Image slider or video in the Image Header?

Hi iRuss

Question 1: Is there a way that I can add an image slider in the “Header Image”?

Dashboard / Appearance / install plugins

Meta Slider set checkbox

install and activate

Once click Dashboard

Once you have activated, please set the slider image at dashboard / Meta Slider

After slider plug-in configuration is complete, the settings for the display then in the theme customizer

Dashboard / Appearance / Customize

Add-ones

Slider for HomePage set your slide show.

Saved

Please make sure that the slide show to display the blog is being displayed

example

https://www.tenman.info/wp3/tips/

Question 2: Is there a way that I can add a video of some sort in the “Header Image”?

It possible,needs child theme

child theme example

https://www.tenman.info/download/child-raindrops.zip

header.php

/**
 * Custom Header
 */
		 $raindrops_title_in_the_header_check = raindrops_warehouse_clone( 'raindrops_place_of_site_title' );

		if ( true == $raindrops_link_unique_text || $raindrops_title_in_the_header_check == 'header_image' ) { ?>

			<?php  echo raindrops_header_image( 'elements' );
				} else { ?>

			<?php  echo raindrops_header_image( 'home_url');
                }

Change from above code to below code

if ( ( is_home() == true && is_front_page() == true ) || // default
     ( is_home() == false && is_front_page() == true )   // static front page
) {
	?>
<!--Your Video here-->
<div class="oembed-container">
<iframe width="1280" height="720" src="https://example.com/your-video" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>
	<?php
}else{
/**
 * Custom Header
 */
		$raindrops_title_in_the_header_check = raindrops_warehouse_clone( 'raindrops_place_of_site_title' );

		if ( true == $raindrops_link_unique_text || $raindrops_title_in_the_header_check == 'header_image' ) { ?>

			<?php  echo raindrops_header_image( 'elements' );
				} else { ?>

			<?php  echo raindrops_header_image( 'home_url');
                }
}

Save child theme / header.php

Upload child theme and activate

Note:
Maybe Must Needs
<div class="oembed-container">...</div> for Responsive video
Do not remove it.

Thank you

Thanks for your response! I will give this a try and get back to you.

About uploading the child theme. Where do I upload it to? Do I make a sub folder off the root folder on my server? If so what would I name that sub folder?

Thanks!

How to upload child theme

child theme edit after Change theme in a zip file

Dashboard / Appearance / Theme

Add New button click

Upload Theme button click

Select child-raindrops.zip and upload

If this is successful, Child theme appears at the theme list

Activate.

Thank you

I’m a little lost. Are you saying to make the edits to the Child theme before I turn it into a zip file and upload it? Or do I do my edits after I upload it?

child-raindrops.zip

unzip the file

edit child theme

Changes to the zip file

Upload child theme

Out of the 2 files in that Child themes folder. functions.php, style.css. Which one do I do the edit in? There was no file called, header.php

Also I was trying to add the slider to the header per you instructions. When I get to Add-ones. There is nothing there to let me set, “Slider for HomePage set your slide show”.

header.php is copy from raindrops theme

add header.php in child-raindrops holder

edit child-raindrops / header.php

Lets forget about adding the child theme for now. I did everything and a code error came up.

When I go to “Add-ons”, this is what I get:
https://www.apo442.com/other/add-ons.jpg

There is no place to add the slider.

Before you install a theme, if the Meta Slider plug-in has been installed, it does not appear in the add-on.

The Meta Slider plug-in, once deactivated
Please be reactivated

Okay now we are cooking with gas! Once I deactivated and reactivated the Meta Slider, the feature showed up in the Add-ons. So now it’s working! Thanks for your help!

As far as making a video work I’m going to put that off for another day.

Thanks again ??