Full Screen home page slideshow is here.

flyingwolf

Seems there is still no choice of transition other than fade or nothing.

There also seems to be no way to allow you to click through to the gallery for that image.

But nice job heroes, this is one we have been waiting on, now lets work on that shopping cart and self fulfillment.

brandofamily

flyingwolf wrote: »

Seems there is still no choice of transition other than fade or nothing.

There also seems to be no way to allow you to click through to the gallery for that image.

But nice job heroes, this is one we have been waiting on, now lets work on that shopping cart and self fulfillment.

I'm not seeing how to implement it.

David_S85

brandofamily wrote:

I'm not seeing how to implement it.

There's more information here, in their blog.

brandofamily

brandofamily wrote: »

I'm not seeing how to implement it.

Found it!

leftquark

Wahoo! So happy right now. Works so well!

afx

So how to I get a semi transparent background for the menu/logo blocks that sit over the slideshow?

Found it: The sidebar settings on the home page did not work.
After setting it up globally it worked also on the home page menus.

thx
afx

thenickdude

For sidebars and stuff, in the customiser go to the Theme tab, open the settings for your theme, and go to the Advanced tab. There you'll find "alpha" sliders which control the transparency of sidebars and headers.

For other page elements you'll probably have to add CSS, what do you want transparency on?

afx

Lamah wrote: »

For sidebars and stuff, in the customiser go to the Theme tab, open the settings for your theme, and go to the Advanced tab. There you'll find "alpha" sliders which control the transparency of sidebars and headers.

See above, I found it and edited my post. It only worked after I played with the site wide setting.

For other page elements you'll probably have to add CSS, what do you want transparency on?

The left menu bar/logo section.

cheers
afx

dennismullen

Dual slideshows.
Try using both at once.

Cheers,

claudiusmax

leftquark wrote: »

Wahoo! So happy right now. Works so well!

Aaron, How did you get the sidebar where its at, I'm sure I missed something but its kinda stuck in the middle, , thanks.

Sir_Eagle

I like this feature. clap

Petrovious

Content awareness
Is there any way to make the new slideshow content aware?
I find that vertical photo's are zoomed in to fill width but that then cuts off top and bottom, is there any way to adjust this?

dennismullen

Petrovious wrote: »

Is there any way to make the new slideshow content aware?
I find that vertical photo's are zoomed in to fill width but that then cuts off top and bottom, is there any way to adjust this?

I agree, It would be nice to have a choice of "fit" or "fill".

Cheers,

digitalduck

SO guys im brand new here because i am debagting leaving Zenfolio but couldnt come SM becuase of the lack of full window slide show. Now thats it here, can i do anything to make it resize the pictures automatically? 75% of hte images are all distorted... or do I have to resize only the images i have in my background images folder?

Thank You.. this would be a deal braker for me..

thenickdude

Nothing should be distorted, images should be scaled up proportionally in order to fill the window. Which web browser and version are you using?

What's the address of your site?

digitalduck

For now its just the basic : http://charlesmphotography.smugmug.com/ If I switch over ill port my charlesmphoto domain over.. Im using Firefox on mac

UPDATE: Looks like i had a couple portrait shots in there that looked like thye could just be stretched landscape pics because i chose the whole folder rather just individual pics.. still dont see the signature on the corners so that isnt a bog sacrifice..

Hikin' Mike

digitalduck wrote: »

For now its just the basic : http://charlesmphotography.smugmug.com/ If I switch over ill port my charlesmphoto domain over.. Im using Firefox on mac

UPDATE: Looks like i had a couple portrait shots in there that looked like thye could just be stretched landscape pics because i chose the whole folder rather just individual pics.. still dont see the signature on the corners so that isnt a bog sacrifice..

They look fine here. I also see your watermark if that's what your talking about.

claudiusmax

I've switched over to the Turbo template and added the fullscreen slideshow and really liking the look. Is there anyway to add the social icons to the left sidebar ?

denisegoldberg

claudiusmax wrote: »

I've switched over to the Turbo template and added the fullscreen slideshow and really liking the look. Is there anyway to add the social icons to the left sidebar ?

Have you tried selecting and editing the side bar and dragging the social icons to it?

--- Denise

claudiusmax

denisegoldberg wrote: »

Have you tried selecting and editing the side bar and dragging the social icons to it?

--- Denise

I had it set to "homepage" and not "entire site" so I can add it to the sidebar but can't place it where I would like. Be nice to add it right under the links if possible. Thanks Denise.

denisegoldberg

claudiusmax wrote: »

I had it set to "homepage" and not "entire site" so I can add it to the sidebar but can't place it where I would like. Be nice to add it right under the links if possible.

Have you tried editing it on "entire site" to see if it works there?

Are you aware that sidebars don't resize until the screen is really small? I'd recommend taking a look on a laptop and a tablet sized screen. I find it interesting that there are sizes where the menu doesn't collapse but that it also doesn't show the full menu. Take a look with this tool - http://quirktools.com/screenfly/.

--- Denise

claudiusmax

denisegoldberg wrote: »

Have you tried editing it on "entire site" to see if it works there?

Are you aware that sidebars don't resize until the screen is really small? I'd recommend taking a look on a laptop and a tablet sized screen. I find it interesting that there are sizes where the menu doesn't collapse but that it also doesn't show the full menu. Take a look with this tool - http://quirktools.com/screenfly/.

