[greengiant]

Hi Sachin. Thanks. Still having trouble with background solid color of arrows (stays default solid blue without hovering) on featured slider. Able to change hover color and text color of the arrows. Any ideas?

Thanks.

[greengiant]

Hi Sakin: Thanks very much.

Got almost all to work. For the arrows on the featured slider, I changed the hovering color.
1) The only part not working is the arrow and 3-dots on the featured slider are still default blue color. Is there some additional CSS for this?

2) Also if I would like to change the font color from white to black of to make the font size smaller in the headline or the footer widgets or the copyright footer, is there some CSS for this?

Thanks again!

[Serena]

Hi Sakin,

I want to make the menu bar which above the featured image slider and the headline which is under the featured image slider, and the footer where show’s the copyright area with less margin.

Thank you,

Qian

[Sakin]

@Pippylala: If you are using Catch Evolution Free Theme then you only have option to user Featured Post Slider where images are auto crop to 754px width and 400px height. It will auto crop is the images are larger then this but if the image is of exact this size or smaller then it will load the original size. So, it’s better to crop the image in this size before you upload it.

Fore more details see the theme instructions page at http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-evolution/

[Sakin]

Hi Sam,
I see that you are using Catch Kathmandu Free Theme.
1. Your question about moving the menu down below the logo.
— For this first, you need to disable Header Right sidebar. For this, go to “Appearance => Theme Options => Header Options” and click on “Check to Disable” in Disable Header Right Sidebar and save changes.
— Then you need to create Custom Menu from “Appearance => Menus” and then assign you menu as “Secondary Menu” from “Appearance => Menus => Manage Location”. For instructions on custom menu see this http://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-creating-wordpress-custom-menus/ and http://catchthemes.com/blog/custom-menus-wordpress-themes/

2. Your featured image size in those posts added in slider is smaller then required. If you see the theme instructions page at http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-kathmandu/, where you can see the size for Featured Post Slider is Width: 1280px
and Height: 550px. Yes, cropping is done automatically if the image size is larger then this size but how can it crop the image smaller then 1280px width.

3. If you don’t want the sidebar and content in homepage, then first check in your reading setting at “Settings => Readings” and make sure you have selected “Your latest posts” and in “Appearance => Theme Options => Homepage Settings => Homepage / Frontpage Settings”, make sure you have not checked in “Enable Latest Posts”.

Regards,
Sakin

[Sakin]

@Pippylala: That will change to the post IDs that you add in “Appearance => Theme Options => Feature Post Slider => Featured Post Slider Options”. This is called Featured Post Slider.

[Sakin]

@Kim:
1. I didn’t knew that you are using Catch Box Pro theme, in this theme you can remove the arrow and then add circle.
To add the circle you can add the following css in “Appearance => Theme Options => Custom CSS” box.

/* Controllers */
#controllers {
	display: block;
	text-align:center;
}
#controllers a {
	background-color: #B7B7B7;
	display: inline-block;
	height: 12px;
	margin: 0 3px;
	overflow: hidden;
	text-indent: 999999px;
	width: 12px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 6px;
	-moz-border-radius: 6px;
	border-radius: 6px;
}
#controllers a:hover, #controllers a.active {
	background-color:#000;
}

To remove arrow from the slider, you can add the following css in “Appearance => Theme Options => Custom CSS” box.

#nav-slider .nav-previous, 
#nav-slider .nav-next {
	display: none;
}

Note: But to add this, you need to have more then one post in your slider.

2. Nice

3) For this you can add the following css and change the position as per your need.

#slider-wrap .featured-text {
    bottom: 25px;
    left: 10px;
    position: absolute;
    width: 60%;
}

[Sakin]

@Pippylala: Catch Evolution Free theme only have option to add in Featured Post Slider, which is created to highlight your posts in the slider. So, first you need to create post and add featured image. For this you can check this video http://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-adding-featured-image-wordpress-postpage/ and then you need to add in your post IDS in “Appearance => Theme Options => Feature Post Slider => Featured Post Slider Options. For this you can check this video http://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-adding-featured-post-slider/

If you upgrade to pro version, then you have option to user “Featured Image Slider or Featured Post Slider or Featured Category Slider or Featured Page Slider”. To find our more information about pro version, check out http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-evolution-pro/

[Sakin]

Hello Kim,

1. Sorry there is no option to add bullets or circles in the slider. I will keep this option as feature request to our development team.

2. If you are using “Featured Image Slider” as the slider type in “Appearance => Theme Options => Featured Slider => Slider Options”. Then you will get featured image slider options, where you can upload or add image url of any size you want. Here you need to consider that our theme in responsive design with 978px width. So, here you can add height of any size but the width shouldn’t be larger then 978px. If the width is large then 978px then it will change the image display size appropriate to 978px ratio.

3) There is title and small content in the slider.

Regards,
Sakin

[Kim]

Thank you Sakin! A couple other things:

1) The code removed the arrows but I would like to know how to put bullets or circles at the bottom left or right side of within the image? Kind of like my site http://www.selectblinds.com?

2) Also, no matter what size I put the featured image the tallest I can get it to show up on the slider is 395. Ex. I tested an image thats 765×595 and it changed it to 584×300. How can I make the default slider size to 595 high? Or even better, make it so that the slider has no height limitation? I’d really like a much larger image on my home page.

