Creating a Featured Content Slideshow

The images and text in the featured area as a slideshow come from posts that are assigned to the featured category. Once a post is in that category, the featured image for that post will appear on the home page with the newest post starting first.

For an overview of the process, check out these UF IT Training videos:

Changing Featured Options

The name of the featured category in your site can be found in the template theme options. You can also change the type of photo slider, number of posts to show, slider speed.

To find the theme options, go to Appearance > Theme Options, then click Featured Content.

Adding a Featured Post

  1. In the Dashboard menu, go to  Posts > Add new or Edit an existing post.
  2. Set the title and the text that should appear in the slider. You can limit the text that appears by clicking the Insert More Tag button or Alt+Shift+T between the excerpt and the rest of the post text.
  3. Under Categories in the sidebar, select the Featured category.
  4. Click the Update button under Publish to save the post.

Now you will see this post appear in the featured content area on the home page.

Adding a Featured Post Image

The UF template comes with two ways to display rotating images: image slider and the story stacker. The default option is the image slider  and it can use a full width or half width image.

Image Slider (Half Width Image)

  1. Create or edit your featured post.
  2. Upload your image in your post. The recommended size is 450px x 305px. Scroll down in the box and click ‘Use as Featured Image’
  3. Close the ‘Add Media’ screen.
  4. Make sure the Featured category is selected for the post.
  5. Click the Update button under Publish to save the post.

Image Slider (Full Width Image)

  1. Create or edit your featured post.
  2. Upload your image in your post. The recommended size is 930px x 325px. Scroll down in the box and click ‘Use as Featured Image’
  3. Close the ‘Add Media’ screen.
  4. In the post, scroll down to the Featured Content Slider Options area.
  5. Check the option for ‘Full Width Image’
  6. Make sure the Featured category is selected for the post.
  7. Click the Update button under Publish to save the post.

Story Stacker

The story stacker requires a minimum of three posts.

  1. In Appearance > Theme Options > Featured Content, make sure that the ‘Story Stacker’ option is selected. Also select the option for ‘Disable Timeline Scrubber’.
  2. Create or edit your featured post.
  3. Upload your image in your post. The recommended size is 630px x 298px. Scroll down in the box and click ‘Use as Featured Image’
  4. Close the ‘Add Media’ screen.
  5. In the post, scroll down to the Featured Content Slider Options area.
  6. Make sure the Featured category is selected for the post.
  7. Click the Update button under Publish to save the post.