Feature slider

[blnklausmecom 0]

At first: i love the iBlog Pro theme. :-). Is it possible to place the latest Blog Post into the feature slider?

[catrina 103]

There is no setting for that, but it might be possible with some kind of alternative solution. Are you using the feature slider for anything else (will there be any other slides inside it)?

[blnklausmecom 0]

no. this will be only on the homepage

[catrina 103]

Does the blog post come with some kind of image you want shown in the slide? Perhaps it's possible to add some kind of shortcode to a feature slide that can display the latest post...

[blnklausmecom 0]

yes, all Blog Post come with images.

[catrina 103]

You'll also need a post excerpt for the blog post (unless you don't want a brief summary of your post in the slide).

[blnklausmecom 0]

An excerpt, with thumbnail would be enough.

[timlinson 3]

Well as far as shortcodes go, you could try the `postfeed` shortcode (http://www.pagelines.com/forum/topic/8436)

[flourishdesignstudio+ 10]

Is there a way to make the featured post link to the post where the content comes from? It seems like that's the point of a featured content slider, yet I can't seem to figure out how to do that when getting the feature content from a specifies post category.I'm working on moosewoodcooks.com Please help!

[flourishdesignstudio+ 10]

I know that you can add a link when you create the slider in it's regular mode, but I am trying to make it get the content from blog posts/recipes.

[catrina 103]

How did you implement the slider? There should be a customization that can be added to allow a post link to be created automatically.

[flourishdesignstudio+ 10]

Hi Catrina! Since this post, I have tried 2 methods of creating the slider with no success with links. The first time, I set it up to use a category from posts. Everything worked fine except that I could never get it to link to the post. After days of frustration, I decided to give up and just create a feature slider using the feature post type, like in the Platform example. The current slides use that method. Again, everything works fine except for the link. I can't figure this out and I really appreciate your help!

[Kate 3]

Hi Jacqueline, Just answered your link question here: http://www.pagelines.com/forum/topic/11245?replies=4#post-62035

[blnklausmecom 0]

@Tim: is there a shortcode for post excerpts and post thumbnails too ??

[catrina 103]

Yes. Post excerpts: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_excerpt Post thumbnails: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_post_thumbnail

[blnklausmecom 0]

Ok, i added the code [postfeed field="post_title" offset="0"] in the "Feature Title". On the feature i changed the offset to "1" and so on. This works fine. But i have no idea, what i can put in the "Feature Text", "Feature Media", "Feature Link" that the corresponding excerpts and thumbnails where shown in the feature slider. Thank Catrina for the link. But i am not familiar with php. Thats the reason i am using Wordpress.

[catrina 103]

Ah, I keep thinking you're using PlatformPro. If you want the blog posts to display in the slider, there are code changes that need to be made because using the shortcodes won't suffice. Are you okay with that?

[blnklausmecom 0]

i use iBlog Pro. But the the code [postfeed field="post_title" offset="0"] works fine. i have no problems with code changes, if i know what code i have to write where.

[catrina 103]

I was searching around and found this alternative to writing code: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/recent-posts-slider/