Delay in Homepage Appearance

[Kelly Cook]

Hi Bill,

When the homepage for the website appears, there is a slight delay (about a second) before the slideshow appears at the top. Is there any adjustment I can make to have the slideshow appear immediately as a viewer gets to the site?

Thanks,
–Kelly

[Bill Robbins]

Hello Kelly,

Great question. The slider requires all slides to load before it begins. That way we don’t have it sliding between slides that may not be present yet. The best way to speed it up is to limit the number of slides to as few as you need and to keep the image sizes as small as is reasonable too.

You could set a height for the slider so the space is there before it finishes loading.

1. Go to your theme options page and choose the Advanced tab.
2. Scroll down to the Custom CSS box and add this:

   
   @media only screen and (min-width: 1024px) {
   
   	#home-media {
   		min-height: 350px;
   		background-color: #000;
   	}
   
   }
   

3. Update your settings.

If I can help, let me know.

Thanks,
Bill

[Kelly Cook]

Thank you! This worked beautifully.

[Bill Robbins]

Fantastic. Let me know if you need anything else Kelly.

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