How to add a slideshow in box?

[saplets 0]

Hello, I need to add a slideshow displaying the latest updates and announcements on my site in a box. I'm using the Smooth Slider plugin to generate the slideshow. However when i include the shortcode for the slideshow in the box content, the display comes out oddly placed. Please help me with the correct display of the slideshow. I need neither a title nor a thumbnail inside the box. The entire space should be utilized for the slideshow.

[Kate 3]

Anurag - Could you give us a link to the page with the box, please?

[saplets 0]

Hello Kate, The website is saplets.com. Had mentioned the same in my previous post as well. Thanks!

[Kate 3]

@Anurag You sure did, my apologies... I need to read more carefully! I'll take a look. EDIT: Ah, I know why I said that... I just visited the site: all I see is a countdown on the homepage. That doesn't sound like what you're referring to, thus why I asked for the link to the page with the box. Or, is this the same page?

[saplets 0]

@Kate I'm sorry, it was an error on my part. Have locked the site with S2Member till it goes live. Will unlock it for today, so that you could guide me with the problem.

[Kate 3]

Okay, I can see it now... It doesn't look like there's anything in the slideshow right now. I'm also not sure what you want to do with positioning... Right now it appears to be in the middle of the box. Let us know...

[saplets 0]

@Kate I want the slideshow to cover the entire dimensions of the box it is in (with no border). Can that be made possible? I want neither the box title nor the thumbnail for this specific box. Could you please guide me on how to do that? Also, i've added some demo slides in the slideshow so that you get a better idea. Thanks!

[Kate 3]

@Anurag Currently I don't see the box title or thumbnail, so I think you're good on that. As for the dimensions, couldn't you use negative margins? Something like this:

#smooth_sldr{margin-top:-30px;margin-left:-5px;}
	/*And if you want to hide the slide titles:*/
	#smooth_sldr h2{display:none;}

[saplets 0]

@Kate Did what you said, but the slider itself is smaller than the box dimensions. Been trying to match the slider's dimensions to that of the box, but no luck yet!

[saplets 0]

Got it!! All i had to do was enable a certain function in the Slider Options to get rid of the Slide Title! No luck with the positioning though. Need it to match the exact dimensions of the box.

[saplets 0]

Hey! Almost there!! Could you please tell me how to reduce the padding for a specific box?? If i change the CSS property in Firebug, it makes changes to all Boxes on the page, as the same class is called for all boxes. Thanks!

[Kate 3]

@Anurag Unfortunately they don't have unique ids so you can't change just one box (without some PHP hacking).

[saplets 0]

@Kate Ok Would that be considered in the next theme update??

[cmunns 16]

More CSS control over the featured custom types would be a good idea