Plugin home page: http://www.clickonf5.org/smooth-slider(Note: Original slider box size 200h x 450w); 300 characters, 50 words.
4/29/10 – Was able to get plugin to display at the top of the Frontpage (just above the posts) by inserting the following code into the BuddyPress default theme directory “index.php” just above the WP Loop code:
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Usage
If you want the slideshow with all the added featured posts on your home page, then open Index.php file from Dashboard by clicking on Tab Appearance / Editor and paste the following piece of code at the suitable place.
if ( function_exists( ‘get_smooth_slider’ ) ) { get_smooth_slider(); }If you want to put the slider before the list of articles on your WordPress blog homepage, put the above piece of code before the WordPress Loop (the code is a php code, so ensure that it is enclosed within the php tags). WordPress loop code is shown below:
if(have_posts()) : while(have_posts()) : the_post();
You can use the get_smooth_slider_cat(�category-name or category slug�)or get_smooth_slider_cat()to get the posts from specific category on the slider. Please read the intructions on plugin page to know the details which tag to use in which case.
Use the template tag get_smooth_slider_wpmu_all to get the site wide posts on your WPMU installation.
The content in the slider can be picked up from either the post content or the post excerpt or a new custom field slider_content. You can add the custom field on the Edit Post panel for each of the posts.
You can also put a thumbnail image for each of the featured post on Smooth slider. All you need to do is create a new custom field slider_thumbnail on the edit post panel for the particular post and put the link or source URL of the image in the value column.
Almost all the fields that appear in the Smooth Slider are customizable, you can change the looks of your Slider and make it suitable for your theme. The defaults set are according to the Default WordPress theme. Also, you can change the number of posts appearing in the slider and the pause or interval between the two consecutive posts on the slider. For making these changes, there would be a settings page for Smooth Slider in the wp-admin screen of your blog, once you enable the plugin.
Go to the plugin page to see more details on how to use the ‘Multiple Slider’ feature(http://www.clickonf5.org/smooth-slider) There are lot many features added from Release version 2.0 and above. To see the upgrade details and usage visit http://www.clickonf5.org/wordpress/smooth-slider-upgrade-2-0-released/5151
Highlighted Feature (from version 2.2) : Ability to create ‘Multiple’ sliders and an option to decide which post/page should show which slider
1. Search Engine Optimized Slideshow
2. Fully Customizable CSS
3. Choose Posts and Pages as Featured Posts/Pages on Single Click
4. Simple but Decent Slideshow
5. Match Slideshow With WordPress Theme
6. No Need Of Knowledge of PHP, HTML or CSS
7. Easy To Install Plugin
8. Full Support Available
9. Readable by search engine as you can see the screenshot on Lynx browser available on our blog
10. Option for trasparent background, so that rounded corners can be supported
11. Slider Preview in admin panel
12. Can convert to pure image Slider
13. Facility to put Custom Images in place of navigation numbers
14. Images Original Size as well as custom size Option
15. Pick image from content or the custom field
16. New custom field implementation, to allow not to display images on selective posts
17. A new template tag to display Category specific posts on Smooth Slider
18. A new template tag for WPMU, to get slider posts from all over the WPMU site
19. Option to change Read More text and also put it in your language
20. Permission setting option to restrict the users from adding posts to Smooth Slider
21. Remove posts and pages from Smooth Slider selectively or remove all the posts from the slider at one go from the settings page itself
22. Option to retain specific html tags in the slider posts
23. Option to specify custom text or html in place of navigation numbers or buttons
24. Smooth Slider complete uninstall on plugin Delete
25. A new custom field slide_redirect_url can be used for a post/page to redirect that slide to some other custom url other than the permalinkof the post/page
26. The images will be cropped now as per the size, we have used timthumb here. Just be cautious that you use the images on the same domain.
Wordpress Version – Requires at least: 2.7
Tested up to WordPress Version: 2.8.6, WPMU 2.8.6
