[Plugin: Meteor Slides] The slideshow won't show on my homepage.

My site is https://malinbubble.com btw ??

Hi, how are you adding the slideshow to your site: widget, shortcode, or template tag? First thing I would do is try one of the other options to see if only one method is not working.

First I tried to add the code <?php if ( function_exists( ‘meteor_slideshow’ ) ) { meteor_slideshow(); } ?> to my theme, but it didn’t work. So, I tried adding it as a widget. That worked, but I don’t want the slides to show up in my sidebar. I’m not quite sure where to put the code in my theme though…

That’s good, if it works in the sidebar, you know that the slideshow is functioning anyways.

Where you place the template tag depends on your theme and where you want it to go.

I would like to have it right under the header… I’ve tried to put the template tag in different places, but still doesn’t show up. Do you have any suggestions to where I can put it?

You will need to edit the theme’s header.php file.

Do you want it below the whole header, like below the top bav? Or do you want it where the “The news and e-zine theme” or “banner ad” spots are in the demo?

Aha, ok. I would like to have it where the “The news and e-zine theme” is in the demo.

OK, find this line in the header.php file:

<p><?php bloginfo('description'); ?></p>

and replace it with the slideshow template tag:

<?php if ( function_exists( 'meteor_slideshow' ) ) { meteor_slideshow(); } ?>

You might need to edit the CSS to get it to layout just right.

Hey JLeuze, I emailed you this past weekend about the plugin, I now have a .org site.

My question, I follow your instruction as you typed here, still cant get the slide show to show up. I too what it on my homepage (header).

EDIT: My site is thekillermeteor.com

I can’t really get it to work either. I don’t want the slideshow in my header though, I would like to have it under. Between the header and the posts. I replaced the template tag with the slideshow code in my theme, but that didn’t work either..

@malinbubble If you want it below the topnav, put the template tag on the last line of header.php, right below the “main” container like this:

<div id="wrap">

	<div id="main">

		<?php if ( function_exists( 'meteor_slideshow' ) ) { meteor_slideshow(); } ?>

@raadius First thing I would do is try adding a slideshow using the shortcode or widget to confirm that it is working.

Then you can try adding it to your header using the template tag. You will want to create a child theme rather than editing TwentyEleven directly so you don’t lose your changes when updating the theme.

For adding the template tag to the header, check out this Meteor Slides video. It is a bit outdated and covers TwentyTen, but should be relevant to TwentyEleven.

How do I create a child theme for twenty eleven?

I follow your video, and if you look at my page, it’s not fitting into the header. I did make the images small for the slides 500 x 264, but how can I center it and get rid of that creepy white space above and below the slider?

EDIT: I got it to center (html tags), but why is it cutting off my image top?

Here is the documentation on creating a child theme. It is very simple, you just need to copy 2011’s header.php file into the child theme to override the default copy.

Don’t use the center tag, it is old and not supported in all browsers. Instead add this rule to your child theme’s stylesheet:

#meteor-slideshow {
    margin: 0 auto;
}

Your slide images are cropped at 200px, did you upload them before setting the height of the slideshow? Try re-uploading the slide images.

I already edited the CSS of the header and now I cant get back to original information.