Editing or Deleting Sliders

When changes are needed, users with the appropriate permissions have the ability to edit sliders to change images, links, or captions, as well as add and remove slides, and even delete the slider if required.

Editing and Deleting Sliders

The following instructions for editing a slider pertain to the content within the slider; follow the steps below to find the slider and to add, remove, or update the slides being displayed.

Users with the Contributor or Editor role can only edit the sliders they have created. Users with the Moderator or Administrator role can edit, publish, and delete any slider. 

Editing

1. From the Dashboard, click the Sliders tile
2. Find the slider by
   1. Browsing the list; OR
   2. Searching the list by the slider title
3. Once found, under the Operations column
   1. To Edit the content in the slider
      1. Click Edit
         1. Edit any of the fields as needed, including updating the Publishing workflow as needed
         2. To Remove individual slides
            1. Click the Remove button, located to the top right of the slide's 'Body' field
         3. To Add new slides
            1. Scroll to the bottom of the list of slides, then click Add Slide
            2. In the fields that appear add the content to be displayed
      2. Click Save at the bottom of the page to save your changes

Deleting

1. Follow steps 1 and 2 from the instructions above to navigate to the slider to delete
2. Under the Operations column, click the drop-down arrow, then click Delete
   1. A confirmation window will open
      1. Click Delete to continue with deletion of the slider
      2. Click Cancel to cancel the deletion and return to the list of slider

Modifying Slider Settings, Editing the Heading, Helper Text, and Moving the Slider

Only users with the Administrator role will be able to perform the steps described below.

1. Navigate to the landing page where the slider resides
2. Click the Layout tab
3. Scroll to the section where the slider is located, then click the Pencil icon, then Configure 
   1. Edit, show or hide the Heading 
      1. Show/hide the heading by clicking the eyeball icon to the right
         1. If the heading is displayed, this can be edited if the name needs to change
      2. Update the Helper text, if needed
   2. Modify the slider's settings
      1. Scroll down and modify the settings as needed
         1. Layout, select the desired size/layout for the slider
            1. Large sliders offer 5 different layout options (see the layout designs at the bottom of this article)
            2. Mini sliders offer 7 different layout options (see the layout designs at the bottom of this article)
         2. Slider Settings, select the desired setting options
            1. Display Arrows, when checked, will display arrows on the left and right side of the slider for users/patrons to navigate between slides
            2. Display Indicators, when checked, will display indicator dots under the center of the slider indicating how many slides are in the slider
            3. Display Slide Captions, when checked, will display the text entered in to the Body field as a caption on the slide
               1. Note: this only applies to layouts that display text
            4. Enable Auto Play, when checked, will auto rotate between the slides at a preset interval
            5. Auto play speed (seconds), enter a numerical value to set how long each slide will be displayed before auto-transitioning to the next slide (when auto play is enabled)
            6. Enable Infinite Scroll, when checked, users/patrons can keep clicking either the left or right arrow, when the last slide is reached and the arrow is clicked again the slider will automatically start with the first slide again
            7. Enable Fade, when checked, will fade the images from one to the next when more than 1 slide is in the slider
   3. Click Update to save these changes
4. To move the slider block to a different location on the same page
   1. Click and drag the block to another section on the page
5. When finished making any of the changes in the steps described above, scroll to the top of the page and click Save Layout
6. To move the slider to a different landing page
   1. Click the Pencil icon, then click Remove block, in the next window click Remove
   2. Navigate to the new landing page to re-add the slider
      1. Click the Layout tab
      2. Follow the steps for adding content to a landing page