Slider options

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Graphene Theme version: 1.0

The Graphene theme has a built-in content slider that you can use to showcase certain content on your site. This slider uses the Tabs and Scrollable components of the jQuery Tools library.

Options list

Disable slider
Disables the slider function. No slider will be displayed if this option is enabled.
Graphene Theme version: 1.8
Graphene slider with the "Extend slider to full width of the theme" option enabled
Extend slider to full width of the theme
Enable this to have the slider expands to the full width of the theme, placing sidebar(s) below it.
What do you want to show in the slider
Show latest posts
The latest posts will be displayed in the slider.
Show random posts
Posts will be selected at random and displayed in the slider.
Show specific posts/pages
Only specific posts and/or pages will be displayed. The IDs of posts and/or pages must be specified in the Posts and/or pages to display option.
Show posts from categories
Only posts from the selected categories will be displayed in the slider.
From version 1.5, multiple categories can be selected for this option by holding down the CTRL key when selecting categories.
Posts and/or pages to display
Only posts and/or pages whose IDs are entered here will be displayed in the slider.
This option is applicable only if Show specific posts/pages is selected for the What do you want to show in the slider option.
IDs should be separated by comma, e.g. 5,36,444.
Categories to display
Only posts from the categories selected here will be displayed in the slider.
This option is applicable only if Show posts from categories is selected for the What do you want to show in the slider option.
From version 1.5, multiple categories can be selected by holding down the CTRL key while selecting categories.
Number of posts to display
Set the maximum number of posts to be displayed in the slider.
Defaults to 5.
Not applicable if Show specific posts/pages is selected for the What do you want to show in the slider option, in which case all of the specified posts/pages will be displayed.
Slider image
Don't show image
No image will be shown in the slider.
Featured Image
The post's/page's featured image will be displayed in the slider.
First image in post
The first image that is uploaded for the post/page will be shown in the slider. If you wish to use image that has been uploaded for other posts, use the Featured Image option instead.
Custom URL
Image that is specified in the Custom slider image URL option will be shown in the slider. Note that if this option is selected, you must populate the Custom slider image URL option, otherwise no image will be shown.
Custom slider image URL
URL to the image to be displayed in the slider. Applicable only if Custom URL is selected for the Slider image option above.
Slider display style
Thumbnail and excerpt
The post's/page's thumbnail (as defined in the Slider image option) will be displayed alongside the excerpt.
Background image and excerpt
The post's/page's thumbnail (as defined in the Slider image option) will be displayed as background, with the excerpt on the foreground.
Full post content
The post's/page's full content will be displayed.
The Slider image setting is ignored if this option is selected.
Slider animation
Horizontal slide
Slider will use the horizontal sliding effect for slide transition.
Vertical slide
Slider will use the vertical sliding effect for slide transition.
Fade
Slider will use the fade effect for slide transition.
No effect
Disables transition animation.
Slider height
Specifies the height of the slider in pixels.
Defaults to 240px.
Slider speed
Specifies the duration that each slider item is displayed, in miliseconds (1000 miliseconds equal to 1 second).
Defaults to 7000 miliseconds (7 seconds).
Slider transition speed
Specifies the time it takes from the start to the end of a transition between slides.
Defaults to 400 miliseconds (0.4 seconds).
Graphene Theme version: 1.1
Move slider to bottom of page
Move the slider to the bottom of the page, after the main content.