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Use this option to create a single slide to be displayed on the Gallery Slider. Every website has one Gallery Slider on the landing page.

If you need to add the Gallery Slider to any other page here are the steps to create a gallery slider: this is the structure you need to create.

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This is how you do it

  1. Create a folder and name it '_index-gallery' at the same path as the desired page.
  2. Add the 'Dynamic Slide Gallery' asset from the WYSIWYG 'Insert Asset' toolbar to the desired page. Image Added
  3. Please make sure you pick the right one with (ets) at the end.
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  5. The slider won't be displayed on the page preview. After you publish the page it will show up on the live page. 
  6. Navigate into the '_index-gallery' folder. Use the 'Front Page Gallery Slide'  to add the slides one by one into inside the '_index-gallery' folder. Image Removed Image Added
    1. 'Slide Caption' and 'Slide Description' fields will appear on the bottom gray ribbon of the slide.
    2. Select the 'Image' from the gallery that have been already uploaded.
    3. Type in the file name, a name that is related to what it showsdisplays. (to control the order of the slides add alphabetic letters to the beginning of the file names (e.g, A-file-name, B-file-name, C-file-name, ....)
    4. choose the link to any of other URLs that is required
    don't forget to 'Publish' everything including the images and folder '_index-gallery' 
    1. Select the 'Image' from the gallery that have been already uploaded. ( Note: we prefer you upload the image of the slide you're adding to /images directory. )
  7. Click on 'Create' button.
  8. If you need to link a slide to a URL.
    1. Open the the Slide you just created.
    2. Click on 'Edit Slide Content'. Put your cursor on the 'Insert/Edit Link'.
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    4. Select the 'Insert/Edit Link' tool from the toolbar.
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    6. Copy/Paste the URL in the URL box or select the page you want by clicking on the magnifier icon next to the box.
    7. Click 'OK'.
  9. Don't forget to save and publishSave and Publish everything including the main page, the images and the '_index-gallery' folder.