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Elixir: Slideshow Particle

Your Guide to Recreating Elements of the Elixir Demo for Grav


Introduction

The Slideshow particle creates beautiful image slideshows that work perfectly at the top of your page.

Here are the topics covered in this guide:

Configuration

Settings

These options affect the main area of the particle, and not the individual items within. You can set the title of the particle, as well as give it an introductory paragraph here.

Option Description
Particle Name This is the name of the particle used for back end management. It does not appear on the front end.
Content Source Choose between Particle and Grav as the content source for the particle.
Slide Height Set the minimal height of each slide.
Slide Height (Mobile) Set the minimal height of each slide on mobile devices.
Slider Direction Choose between a Vertical and Horizontal slider animation.
Center Active Slide If enabled, the active slide will be centered.
Bullets Enable or Disable bullet navigation.
Arrows Enable or Disable arrows navigation.
Autoplay Enable or Disable autoplay for the particle.
Autoplay Timeout Set the time (in milliseconds) between slides in autoplay mode.
Loop Enable or Disable looping slides.
Speed Set the transition speed (in milliseconds).
Touch Move Enable or Disable touch movements.
Effect Choose a slideshow effect. Options include: Slide or Fade.

Particle Item Options

These items make up the individual featured items in the particle. Items in this section will only appear if Particle is selected as the Content Source.

Option Description
Item Name This is the name of the item. It is used only for backend organization and does not appear.
CSS Classes Enter any CSS class(es) you wish to have apply to the item.
Background Image Select a background image to appear in the particle.
Main Title Enter a larger main title to appear on the front end.
Description Enter a text description to appear in the first description area of the particle.
Description 2 Enter a text description to appear in the second description area of the particle.
Title Link Enter a URL the button will send users to.
Title Link Target Enter a target window for the link.

Pages

Option Description
Categories Select the categories of pages this particle will display.
Number of Pages Enter the maximum number of pages to display.
Start From Enter offset specifying the first page to return. The default is '0' (the first page).
Order By Choose the type of factor to order by.
Ordering Direction Choose between Ascending and Descending as the page ordering method.

Display

This section configures how posts are displayed.

Option Description
Image Choose between the Intro, Full, or no image to display with each item.
Author Choose to Show or Hide the author.
Article Text Choose between Introduction, Full Article, or Hide content text to display.
Text Limit Enter a limit (in characters) of page text to display with each item.
Text Formatting Choose between Plain Text and HTML text formatting options.
Title Show or Hide the page's title.
Title Limit Enter the maximum number of characters in the title to display.
Link Show or Hide the Title link.
Link Target Choose whether to have the link open in a new tab or the same tab.

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