Oxygen Theme – Static Front Page/Showcase page
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Hi – I’m really struggling to get the home page right with the oxygen theme. I want to have the showcase page has a static front page… with the slideshow ie the main image with 6 thumbs underneath it but I just can’t seem to get it to work. I search for help online, and there seems to be several ways of doing it but none of them seem to work… any help would be appreciated it.
Thanks
Jamie
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Hi there!
I know these things can be really confusing. It looks like you were almost setup! Just one more step. The slider in the Oxygen theme only shows what we call Sticky Posts. You can make your posts Sticky following these directions:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-visibility/#sticky-posts
Let me know if I can help further!
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Thanks Shawna… got it… I knew I must have missed something!
I’ve got another question if you don’t mind? Is it possible to have the slideshow going right across the page… without the categories and archives menu on the left hand side?
Thanks
Jamie
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Unfortunately no. The template for the Sticky Post Slider includes the sidebar.
If you’re interested in this, you could look for a theme that has a Full Width template.
http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/full-width-template/
Let me know if there’s anything else I can help with! :)
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Hi Shawna –
Is it possible to add some text to the full width showcase page in Oxygen… its my home page and I want to add a brief intro to it but after I type it up and click update, it doesn’t show on the page. Ideally I want it to sit under the slideshow feature but I don’t know how to put it there.
Thanks in advance
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There’s no way to add text under the slider. This template basically adds a slider to the top of your normal blog, which is why the Recent Articles and More Articles sections appear under it.
You could add a Text widget to one of your sidebars with the content you wanted to add.
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Thanks Shawna – that make sense. Thanks again for your help… I’ll get there in the end! :)
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