Slider issues

jgoroncy · Member · Jun 7, 2013 at 11:31 pm
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Hi. I’m having a few issues trying to add the slider feature to my blog. Currently using the ‘Stay’ theme, with some customisation. Keen to hear from anyone who might be able to help me. Cheers, Jason

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timethief · Member · Jun 8, 2013 at 5:56 pm
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Did you follow the instructions provided on the theme description page which is here > http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/stay/
Scroll to “Home Page Template“.
Related threads on the Stay theme.
jgoroncy · Member · Jun 9, 2013 at 8:33 am
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Hi timethief. Thanks for that. Unfortunately, I had already tried following the instructions there, but with no success. Any other ideas?
justpi · Member · Jun 9, 2013 at 9:02 am
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Where exactly would you like the slider to show? If you mean your current homepage, that’s not possible: the slider on Stay can show on a static page, not on the posts page.
jgoroncy · Member · Jun 9, 2013 at 9:19 am
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Thank you justpi. That’s what I was suspecting, and it’s a relief to have that confirmed. Cheers. J
justpi · Member · Jun 9, 2013 at 9:26 am
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You’re welcome.
The slider on Stay links to static pages. Is this what you wanted or did you want the slider for a different reason?
jgoroncy · Member · Jun 9, 2013 at 9:29 am
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No. That’s great. I can work with that. I’ll consider using the slider on some of the static pages then. Do you know if one is able to increase the size of the header image to screen width?
justpi · Member · Jun 9, 2013 at 11:39 am
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One way to do it (assuming you mean theme width, not screen width):
a) Create a suitable image (1200px wide), and upload it via Appearance > Header, selecting the option “Skip cropping”.
b) Add this in the CSS editor:
```
#masthead hgroup {
    width: 100%;
}
.site-header img {
    width: 100%;
}
```
But in my opinion the blog title & tagline won’t look ok with such an image above them. I would probably reposition them above the image, or in front of the image, or hide them and create an image that includes the title & tagline on it.
jgoroncy · Member · Jun 9, 2013 at 10:30 pm
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justpi – You are a genius! Thank you so much. And if we ever meet, I owe you a beer, or two. I’ve uploaded an image for the header and will keep playing with it (as one does with these things) over the coming weeks. Again, many thanks indeed.
justpi · Member · Jun 9, 2013 at 10:45 pm
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You’re welcome!

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