It looks like a similar question was asked but I really did not see a answer so I am going to submit my issue for ponderance.
I'm trying to build a (what I think to be) simple image slider and I cannot get the thing to work correctly at all!
Here is the scenario:
I have made a custom post type that has a image field in which the client can upload a series of images.
This field is repeatable because there will be a series of images that will get uploaded per each post. So basically they will add another one of the custom image fields and add another photo.
Using a custom theme, I originally could not get any views to work correctly. Fortunately for me, you placed a debugging switch that allowed me to get that working so thank you for that!!!
With that solved, I was able to get all the custom information to appear! Awesome! But when I tried to get the photos to work in a slider, it never works!
I do set in the view what I want to sort by, add pagination and add how I want it to display. However no matter how I try this, all entries are displayed on one slide!
This is even so when I set the database to return one at a time.
Can someone give me a few pointers on what I could be doing wrong? Or this is not something that can be done at this time?
Thanks!
Dear Marshall,
The slider you are trying to setup is a slider for a custom post type. But I understand you want the slider built from a repeatable custom field instead. The first step you need to take is to display all the images together and then use javascript to turn it into a slider.
Please let me know if there is anything else that I can assist you with.
Regards.
Caridad
Hi Caridad,
Ooohhh...Not the answer I wanted but unfortunately it is the answer to my question none the less. I guess that the "slider" function in Views only affects posts and not individual items. Bummer!
Since my javascript is not very good, I will just have to look around for a 3rd party solution to rotate the images. Was hoping to get away with using Views.
But that is OK too! I would much have a answer even though being told "It cannot be done natively" than being lied to!
Thanks Caridad for answering this for me. On to searching for the plugin I need!
Marshall
