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Widgets: Media Slider

Widget Categories: Media

The Media Slider widget offers video, image, and text-only slide options as well as a variety of layouts. With the many settings and design options, there is also a wide range of possible configurations. This widget can be used for just about any type of content. While the possibilities are nearly endless, to name a few: Testimonials, FAQs, product presentations, a team section, and services. A slider can also be an effective tool to deliver interactive, organized content to site visitors.

Note

  • A maximum of 25 slides can be included.

  • The supported media files are image and video. This includes .svg, .png, .jpg., .gif, and all video formats.

  • Sound is disabled for videos as they serve as backgrounds to slides.

  • The Video autoplay functionality is dependent on specific browser restrictions as well as a device's settings (for example, if low power mode is enabled videos may not autoplay). For more information on troubleshooting videos, see Troubleshooting Video Widget.

For information on adding widgets, see Add Widgets.

Tip

Fore more information on widgets and the widgets library, see Widgets: Library and Overview.

Dynamic Content

This widget can also display dynamic pages. For more information, see Dynamic Content: Display and Navigation Options for Collection Records.

Content Editor

To access the content editor, right click the widget and select Edit Content. Or, if you are in flex mode or Editor 2.0, the option to access the content editor is available in the floating menu.

Add, Arrange, and Remove Slides

Add Slides

To add media to the slider, click Add Slide. This creates a new slide and opens the new slide’s settings.

Duplicate Slides

To duplicate a slide, hover over it and select the duplicate icon (duplicate-icon.png).

Arrange Slides

To change the order of the slides, click and drag a slide to the desired position.

Remove Slides

Hover on the slide’s thumbnail you would like to delete and click the trashcan icon.

To remove all the slides, click Delete All.

Individual Slide Options

  • Media (image or video). Add desired media. Select Click to add media to open the Media Library.

    Note

    If you would like to add multiple slides, use the Add Multiple Files option. Please note that this will create new slides rather than adding multiple files to the current slide.

  • Position. Adjust which part of the media shows (option will appear once media is added).

  • Alt text. Type your own alt text or click the Sparkle (AI-sparkle-icon.png) icon to use the AI Assistant to generate alt text. Repeat for each individual piece of media in the Media Slider or click All Alt Text to view and manage alt text for all site images.

    Note

    Alt text generated by the AI Assistant is in the same language as the page’s current language. For more information on the AI Assistant, see AI Assistant Overview and Features.

  • Text on slide. Text (title and description) you would like to display on the slide. Although these fields are not able to be hidden directly, leaving them blank will effectively hide them.

    Note

    The long text field provides various text formatting options, such as italicizing, bolding, or underlining text.

  • Button. The slide's button can be hidden by clicking on the eye icon (24517315481495-eye_icon.png).

    Note

    Once a link is added, the entire slide becomes clickable. Whether the button is hidden before or after adding the link, the slide will still remain clickable and linked to the destination.

Design Editor

To access the design editor, right-click the element, and click Edit Design. Or if you are in flex mode or Editor 2.0, select Edit Design from the floating menu to open the design panel.

  1. To change the slider layout, click the current layout's thumbnail. Set the number of columns by clicking the drop down next to Number of columns.

  2. Transition. Configure the transition between slides.

    • Slide transition. Select Fade or Slide.

    • Autoplay.

    • Slideshow speed. Move the slider to select a speed between 1 and 20 seconds.

    • Pause slideshow on hover.

    • Content animation.

  3. Navigation indicators. Configure the indicators for navigating the slides.

    • Display. Select an option from the drop-down list.

    • Size.

    • Space in-between.

    • Color.

  4. Media & Background.

    • Display full media. Show media in its original dimensions. Note that this might add additional space to the slider's edges.

    • Overlay color. There is also a slider to set Opacity.

    • Background color.

  5. Frame. Configure the frame (for instance adjust the dimensions or customize the border).

    • Alignment & Padding. Adjust the alignment and padding of the content within each slide. Use these settings to configure the placement of the content on the slide.

      • Content Alignment. Align the content within each slide to be left, center, or right.

      • Space between elements.

        • Between media & title. This option will only show available when media isn't the background of the slide.

        • Between title & description.

        • Between description & button.

      • Horizontal Padding.

For information about design options that are not specific to this widget (for example, layout, style, or spacing), see Widget Design.

Create A Testimonial Text Slider

With the Media Manager widget there are a few options depending on the media you would like to include in your testimonial slider.

To create a testimonial slider without a background image:

  1. Add the Media Slider widget to your site.

  2. In the Media Slider Content, click Delete all to delete all the default slides.

  3. Click Add new slide.

  4. In the slide settings add:

    • (Optional) In the Media section, click Click to add media to add a customer’s image.

    • The testimonial content (such as name and testimony).

  5. In the Design tab select one of the following layouts (these are the suggested layouts, others may require additional setup):

    • The default layout (best if customer images will not be used). By default, this layout has an image overlay (and background color). This can be edited in the Image & Background section.

    • Customer image is above the testimonial content.

    • Slides transition vertically with image on the left and testimonial content on the right.

  6. Edit the remainder of the design settings to the desired configurations.

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