Hi Jeremy,
That’s possible but first you need to set-up a child theme.
https://theme.co/apex/forum/t/setup-how-to-setup-child-themes/57
After setting up a child theme, do the following.
- Create file
_post-slider.php
in wp-content\themes\pro-child\framework\views\ethos
https://theme.co/apex/forum/t/customizations-best-practices/205
- Add the code below into that file
<?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 ) :
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;
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',
'cat' => 1,
'meta_key' => $info[3],
'meta_value' => 'on',
'ignore_sticky_posts' => true
);
break;
}
?>
<?php if ( $is_enabled ) : ?>
<?php $wp_query = new WP_Query( $args ); ?>
<?php if ( $wp_query->post_count > 0 ) : ?>
<div class="x-flexslider x-post-slider">
<ul class="x-slides">
<?php if ( $wp_query->have_posts() ) : ?>
<?php while ( $wp_query->have_posts() ) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>
<li class="x-slide">
<article <?php post_class( 'x-post-slider-entry' ); ?> style="<?php echo x_ethos_entry_cover_background_image_style(); ?>">
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
<div class="cover">
<div class="middle">
<span class="featured-meta"><?php echo x_ethos_post_categories(); ?> / <?php echo get_the_date( 'F j, Y' ); ?></span>
<h2 class="h-featured"><span><?php x_the_alternate_title(); ?></span></h2>
<span class="featured-view"><?php _e( 'View Post', '__x__' ); ?></span>
</div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
</li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</ul>
</div>
<script>
jQuery(window).load(function() {
jQuery('.x-post-slider').flexslider({
controlNav : false,
selector : '.x-slides > li',
prevText : '<i class="x-icon-chevron-left" data-x-icon-s=""></i>',
nextText : '<i class="x-icon-chevron-right" data-x-icon-s=""></i>',
animation : 'fade',
smoothHeight : true,
slideshow : true
});
});
</script>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
- Change
1
with the category id you want to display.
- Make sure that your post are enabled to display in your slider
- Select featured in
Theme Options > Ethos > POST SLIDER – BLOG
Hope that helps