. Right now it is just a custom link to the /shop/ page (done manually). Because that is the case, I’d like to get a grocery cart icon next to it. How do I do this? Is there a better way to integrate Woocommerce with the domain
You can achieve this by configuring the shop menu item as shown in the attached screenshot that contains the following code in the navigation label field.
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-shopping-cart"></span> Shop
5. Static header – Last time I asked this I was told that it was going to require custom code. Is that still the case? That doesn’t make much sense because the demo version of Sparkling has the same header feature I’m looking for!
It’s now implemented in the latest version of theme which you can enable by checking the theme option “Sticky Header” on the below path as shown in the second attached screenshot.
Admin Area -> Appearance -> Customize -> Sparkling Options -> Header
6. Full-width bottom – At the bottom of the Sparkling demo there is a full-width bottom, which is a different color. It has Popular Posts, Categories, and then a colorlib logo and some text. How do I replicate and then customize this space? I’d like to put Popular Posts, have an email opt-in in the middle, and then logo and text on the side.Please let me know how to get the full-width bottom. This is different than the footer, which I already have a few links in (the same spot where Home, Full-width Page… etc) are in the demo.
You can get it by adding the widgets in the footer widget areas in the Widgets screen.
7. iTunes social icon – We are going to have a podcast and I’d like the social icon to reflect Apple or iTunes so they can go to download it. Is this possible or is it a custom thing?
It is custom thing but you can achieve this easily by developing CSS code as described in the following reply.
https://colorlibsupport.com/t/social-icon-xing/
In the sparkling theme you can use the code shared in the above reply by adding the following CSS code in the Custom CSS option of the latest version of Sparkling theme on the below path.
Admin Area -> Appearance -> Customize -> Sparkling Options -> Other -> Custom CSS
Best Regards,
Movin