virtualpudding

Hey Divstudio,

I followed the guide and have succesfully changed image size.
https://www.virtualpudding.co.uk/dev/playground/?page_id=4

Things to check…

1. <?php if ( function_exists( 'add_image_size' ) ) { add_image_size( 'orbit-custom', 940, 300, true ); } ?>

   you may need to remove the php tags if already inside any open php tags

2. In slider options, under ‘advanced settings’ select “Custom Size”
3. NOTE: This should be done before adding your slides as the image size (and possible crop) is generated on first upload of file to the slide. If you already have the slides in place. I recommend this plugin (always handy for other things the future.
   https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/
   After install, you’ll find it under the WordPress tools menu > regen. thumbs
4. Also, something to note. This slider is responsive. So if you feel you have followed all the steps correctly and it still seems contrained, that will be the surrounding div.

Let me know how you get on, any problems just get back in touch.
Its difficult when on localhost for me to check the possible problems.

Hope this helps

Happy to hear you got it working

Hey Arch,
Sorry to hear you having troubles.

I could do with a little more info…

• A link to the site in question
• What browser are you using?

That would possibly help get to the route of the problem.

Let me know.
Thanks

Ah, no drama. We all dive in sometimes.
Anything to help a fellow guitarist ??

Hey Dave,
Thanks for the kind words.

When you add a new slide…

You’ll see a metabox at the bottom “Orbit Slider Options”
There you can insert the link href “URL Link”
and also select target “Target” to open in the same window or new window.

Hope this helps.

A bit optimistic yes ??

I’ll be honest, I tested it today and it wasn’t fully functioning. So I wouldn’t suggest you use it until it has the green flag.

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Hey,
Currently no.
But someone has forked the original jQuery script and added support for it today. Early days yet. If its pushed to the master, i’ll be sure to include it in the next release.
Hope this helps

@linda
Good to hear ??

Hey Alex,
I’m pleased to read you got it all sorted.
Wish you all the luck with future projects. Ask questions, be polite, be patient, you are sure to key picking up the new skills required and one day, i’m sure you’ll be helping out people yourself!

@alextp
I’ve replied at the above link.

@jimmyux
Thanks for the kind words.

Another problem I have though is: Can I switch off the caption function on other pages of the site while still maintaining captions on the home page?

If you dont insert a caption, nothing will appear.
So this should work. On home page, you insert captions, on other pages, dont insert caption. You would still have to ensure you turn captions ON in the settings.

And is there a way to have captions slide in with the image instead of having them stationary?

Sorry but no. The captions and slides are controlled independently.
This is as the original jquery slider by zurb.

Using content thought, you can have it slide with image. Setting featured image for the slide background. In text editor, adding whatever text you require. This will involve some custom styling to get the text to sit just how you want it.
See a rough demo
https://www.virtualpudding.co.uk/dev/playground/?page_id=4

Hey Alex,
Sorry to hear you having problems.

I’ve looked at your page source.
It seems to be a common problem i’m reading on these forums.
Multiple instances of the main jQuery library.

If you right-click ‘veiw source’
You’ll see in the your head

<script type='text/javascript' src='https://www.laurajdavies.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.7.1'></script>

This is the main jQuery libary.
It also be called again in your footer

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5/jquery.min.js"></script>

Although different versions, they are still the same and shouldn’t be called twice.
The theme itself, plugins or your hardcoding has inserted this.

You also have double entries for ‘jcarousel.js’ which you’ll find in both head and footer.

I dont think your problem relates directly to the orbit plugin itself.

I would recommend, straight away…
deactivate your plugins and then view source.

Check the main jQuery library is only being called once.
Then take it from there. Activating each plugin and finding where the problems start to arise.

If you find the problem isn’t with plugins and the theme itself, they may have not used the correct enqueing of scripts.

Try to take some of those steps and eliminate the problem area.
Let me know how you get on.

Hope this helps.

Hey Guys,
the forum for this plugin is at
https://www.ads-software.com/tags/wp-orbit-slider?forum_id=10

Hi Linda,
I’ve viewed the source of the pagelink…
It turns out you are not using our plugin at all. WP-Orbit-Slider.

It seems you have included the zurb orbit slider yourself.
This forum is for the support of the wordpress plugin itself.

I can see from your source code, that the main jQuery is being loaded twice, that should be avoided.

<script src="https://galleri.geckowebb.se/wp-content/themes/galleri/orbit-1.2.3/jquery-1.5.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script type='text/javascript' src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.1/jquery.min.js?ver=3.3.1'></script>

You would need to address this
Sorry I cant be of any further help as this isn’t relating to the plugin.

Hope any of this helps.

Yes, its in settings.
My bad, it may not

• Go to ‘slider options’
• Under the sub-heading ‘Autoplay Timer Settings’
• Ensure ‘Slide Timer Animation’ is ON
• In that same tab you can set ‘Set Slider Time Delay’

As default when using autoplay you have the slider animation inserted in the top right of your slider.
Other users who wanted to hide this have posted in a previous thread here https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-not-working-on-my-site/page/2?replies=40

Hope this helps

Hey pteredophyte,
Thanks for the kind words.

It has to be a confilct with something else… as you’ll see from this dev page https://www.virtualpudding.co.uk/dev/playground/?page_id=4
it works fine in ie9.
I’ve tested your site in ie9 and indeed, not working.
As a stab, you could try the setting ‘window load’.

Failing that, until I have time to establish what plugins may be conflicting, i cant be of any more help.
Have you tried de-activating certain plugins to see if that helps?

Let me know how you get on and if you have to move on to another plugin, i wish you all the luck. i would look for something geared towards photo gallery display.

Hope this helps