You can now create your own custom slider in ShulCloud. The slider allows you to define the dimensions of the slider based on your requirements which gives you more freedom than using a gallery slide show. To create a slider do the following:
Go to CMS Pages from the admin drop down menu located at the top of the site. From there you will see a button called Setup Sliders, click that button to access the slider section of the site.
You will now see a button called New Slider, click on that to stat creating your own slider.
Name - Make sure to name your slider so that once you add it to your site you will know which one to reference.
Dimensions - From here you can define how big the slider will be based on width and height. The slider currently does not resize the images based on the dimensions of the slider ( this will hopefully be a feature in the future ). For best results, try to add images that are close or the same size as the dimensions provided for the slider.
Style - An option that will make the slider scroll automatically or require user input in order to scroll through the images. You have several style choices:
- Gallery Slider: This will show a main image with the other slides below. It will scroll through the images automatically.
- Slider Text: Will slide through the images and have a nice text effect on the bottom.
- Simple Fill Autoplay: Will autoplay the images and have some text at the bottom of each slide. It will fill the image to the dimensions of the slider as well.
- Simple Autoplay: Will automatically scroll through the images.
- Simple: Will need user to scroll through the images. ( Same as Simple Autoplay but without the Autoplay feature)
Once these options have been defined we can now start adding images to the slider. Click on Browse Server to locate the image you want to add from the file manager window that appears. If the image has not been uploaded prior to doing this you will be able to upload it at this time. Select the image you wish to use and click select.
Give the image a title and a brief description. You can also have create a link that will appear under the image if you would like to link to an internal page or external site. Add the Link text in the textbox provided and then make sure to add the URL right below that option. You have finished creating your first slide, to add another one simply click on the Add a Slide button. This will create another section right below the one that you just created and will allow you to create another slide to appear in the slider.
Repeat these steps as many times as you like depending on how many images you will be using. Click Create to finish.
Once the slider has been created you can then add the slider to the section that you want by clicking on the Widget button and selecting slider. You will then have to select the slider you created by selecting the name. Save your changes and then refresh the page, you should see the new slider you created.