Universal image slider for different pages.

[Richard]

Richard

July 8, 2015 at 10:14 am

I’m trying to figure out the best way to display images on the different pages and posts of my website http://www.autoperforma.com. I would like to display images in a slider that automatically scrolls to the next image, so that there is basically one fixed location where the images are being displayed. After clicking on the image it should open in a lightbox. I think this nicer than having a gallery of images where each image is displayed separately, and I don’t want to have too many separate images between the text. I would like to keep the pages and posts as compact as possible.

I have tried the built in slider options for the feature page template. They work nicely but unfortunately they appear above the header of the page or post, I would like them to appear below the header and possibly also somewhere halfway the page in between the text. This is why I decided to use the fullwidth template and page builder, because this allows me to display sliders randomly across the page.

Please have a look at the slider on this page: *Login to see link
The page has the fullwidth template. I’m using the Virtue Gallery widget and set the gallery type to image carousel. It looks OK but the background behind the slider automatically turns to black. Also, when I click on of the images it just opens the image but not in lightbox. This is strange because I’m almost certain that the images used to open in lightbox before, just like the do on the gallery page for instance. I also have the impression the built in feature page slider display more smoothly, I feel this slider is a bit jerky sometimes.

How can I make sure the images open in lightbox and change the background color of the slider? I have used the same slider solution in this post, here the background seems to be transparent: *Login to see link

Maybe you have a better idea to get the result that I want (a universal way to display images in a slider across different pages and posts), I would be happy to find out. Is there for instance a way to display the built in carousel slider from the feature template randomly across the page instead of above the header?