How do I make a carousel in a demo?

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    ghrf2014 · Member ·

    I am creating a demo for a site I plan to build in a few weeks. I will be presenting the demo to my work colleagues before investing in purchasing anything related to building the actual site.

    I am using the Argent theme template. I am wondering if and how I can create a carousel on the home page to display different intended pages of my site. Is it possible to build a carousel /menu using just a demo?

    Many thanks for your help,
    Sarah

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    musicdoc1 · Member ·

    Hi,
    Are you referring to the site https://ormsarah.wordpress.com/? If so, whether or not you refer to it as a “demo” has no effect on how it works and displays. The site is presently publicly visible and will display all of the features of the theme that you incorporate.

    Instructions for creating a carousel in a portfolio project with the Argent theme activated, from the Portfolio section of the Argent theme guide:

    You can include a full-width image carousel in your projects. Argent will take the first gallery in your project and turn it into a carousel automatically. To set it up, follow these steps:

    1. Create a new Portfolio project.
    2. Insert an image gallery into the project’s post editor. The position of a gallery inside the project doesn’t matter; the first gallery will always be displayed directly below the project title.
    3. Continue adding content to your project — you can add more images, pull quotes, videos etc.
    4. Be sure to add a featured image to your projects. Although it won’t be displayed in single project view, it’s used on the portfolio archives page (see below).
    5. Save or publish your project.
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    thistimethisspace · Member ·

    Please be clear on the fact that wordpress.COM is a turnkey operation and our themes are off the shelf themes. If you intend to do as lot of customization you can do it free of charge on a WordPress.ORG software install. However, on a wordpress.COM blog customization requires annual upgrades and it is limited. See here for details on purchasing the annually renewable Premium bundle http://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/ that contains a custom design upgrade required for CSS editing: Custom design – Frequently Asked Questions
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions

    We bloggers cannot access and edit the PHP and HTML underlying our themes at all. All blogs wearing the same theme are using the same underlying template found on the live demo site for each theme.

    So if you are designing a site by committee you may find that a self hosted WordPress.ORG site is better suited to your needs. Note that wordpress.COM themes cannot be exported and used on wordpress.ORG sites. https://en.support.wordpress.com/premium-themes/ However, refunds within 30 days from purchase are possible.

    WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/ Get hosting here http://wordpress.org/hosting/

    If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG account, then you can click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, https://wordpress.org/support/register.php so you can post to the support forums there and discuss your intention with WordPress.ORG bloggers
    Resetting your WordPress.ORG password http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password
    WordPress.org support docs are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page

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    thistimethisspace · Member ·

    @musicdoc1
    Many blogger confuse wordpress.ORG and wordpress.COM and do not recognize that all one pays for is hosting of a wordpress.ORG software install. There are no wordpress.ORG upgrades. Assuming they know how to code, and how to use an FTP client to upload plugins, one can hack any wordpress.ORG theme to suit them, and add or remove theme functions free of charge. In the case of any blogger here at wordpress.COM suggesting that they intend to build a site, or to design a site by committee, I always recommend the WordPress.ORG alternative.

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    musicdoc1 · Member ·

    @ thistimethisspace,
    Fair enough. But I didn’t see that angle at all. Every WordPress.com site is built. And presenting a demo to colleagues for a proposed site doesn’t necessarily mean the colleagues will be involved in actually creating the site. I can ask my neighbor, or my chihuahua, for feedback on a WordPress.com site I’m creating alone without them being officially contributors, or the project being a committee design.

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