Billboard (slideshow widget)
Related: Publish Editor, Detailed elements properties
What is ‘Billboard’ widget? Billboard (also known as slideshow WordPress widget) is a group of elements in Divine Elemente that forms a block with changing slides.
At present it is really trendy to use beautifully changing slides, for example, in the ‘Header’ grid block in order to show 3 – 5 best works in portfolio or cute photos in a personal blog.
Billboard (JS slideshow) video tutorial
Besides, the ‘Billboard’ slideshow widget allows not only to create jQuery slider but make do it in a beautiful JS animated way.
‘Billboard’ widget
So, ‘Billboard’ consists of such elements as ‘Next’, ‘Previous’ buttons, and also any number of layers with ‘Slides’.
‘Billboard’ structure
You can find the structure of the ‘Billboard’ widget on an image placed above. All the sizes of layers with ‘Billboard’ elements are calculated during ‘Billboard’ creation, and the whole block’s size is determined.
More details on how to create a ‘Billboard’ (or Javascript image slider) in Divine Elemente without any line of code can be found below.
Creation of ‘Billboard’ in Divine Elemente
First of all, let’s start from the preparation of all required elements of the ‘Billboard’ widget.Step 1. Prepare elements in a PSD template.
Because of all elements are provided with special names of groups (PSD – hints), Divine Elemente can define them at once and assign the appropriate behavior to them automatically.
Elements assignment
Note: Slides are taken in any number only from the ‘Billboard’ > ‘Slides’ group and can be set only as one layer for a slide.
‘Billboard’ elements arrangement
‘Billboard’ elements (‘Previous’, ‘Next’, ‘Slides’) can be arranged together and be assigned in one copy in the ‘Header’ grid block and in one copy in the ‘Footer’ grid block, as it is shown in the image placed above.
Note: No less than one ‘Slides’ element is to be assigned for smooth work of the widget, because the ‘Next’ / ‘Previous’ buttons cannot work correctly without this element. Otherwise, they will be published as static HTML elements (‘Image’, ‘Text’, or ‘Link’).
Step 2. Launch Divine Elemente and set element’s properties.
Select elements of the ‘Billboard’ widget in the Elements panel and then set their necessary properties in the Properties panel.
‘Billboard’ elements properties
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A. Animate parameter It allows to switch on / off an animation effect at slides changing. |
B. Transition duration It allows to choose effect’s duration at slides changing. |
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C. Slide duration It allows to set time for slide display. |
D. On Event parameter It allows to select an event, after which animation effect starts working |
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E. Animation effect It displays a list of supported animation effects at slides changing. |
Step 3. Publish a theme and activate it.
To publish a theme on the server, you are to select your FTP account in the Command panel and click on the ‘Publish’ button. More details on how to create and set a FTP account can be found in the Publish Editor guide.
Then you are to activate the theme at the website. To do that you are to move to the backend of WordPress CMS (add “\wp-admin” in the address line), enter login and password, and move to the ‘Appearance>Themes’ section. Then please select the theme installed and press ‘Activate’.
Activate a theme
Troubleshooting: elements are out of grid boundaries.
‘Billboard’ elements should not be out of the ‘Header’, the ‘Footer’ boundaries!
Troubleshooting. Elements assignment
If one of the ‘Billboard’ elements is out of the grid bocks’ boundaries, the element will not be assigned!
‘Billboard’ editing
Together with the theme, the ‘Billboard’ plugin is installed in the backend of WordPress CMS, where you can edit all the required Billboard’s parameters right at the website (in other words, there is no necessity to edit a template in Adobe Photoshop and convert / upload a theme to the website all over again).
The installed plugin in WP backend
To set parameters, you are to move to the backend of WordPress CMS (add “\wp-admin” in the address line) and move to the ‘Divine > Billboards’ section.
‘Billboard’s editable parameters in the backend of WordPress CMS You may set the required parameters and ‘Billboard’ element’s data on the page opened.
‘Billboard’ element’s parameters in WordPress CMS
Animation parameters are fully similar to parameters being used at the assignment of the ‘Billboard’ element – ‘Billboard > Slides’ in Divine Elemente:
- (A) Animation effect – it displays a list of supported animation effects at slides changing.
- (B) Transition duration – it allows to choose effect’s duration at slides changing.
- (C) Slide duration – it allows to set time for slide display.
Besides, you can look through and set all slides of the ‘Billboard’ element, namely:
‘Billboard’ editing. Editor’s window
- (А) Change the order of slides display – to do that, you are to place the appropriate slides up or down.
- (B) Edit a slide – to do that, you are to click on the ‘Edit’ button and make the required changes in the open editor’s window.
- (C) Delete a slide – to do that, you are to click on the ‘Delete’ button opposite the unnecessary slide.
- (D) Insert a new slide – to do that, you are to click on the ‘Insert new slide’ button. A new slide will be added after the current one.
Editor’s functionality is similar to the Editable Content editor.
Conclusion
As you have just found out in this tutorial, creation of Billboard or JS image slider doesn’t take much time and is quite simple in Divine Elemente. At the same time, the result of Javascript image slider’s use in your design can make your work really unique and attractive.Related Guides and Turorials:
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