Image slider at the home page: Divi slider

Technical details

• Source: Divi theme
• Official name: Fullwidth Slider module
• Official documentation: www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/divi/documentation/slider-fullwidth

How to prepare slides

1. The images should be at least 1000px by 450px.
2. If you need help, please email External Affairs.
3. External Affairs recommendation:
   • We recommend against using portraits or images of whatever the latest news is in that main, giant 1000 x450 space.
   • Instead, those portrait-type pictures should go under "latest news" on the left-hand side of the page.
   • The photos in the 1000 x 450 space should be maybe more general, more interesting photos that can stay up for months at a time.
   • The benefits of this plan are:
     • The best and most interest images can occupy the biggest space, and make the page look most enticing.
     • There will be less pressure/focus on the portraits and other photos that accompany news stories, because they will run smaller on the site.

How to update slides

1. Login to Wordpress
2. Dashboard > Pages
3. Change "All categories" in the filter dropdown to "front_page" and click Filter.
4. Mouse over the title "Home - Front page" and click "Edit" underneath.
5. Look for the "Fullwidth Slider" module and click the triple bar on the left to edit.
6. Read www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/divi/documentation/slider-fullwidth

How to make a slide clickable

If you would like viewers to be able to click on a slide and be directed to a related page, read this section.

1. Login to Wordpress
2. Dashboard > Pages
3. Change "All categories" in the filter dropdown to "front_page" and click Filter.
4. Mouse over the title "Home - Front page" and click "Edit" underneath.
5. Look for the "Fullwidth Slider" module and click the triple bar on the left to edit.
6. Click on the triple bar to the right of the slide you want to make clickable.
7. At "Button Text:", input "Read more" (actually this can be any text) because it will not show on the slide because the button has been made transparent to occupy the entire slide area.
8. Click "Save".
9. Click "Save".
10. Click "Update".

Updated 20150611