Slide Title Caption

[Samuel]

The Responsive Visual theme does not seem to have a way to add a Caption/Title for a Homepage Slide – only a place for a link.

is this correct?

Is there any way that option can be added?

Thanks much

[Bill Robbins]

Samuel,

Thank you for your business and great question too. Just about anything can be done. I left out captions from the home page slider so they wouldn’t interfere with the sidebar that can be there, but they can be added. Here’s how:

1. Go to the Appearance section and select Edit.
2. From the list of files on your right, choose home-slideshow.php
3. Look for this spot:

   
   <a href="ID, "slideurl", TRUE); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('slide'); ?></a>
   

4. Replace that with this:
   
5. Save your changes.
6. Next go to the Theme Options page and choose the “Styling” tab. Scroll down to the Custom CSS box and paste this:

   
   p.caption {
   	position: absolute;
   	margin: 0;
   	bottom: 0;
   	width: 100%;
   	-moz-box-sizing: border-box; 
   	-webkit-box-sizing: border-box; 
   	box-sizing: border-box;
   	padding: 2% 5%;
   	color: #fff;
   	background: url(images/ie-background.png) repeat;
   }
   

7. Update your settings.

That should add in a caption for you that uses the slide title as the caption text. If you have any questions or trouble, let me know.

Have a great week,

Bill

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