Slider doesnt display?

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  tambaly1974 · Member · May 8, 2014 at 8:56 pm

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  Hi, I choose the “Forever” theme but the picture slider on the homepage does not exsist. Am I doing something wrong or is the slider only available when you upgrade? Thanks in advance! Tammy

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  timethief · Member · May 8, 2014 at 9:13 pm

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  There is a post slider for featured posts with featured images and their dimensions are critical to display.

  Please consult the detailed theme description http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/forever/ where you will find instructions for “A Dramatic Personalized Home Page”.

  You need sticky posts with featured images for the slider to display. Featured Images must be at least 887 pixels wide and height 355px.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/featured-images/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-visibility/#sticky-posts

  To show only your four latest posts (with a Featured Image above each one, of course) in a neat grid on your home page visit Appearance → Theme Options and click the checkbox there.

  Thumbnail on 4-column showcase for recent posts. Width 195px, maximum height 124px (cropped if larger).

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  tambaly1974 · Member · May 8, 2014 at 9:24 pm

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  Hi timethief,

  Thanks a lot for the reply! It sounds very complicated to me, I choose that theme because the slider was already there, I thought it would just appear and I could insert pics? I’ll give it a shot though.

  Thank you:)

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  timethief · Member · May 8, 2014 at 9:25 pm

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  The slider will appear if and only if you follow the instructions to the letter. :)

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  tambaly1974 · Member · May 8, 2014 at 9:40 pm

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  Got it, thanks for the links with the instructions, I didn’t there were specific instructions for each theme. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, your help is much appreciated, I was close to giving up :))

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  timethief · Member · May 11, 2014 at 6:09 pm

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  I’m happy I was able to help you. Best wishes with your blog.

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  tambaly1974 · Member · May 13, 2014 at 11:43 pm

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  Hello,
  I followed all instructions as above but still having problems with display. My homepage is displaying 3 single pics and there is another page that is displaying the (4 column) post. This other page looks like the homepage but I cannot access this page from the admin area, I only see it when I view the actual website see link below http://honestsoap.wordpress.com/

  My homepage is
  http://honestsoap.wordpress.com/home/

  I keep going over the instructions to see where I am going wrong but I just cant figure it out. Please help:(

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  tambaly1974 · Member · May 14, 2014 at 1:43 am

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  Okay well got the slider working woohoo!
  One more question though….
  Is it normal that this page
  http://honestsoap.wordpress.com/
  seems to be the homepage but cannot be accessed from admin section?