[Plugin: Promotion Slider] promotions do not show, i only see posts

no actually, I temporarily changed something, so that nothing appears on the Blog page at all.
I will go ahead and try your revision sometime today.
Thanks again
-V-

@vagnok – Sorry, I can’t really help you with your issue without more details or an example to look at. You can code the slider directly into a WordPress template. Just use this code:

<?php echo do_shortcode(‘[promoslider]’); ?>

Note that I use the word echo in front of the do_shortcode() function. This is required as of the latest version.

Just tried it, now promotion only appears on Blog page, nothing at all on Home page.
I need to place the code in index.php, right?

You will want to insert the code in your page.php file… if it exists.

The index.php file is typically just used for posts pages (or the blog). When you have no front page set, this is the homepage. If you do have a front page set, WordPress looks for the page.php file and ultimately defaults to index.php if it can’t find it.

If implemented properly, using the is_front_page() test on your index.php file when a front page is set should result in nothing being displayed, anywhere. If you use is_front_page() in your page.php file, it should give you the results you want. If implemented improperly, it may display on all of your pages.

What gets me is that you originally inserted the shortcode on the front page you set up (Home) and it displayed on the posts page (Blog). To me, this is an indicator of a screwy theme…

Thanks a bunch for the info.
The theme was created withe Artisteer.
and it also had a Home page set to on. (or whatever it does)

perhaps I should have not created the theme with the home page feature.

I have to run out, but till try the code in page.php when I return.
thanks again
-V-

I’m running WP 3.0.2. And PromoSlider 3.2.1.

For some reason, every image I put into the Slider comes out low and to the left. So the image won’t set full in the screen. Any idea why this is happening or how I can fix it?

Here’s a close-up: https://www.flickr.com/photos/56561671@N03/5232000085/

I appreciate the help!

Cheers!

Several people have had this issue… so far it has been because the theme being used is adding some margin around the images. It is probably just a matter of adding a css rule to eliminate the extra margin.

If it were the theme code wouldn’t it be adding a margin to the Flipbook also? What would I have to look for in the code to see if it’s adding margins to the images, or what would I have to add into the CSS to negate the margin?

…sorry…new to all this…

Cheers!!

If you have a link to where the slider is, I would be more helpful. Can’t really say one way or the other without looking.

I would assume that you could add this line to your css file, but depending on the situation, you may need a more specific one:

.promo_slider img { margin:0; padding:0; }

I am adding this line to the default plugin css for the next release…

That’s perfect! Fixed it right up! ??

Thanks so much for the help! It’s much appreciated!

Cheers!

@ Woodent

Hey, I just wanted to post an update on the site.
Original Issue: Promotions appearing also appearing on Post Page.
I tried your last suggestion and created a whole new theme. Still didnt work. So that told me the theme was working fine.

So again I tried all the <?php if( is_front_page() ) do_shortcode(‘[promoslider]’); ?>

Still no luck.

I removed the line of code and change the Reading settings.
its working great now. Thank you for all the help.

Really appreciate the Plugin. you do great work!!
I Hope to donate soon.
thanks
-V-

@woodent I just wanted to take a minute and Thank you for all your work on the plugins. I was just looking for a Better Photo gallery plugin, and found yours.
Once I get things set up, I hope to donate a little.
Thanks
-V-

I found a couple of bugs in the Gallery plugin.

The first being, I was not able to get the %%album=19%% code to do anything.
The second is, When I open the page I titled “Gallery” I see a list of the three albums I created, each with one sample photo.
If I click on a photo, it displays the photo and the slide show option.
But if I click on the album link, it takes me to a blank page.

The Last problem: I have Promotion slider installed. So when I click on the Photo Gallery settings link, it takes me to the Slider settings link instead :).

Anyways, I love the look, hope this info helps get the bugs worked out.
-V-

Hi, I’ve read through the threads here but can’t find what’s going wrong. I’ve added a “featured image” to each of my promotions but it’s just showing a black box. Any idea what I’m doing wrong? Thanks

Hello
first make sure you have this code on the page you with to display promotions:
[promoslider width=”600px” height=”440px”]
(adjust the size as needed).

To add a image to the page, Click on the Promotions Menu -> Add new -> Set Featured Image -> Select File -> Use As Featured -> X to close window.

Add a title to the post, then Click on Publish.

Do not click on anything else.
Hope this helps.
-V-