3) How can I put a title over the slider?

Thanks!!
Kim

[Yuliya Gaznyuk]

Hi Sakin,

my site is http://www.7ideas.com.ua @ catch mustang theme. I’d like to add a menu from left side of the main slider (the same way as at http://bravo-sp.com.ua/, with sub-menu drop-down). Could you help me with this?

Thanks. Yuliya

ps please notify me assoon as catch mustang will be language-ready.
ps 2 I have also seen embedded video in featured slider from competitor wp developers – are you planning do do this as well?

[Sakin]

@Serena: I check in your site and see that you have been able to change the slider image. But your slider image is too small. If you read in our theme instructions page at http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-kathmandu-pro/, the recommended size if Width: 1280px and Height: 550px. But it’s your wish to change it.

See this Tutorial:
Post Slider: http://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-adding-featured-post-slider/
Image Slider :http://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-adding-featured-image-slider/

[Sakin]

Hello Janyce,

1. The Road Image is there from “Appearance => Theme Options => Header Featured Image Options”. You can change or remove it from there.

2. The tigers image is from Featured Slider. I see that you are using Adventurous Free there, where you can select the slider type as “Post Slider” or “Category Slider”. But of these slider is created to highlight your post in Slider.
— 2.1: If you want to disable this slider then simply go to “Appearance => Theme Options => Featured Slider => Slider Options”, check Disable in “Enable Slider” option and save changes.
— 2.2: If you want to change the slider image, then there are two option
——- 2.2.1. Post Slider: For Post slider check out this video series http://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-adding-featured-post-slider/ and also check out theme instructions page at http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions
/adventurous/
——- 2.2.2. Category Slider: For category slider, first you need to create post and add in featured image. See this video on how to add featured image in your post http://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-adding-featured-image-wordpress-postpage/ and then go to “Appearance => Theme Options => Featured Slider => Slider Options”, check “Category Slider” in Select Slider Type and then you can select the category from where you want to highlight the post at “Featured Category Slider Options” and save changes.

Regards,
Sakin

[icyplains]

Just so I’m clear, I’m talking about the Featured Content area and not the Featured Slider (which I found has the option for dynamic content)

This part in this screenshot:
http://i.imgur.com/J24jJKe.png

[Sakin]

Hi Tom,

1. For navigation, we user Custom Menu: http://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-creating-wordpress-custom-menus/
2. For Slider, use Featured Post Slider: http://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-adding-featured-post-slider/
3. For Promotion Headlines below slider: Go to “Appearance => Theme Options => Promotion Headline Options” and add as per your need.
4. Featured Content: Go to “Appearance => Theme Options => Featured Content” and add as per your need
5. Then to remove the latest post from the homepage. Go to “Appearance => Theme Options => Homepage/Frontpage Settings” and then check “Disable Latest Posts” and save changes.

For more see the theme instructions page at http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/adventurous/

Regards,
Sakin

[Sakin]

@drlapco: Thanks. I see that you have use Simple Catch Free theme and have customized it a lot. You have also removed our footer theme information Theme: Simple Catch from your footer. This is not allowed. You need to attribute our free themes as this is only attribution we get for providing free theme and free support. I hope you understand this and add back theme information.

So, I will not be able to debug it due to customization in theme. When I check in our server, the slider is working fine. So, you need to check in your changes. Also you are using Simple Catch 2.7.1 and our latest version is 2.7.3. For instruction on changing Featured Post Slider, see this http://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-adding-featured-post-slider/ and http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/simple-catch/

[Sakin]

@icyplains: Yes, this option is there in all our Premium and Pro version where you can use “Featured Category Slider”. Go to “Appearance => Theme Options => Featured Slider => Slider Options” and then in Select Slider Type, you need to check “Category Slider” and save changes. Then you can select the categories to show in from “Appearance => Theme Options => Featured Slider => Featured Category Slider Options”.

[Sakin]

@wilbyhilbly: Sorry I don’t get it what you mean. Are you able to add in Featured Post Slider as instructed in http://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-adding-featured-image-wordpress-postpage/ and http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-evolution/.

Can you post your site URL and let me know which you are trying to replace.

[wilbyhilbly]

Thank you for your prompt reply.

I have followed your instructions and it has not worked, The post has come up on the front page together with the “featured image” picture as a photo underneath the slider.

I must have done something wrong if the instructions were correct, but I have no idea what.

Can you help please.

[Sakin]

@wilbyhilbly: Ok so you are using Catch Evolution Free theme and the image that is changing is called Featured Slider and you are looking at demo slider. In this Free theme, you only have option to use “Featured Post Slider”, which is there to highlight your post in the slider.

1. First you need to create post and add featured image on your post. As the slider take the Featured Image, title and excerpt content of the post. See this tutorial on how to add featured image at http://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-adding-featured-image-wordpress-postpage/
2. Then you need to add in Post ID in “Appearance => Theme Options => Featured Post Slider => Featured Post Slier Options. See this tutorial on how to add Featured Post Slider at http://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-adding-featured-post-slider/

You can check out Theme Instructions page at http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-evolution/

Note: In Catch Evolution Pro you have option to user “Featured Image Slider or Featured Page Slider or Featured Post Slider or Featured Category Slider. Also there are lot of other additional features. Read here at http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-evolution-pro/