change size of slider

[Karen Sheeran]

Hi,
Regarding my last post, should or can I just change the size of the slider itself?

My images are closer to 420px by 420px. If I change the size of the slider how will that affect the rest of the home page?

Thanks,

Karen

[Bill Robbins]

Karen,

It is possible to do that. Here’s how make it happen:

1. Go to the appearance section and select edit to open up the theme editor.
2. From the list of files on your right, choose functions.php
3. Look for this spot:

   
   add_image_size('slide', 620, 420, true);
   
   

   and replace it with this:

   
   add_image_size('slide', 420, 420, true);
   
   

4. Save your changes.
5. Next open up style.css and scroll down to the very bottom.
6. Paste this:

   
   #slideshow,
   #slider {
   	width: 420px;
   }
   
   #top-sidebar {
   	width: 500px;
   }
   
   #top-sidebar .widget {
   	width: 490px;
   }
   

7. Save your changes again.

That will make the slideshow narrower and also make the sidebar area to the right of it wider to compensate. If you have any questions/trouble let me know.

Bill

[Karen Sheeran]

Hi Bill,
Isn’t this below the same thing:

add_image_size(‘slide’, 620, 420, true);

and replace it with this:

add_image_size(‘slide’, 420, 420, true);

The rest of your instructions I understand. But what does the above accomplish?
Thanks,
Karen

[Bill Robbins]

They are nearly the same thing. The first one sets the width at 620 pixels and the height at 420. The second sets the width at 420 and the height at 420.

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