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SlideDeck Content Slider WordPress Plugin

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Create responsive content sliders on your WordPress blogging platform. Manage SlideDeck content and insert them into templates and posts.

Responsive Content Slider by SlideDeck 2

Easily create responsive content sliders for your WordPress site without code. Use images & text, plus YouTube, Flickr, Pinterest & more

SlideDeck 2 for WordPress is a responsive slider plugin that lets you easily create content sliders out of almost any content. Connect to a variety of Content Sources like YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, WordPress posts and Pinterest to create gorgeous, dynamic sliders in a few clicks – no coding is required.

Requirements: WordPress 3.3+, PHP5 and higher

Important Links:

Lite Version: This Lite version of SlideDeck 2 does not include the full set of 13 content sources that are available in the premium version. To see all the features available in the premium versions, check out the live demo server.

This plugin is free to use and is not actively supported by the author, but will be monitored for serious bugs that may need correcting.

INSTALLATION

  1. Upload the slidedeck2-lite folder and all its contents to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Create a new SlideDeck from the “SlideDeck » Manage” menu in the control panel sidebar
  4. Insert a SlideDeck in your post or page by clicking on the “Embed a SlideDeck” button above the rich text editor in the post/page view.

You can also place a SlideDeck in your template or theme via the PHP command “do_shortcode()”. Just pass the ID of the SlideDeck you want to render. For example:

<?php echo do_shortcode( "[SlideDeck2 id=1644]" ); ?>

Where 1644 is the SlideDeck’s ID. You can also see this code snippet when you save a new SlideDeck for the first time.

FAQ

Can I show multiple SlideDecks on one page?

Of course! The only limitation is the number of slides per SlideDeck, and what kind of content you’re sourcing for each slide. The greater the amount of content you’re trying to show all at once, the slower your pages will render for your visitors, so avoid trying to show 10 SlideDecks, each with 10 YouTube videos, as it’ll make your page pretty sluggish!

What’s with this sharing overlay? Can I disable that?

Yes! If you don’t want your visitors to easily share your SlideDeck with their social networks, you can disable the sharing overlay in the deck settings. Just set “Show Overlay” to “Never.”

Can I Choose Which WordPress Pages to Show in a SlideDeck? (Featured Posts/Pages)

If you want to use the WordPress Posts Content Source to add pages to your SlideDeck, but want to include/exclude certain pages then you’ll have to add custom taxonomies to your pages. By default WordPress Posts have tags and categories, but Pages do not. The easiest way to mark certain pages on your WordPress site for inclusion in a SlideDeck is to give them categories or tags. A plugin like GD Custom Posts And Taxonomies Tools allows you to add custom taxonomies to your posts and pages. For instance, you could add a category called “Home Page SlideDeck” to your pages and then those pages can be pulled into your SlideDeck.

What’s the difference between SlideDeck 1 and SlideDeck 2 for WordPress?

Where to begin! The most important improvement is that SlideDeck 2 is designed to work smoothly with your existing content across a variety of Content Sources on the web, like Flickr, your blog posts and YouTube. We think this is a way better approach instead of requiring you to create and format content specifically for your slider – as was necessary for SlideDeck in the past. This not only makes it far quicker and easier to create new sliders, but also allows you to breathe new life into content you’ve already invested time into creating. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, though. You can get a much better idea as to what’s new with SlideDeck 2 by checking out the Features and Examples pages.

SCREENSHOT

  1. slidedeck2 screenshot 1The SlideDeck manage view.
  2. slidedeck2 screenshot 2The editing interface showing the current deck and the top of the lens selection area.
  3. slidedeck2 screenshot 3One of the many settings page aviable to you. You can tweak dozens of settings for each SlideDeck.
  4. slidedeck2 screenshot 4Example – Flickr images from ViewsOfIreland.com using the Tool Kit Lens
  5. slidedeck2 screenshot 5Example – Pinterest images from dwellmedia using the O-Town lens
  6. slidedeck2 screenshot 6Example – YouTube videos from NativeInstruments using the Reporter Lens

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