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Slideshow app

Use the slideshow app to create and manage unlimited slideshows in any of your pages. Slideshows can be displayed in two modes - basic image slideshow, and text slideshow (where the images are used as backgrounds behind optional text). You can change between the two types at any time. 

The slideshow app is available for all plans.

Add it to your site

Basic image slideshow

1. Go to edit a page where you want to include a slideshow.
2. At the top of the content blocks menu (on the right of the edit screen), choose "App Blocks > Slideshow".
3. A few layout variations are available. Drag one to where you want the slideshow to display on your page.
4. Whenever you hover over (or touch) this content block, you'll see a blue slideshow icon ( ) that appears in the top left of the block. Click this to launch the slideshow tool.
5. You'll see that an empty slideshow has been prepared for you; now all you need to do is upload your images. (You can add more, re-order and delete images at any time.)
6. Go to the "Slideshow settings" tab to optionally rename the slideshow, and control display options such as image shape, transition effect, and so on.
7. Close the slideshow manager, and save your page to keep the changes you've made.

Text slideshow

1. Go to edit a page where you want to include a slideshow.
2. At the top of the content blocks menu (on the right of the edit screen), choose "App Blocks > Slideshow".
3. A few layout variations are available. Drag one to where you want the slideshow to display on your page.
4. Whenever you hover over (or touch) this content block, you'll see a blue slideshow icon ( ) that appears in the top left of the block. Click this to launch the slideshow tool.
5. You'll see that an empty slideshow has been prepared for you; now all you need to do is upload your images. (You can add more, re-order and delete images at any time.)
6. Go to the "Slideshow settings" tab to optionally rename the slideshow, and control display options such as image shape, transition effect, and so on. Under Slideshow style, choose "Banner with text slideshow".
7. Go to the images tab and fill in the fields you want to use - all fields are optional.
8. Close the slideshow manager, and save your page to keep the changes you've made.

To see the slideshow app fully functioning, visit your page in a browser.

Using multiple slideshows

In step 5 above (for either slideshow type), instead of creating a new slideshow, you can choose to use an existing slideshow instead of uploading more images - just select another slideshow from the "Display this slideshow" drop down menu, and the images from that slideshow will automatically be loaded.

Once you have more than one slideshow, you might find the Slideshow manager handy. In the left menu, go to Apps > Slideshow, and you'll see a list of all slideshows used in your website, on which pages, and how many images in each.

The "edit" button will launch a simpler version of the editor's slideshow tool which enables you to manage that slideshow's images (add, re-order, delete) and name.