--- Denise

Thanks Denise, I tried entire site and it will let me place the icons in between the logo and links or vertically beside the links and way down at the bottom with a huge gap. Its not something that I really gotta have but thought it would look neater.

denisegoldberg

claudiusmax wrote: »

Thanks Denise, I tried entire site and it will let me place the icons in between the logo and links or vertically beside the links and way down at the bottom with a huge gap. Its not something that I really gotta have but thought it would look neater.

You should be able to reduce the gap by changing the margins of each element on the sidebar. Click the dimensions icon (it looks like a triangle) for each element and change the margins.

--- Denise

claudiusmax

denisegoldberg wrote: »

Have you tried editing it on "entire site" to see if it works there?

Are you aware that sidebars don't resize until the screen is really small? I'd recommend taking a look on a laptop and a tablet sized screen. I find it interesting that there are sizes where the menu doesn't collapse but that it also doesn't show the full menu. Take a look with this tool - http://quirktools.com/screenfly/.

--- Denise

denisegoldberg wrote: »

You should be able to reduce the gap by changing the margins of each element on the sidebar. Click the dimensions icon (it looks like a triangle) for each element and change the margins.

--- Denise

Thank you Denise, I will play around with it some and see what I can come with.

Sir_Eagle

Petrovious wrote: »

Is there any way to make the new slideshow content aware?
I find that vertical photo's are zoomed in to fill width but that then cuts off top and bottom, is there any way to adjust this?

dennismullen wrote: »

I agree, It would be nice to have a choice of "fit" or "fill".

Cheers,

digitalduck wrote: »

SO guys im brand new here because i am debagting leaving Zenfolio but couldnt come SM becuase of the lack of full window slide show. Now thats it here, can i do anything to make it resize the pictures automatically? 75% of hte images are all distorted... or do I have to resize only the images i have in my background images folder?

Thank You.. this would be a deal braker for me..

Lamah wrote: »

Nothing should be distorted, images should be scaled up proportionally in order to fill the window. Which web browser and version are you using?

What's the address of your site?

Anyone know if this is being worked on? All the pics in my slideshow appear to be zoomed in, not distorted though. Is this because of the size of the pic, should we use smaller pics for the slideshow?

pilotdave

Sir_Eagle wrote: »

Anyone know if this is being worked on? All the pics in my slideshow appear to be zoomed in, not distorted though. Is this because of the size of the pic, should we use smaller pics for the slideshow?

The full screen background slideshow doesn't work as a replacement for other slideshows on the site. You need to choose images that work well as background photos on your site. That means the proportions need to fit computer monitors, colors need to work with your content, and important parts of the image won't get covered by other content. Vertically oriented images aren't going to work well and many horizontal images will get badly cropped depending on the aspect ratio of the monitor. Pick background photos carefully and test them out on a couple monitors (I use an older 19 inch monitor and a newer wide screen laptop). I recommend creating a gallery of background images instead of just letting the site pick random images to use.

Also in a couple cases I flipped images horizontally so the important parts weren't covered by a sidebar. The background slideshow isn't like other slideshows... it has s drastic impact on the look of your site. Put a bit of thought into how each image works. And don't use a full screen slideshow just to show images. It's for rotating your background photo.

Dave

dennismullen

pilotdave wrote: »

The full screen background slideshow doesn't work as a replacement for other slideshows on the site. You need to choose images that work well as background photos on your site. That means the proportions need to fit computer monitors, colors need to work with your content, and important parts of the image won't get covered by other content. Vertically oriented images aren't going to work well and many horizontal images will get badly cropped depending on the aspect ratio of the monitor. Pick background photos carefully and test them out on a couple monitors (I use an older 19 inch monitor and a newer wide screen laptop). I recommend creating a gallery of background images instead of just letting the site pick random images to use.

Also in a couple cases I flipped images horizontally so the important parts weren't covered by a sidebar. The background slideshow isn't like other slideshows... it has s drastic impact on the look of your site. Put a bit of thought into how each image works. And don't use a full screen slideshow just to show images. It's for rotating your background photo.

Dave

Dave makes some good points. I use a separate background picture gallery and size and order the pictures for my home page. I use "fake" solid color pictures to thin out the slideshow.
I created pictures with content around the edges and use the full screen slideshow like a flashing marque behind the regular slideshow. There is no end to how you can use this effect.

Happy Holidays!

claudiusmax

denisegoldberg wrote: »

You should be able to reduce the gap by changing the margins of each element on the sidebar. Click the dimensions icon (it looks like a triangle) for each element and change the margins.

--- Denise

Finally got it Denise, thank you.

leftquark

claudiusmax wrote: »

Aaron, How did you get the sidebar where its at, I'm sure I missed something but its kinda stuck in the middle, , thanks.

Do you still need to figure out how to do this? I used some CSS to move the div for the left navbar to where I wanted it.

bwendellj

So what are the suggested or preferred dimensions for the background slideshow? All of the images from the gallery I selected are "oversized" to the screen. If I need to create a separate gallery, then what are the recommended or preferred image sizes for the background slide show. Appears to be another poorly thought out "released" feature that simply does not work as demonstrated or at least the appropriate settings for the feature to work properly for every user were not communicated.

Wendell

thenickdude

There is no preferred dimension. Your images will be scaled until they completely fill the screen, so upload images that are a similar shape to the screen that you expect your customers to be using.