There doesn’t seem to be an option to add the ethos blog slider to pages… Can this be done somehow editing the php?
Hello There,
Thanks for writing in! Regretfully there is no option to add the posts slider in all your pages or selected page. You can only do that by modifying the page template. Assuming you have your child theme active and ready, please follow the following steps below:
1] Using Notepad or TextEdit or Sublime Text or any text editor, please create a new file in your local machine.
2] Insert the following code into that new file
<?php
// =============================================================================
// VIEWS/ETHOS/WP-PAGE.PHP
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Single page output for Ethos.
// =============================================================================
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class="x-container max width main">
<?php x_get_view( 'ethos', '_post', 'slider' ); ?>
<div class="offset cf">
<div class="<?php x_main_content_class(); ?>" role="main">
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php x_get_view( 'ethos', 'content', 'page' ); ?>
<?php x_get_view( 'global', '_comments-template' ); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</div>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
3] Save the file named as wp-page.php
4] Upload this file to your server in the child theme’s folder wp-content/themes/x-child/framework/views/ethos/
You may need to creator the folder names in your child theme.
We would loved to know if this has work for you. Thank you.
I uploaded the file to the correct directory and nothing happened.
I double checked that I’m actually using the child theme and all instructions.
Any idea?
EDIT: NVM i worked out what I needed to change
Ok it looks like the _post-slider.php has to be modified as well…
I got it mostly working by following this post: https://theme.co/apex/forums/topic/display-ethos-post-slider-on-a-custom-page/
However, the slider has no arrows on each side like it should so it is not obvious that it can scroll. How can I get the side arrows? Thanks
<?php
// =============================================================================
// VIEWS/ETHOS/_POST-SLIDER.PHP
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Outputs the post slider that appears at the top of the blog.
// =============================================================================
$is_blog = is_home();
$is_archive = is_category() || is_tag();
if ( $is_blog || $is_archive || is_front_page() ) :
if ( $is_blog ) {
$info = array( 'blog', NULL, NULL, '_x_ethos_post_slider_blog_display' );
} elseif ( $is_archive ) {
$type = ( is_category() ) ? 'cat' : 'tag_id';
$info = array( 'archive', $type, get_queried_object_id(), '_x_ethos_post_slider_archives_display' );
}
$slider_enabled = x_get_option( 'x_ethos_post_slider_' . $info[0] . '_enable', '' ) == '1';
$count = x_get_option( 'x_ethos_post_slider_' . $info[0] . '_count' );
$display = x_get_option( 'x_ethos_post_slider_' . $info[0] . '_display' );
$blog_slider_is_enabled = $slider_enabled && $is_blog;
$archive_slider_is_enabled = $slider_enabled && $is_archive;
$is_enabled = $blog_slider_is_enabled || $archive_slider_is_enabled || is_front_page();
switch ( $display ) {
case 'most-commented' :
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'posts_per_page' => $count,
'orderby' => 'comment_count',
'order' => 'DESC',
$info[1] => $info[2]
);
break;
case 'random' :
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'posts_per_page' => $count,
'orderby' => 'rand',
$info[1] => $info[2]
);
break;
case 'featured' :
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'posts_per_page' => $count,
'orderby' => 'date',
'meta_key' => $info[3],
'meta_value' => 'on'
);
break;
}
if (is_front_page()) {
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'posts_per_page' => $count,
'orderby' => 'rand',
$info[1] => $info[2]
);
}
?>
<?php if ( $is_enabled ) : ?>
<?php $wp_query = new WP_Query( $args ); ?>
<?php if ( $wp_query->have_posts() ) : ?>
<?php while ( $wp_query->have_posts() ) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>
-
style="<?php echo x_ethos_entry_cover_background_image_style(); ?>">
<?php echo x_ethos_post_categories(); ?> / <?php echo get_the_date( 'F j, Y' ); ?>
<?php x_the_alternate_title(); ?>
<?php _e( 'View Post', '__x__' ); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
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