Captions in Agency Slide Show

[Jesper Frant]

Hey,

I read in an earlier forum that captions are not included in Agency because there’s two much going on up top, but it’s odd to have an external link without a caption explaining where people are being directed. Is there a way I can manually add caption functionality to my version of Agency?

I edited the photo to add text, but my clients aren’t happy with that solution.

Thanks,
Jesper

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[Bill Robbins]

Hello Jesper,

Just about anything can be done if you need to. With a few edits you can add in captions. Here’s how:

1. Go to the Appearance section in your WordPress dashboard and choose Edit.
2. From the list of files on your right, choose slideshow.php and find this spot (line 32):

   
   </li>
   

3. Right above that, add this:

   
   <h2 class="slide-caption"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
   

   and save your changes.

4. Next go to the Theme Options page and select the Advanced tab. Scroll down to the Custom CSS box and add this:

   
   ul.slides li {
   	position: relative;
   }
   
   h2.slide-caption {
   	position: absolute;
   	bottom: 0px;
   	left: 0px;
   	padding: 15px;
   	margin: 0;
   	color: #fff;
   	background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
   }
   

   and save your changes.

That should give you captions for your home page slider now. If you have questions or trouble, let me know.

Thanks,
Bill

[Jesper Frant]

Worked great. Thanks Bill!

[Jesper Frant]

I modified the caption code to include a hyperlink. Thanks again for your help.

<a href="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "slideurl", TRUE); ?>"><h2 class="slide-caption"><?php the_title(); ?></h2></a>

[Bill Robbins]

That’s a great idea Jesper.

If you need anything else, just let me know.

Thanks,
Bill

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