Featured Slider - Link to featured media without text overlay.

[gavred+ 6]

Hi Guys, I'm not sure if this is an easy one or not, but I'm wondering if its possible to make the feature slide itself a link rather than just the overlay text as the link. The site is www.digitalacademy.ie Its doesn't seem to be possible - but where there's a will there's a way? Cheers, Gavin.

[cmunns 16]

http://www.pagelines.com/forum/topic.php?id=5748

[gavred+ 6]

Hi Adam, Thanks for your reply; I changed line 321 to the following;

ID, 'feature-link-url', true);?>"ID, 'feature-media-image', true);?>" />

It didn't quite work out - any ideas where I went wrong? Thanks. Gavin.

[gavred+ 6]

I wasn't able to put in the full section of code there - I'm not quite sure how to go about including code with a href in it...

[catrina 103]

To add the code, use the back ticks (`) at the beginning and end.

[gavred+ 6]

Hi Catrina, I was just hoping to learn how to add link to featured media without text overlay. Adam gave me a link above that tries to show how this can be achieved; but unfortunately the user who figured it out had the same problem I had with the back ticks (`). (Thanks for the tip!) and then simply signs off by saying "Nevermind I figured it out." Tragically, I haven't had the same luck in figuring it out. If you have any idea what I might add to fill in the missing code that is supposed to go on line 321 of section.features.php to turn a featured image into a clickable one - I would be most grateful. Thanks a million! Gavin.

[Kate 3]

Hey Gavin, Didn't look at the line, but shouldn't you just be able to add anchor tags around it to make it a link?

[gavred+ 6]

Hi Kate, Sounds like a great suggestion but I can't add the href from the upload box - as all that displays is the link. How can I get at the code to add it? Thanks!

[cmunns 16]

Gavin when you gave the code a crack did you get errors, what was the result? You probably just missed a thing or two, code can be very nit-picky on semi-colons, brackets, etc.

[gavred+ 6]

Hi Adam, The code I tried was the following on line 321 of section.features.php; `` The result was that most of the images didn't display correctly and that the link certainly didn't work. If you could tell me where I went wrong that would be a massive help. I've been trying to figure this one out for a while now. Thanks.

[cmunns 16]

Well did you add the closing `` tag. You have to tell the code where to end the link otherwise it will break a lot of stuff as the HTML is not "closed" You also don't need the backslash there unless I'm not seeing the code correctly. Did you use backticks to wrap the code? I'll need to see it exactly as you have it, even a screenshot maybe so I can see what went wrong?

[gavred+ 6]

Hi Adam, Thanks for your reply - followed your advice on the closing tag. Bit of a school boy error that one all right. This is what I have. `<div class="dcol-pad"> <?php pagelines_register_hook( 'pagelines_feature_media_top', $this->id ); // Hook ?> <?php if(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'feature-media-image', true)):?> <div class="media-frame"> <a href="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'feature-link-url', true);?>"ID, 'feature-media-image', true);?></a> </div>` The result is that the photos disappear. Thanks for the help with this. I appreciate it.

[catrina 103]

Try this: `

<?php pagelines_register_hook( 'pagelines_feature_media_top', $this->id ); // Hook ?> <?php if(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'feature-media-image', true)):?>

`

[gavred+ 6]

Awesome! That worked perfectly - Thanks Catrina!

[tlafortune24 0]

I am having some difficulty following this thread, could anyone summarize all required steps to make the feature images a link? Thanks.

[malcfinch 0]

on my line 321 it shows... ?> Which bit of code do I replace ? cheers malc www.imdi.co.uk

[gavred+ 6]

Hey guys, 1. Go to section.features.php in cpanel it's in wp-content/themes/platformpro/sections/features/. 2. download section.features.php & open it in your code editor of choice. 3. Here you need to find this line of code: `ID, 'feature-link-url', true);?>"ID, 'feature-media-image', true);?>` and below it insert the following line; `ID, 'feature-media-image', true);?>" />` the whole block should then read; `

<?php pagelines_register_hook( 'pagelines_feature_media_top', $this->id ); // Hook ?> <?php if(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'feature-media-image', true)):?>

` I hope this helps.

[gavred+ 6]

Sorry I should then obviously say that the file needs to be saved and re-uploaded with your changes. It should replace the existing section.features.php. Also, a good tip is download a fresh copy of the file from the pagelines members area, so that if the changes dont work, you can simply replace the file with a fresh copy, and your site will work as before.

[malcfinch 0]

thanks very much I'll try that. cheers malc