This article will show you how to create a new Banner for your homepage.
There are four modes that are available for Banner configuration:
- Static: Will keep the single image visible
- Refreshing: Will filter through the images upon page refresh
- Slideshow: Will show the active images through a slideshow
- Video: Allows you to upload a video
Instructions
- Sign in to your site
- Navigate to Site Tools and select Design Center
- Select the Theme Manager
- Select an existing banner
- Click Add New Banner
- Enter Banner Name
- Complete the Options
- Static
- Scale to Fit: Select to force images in the banner slot to scale to fit
- Image Alignment: Choose Left, Right, or Center
- Scroll: Select to allow images in the banner slot to scroll with the site's content
- Refreshing
- Scale to Fit: Select to force images in the banner slot to scale to fit
- Image Alignment: Choose Left, Right, or Center
- Scroll: Select to allow images in the banner slot to scroll with the site's content
- Show Slideshow Controls: Choose where to show the controls, or to not show the controls at all
- Slideshow
- Slideshow Slide Timing: Add a timing in seconds
- Slideshow Transition: Choose to Fade or choose no transition (None)
- Slideshow Transition Timing: Add a transition time in seconds
- Scale to Fit: Select to force images in the banner slot to scale to fit
- Image Alignment: Choose Left, Center, or Right
- Scroll: Select to force images in the banner slot scroll with the site's content
- Show Slideshow Controls: Choose where to show the slideshow controls or choose not to display the controls at all
- Video
- Mute Sound: Mute the video
- Static
- On the Images tab, click Choose Image to add images to the banner
- Search for and select the desired image
- Click Link Selected Image
- Repeat and add as many images as you want to add to the banner
- Static: Add images to replace expiring images
- Refreshing: Add images to add to the refreshing cycle
- Slideshow: Add images to the slideshow
- Video: Images tab will not display, view a Video tab instead
- Configure Margin, Padding, Width, and Height on the Spacing & Sizing tab (if desired)
Note: Configuring these features is rare and not required, but is possible if desired. - (Optional) Configure the shadow on the Shadow tab
- Color: Select a shadow color
- Blur Radius: Indicate how big the blur should be
- Offset X and Offset Y: Indicate the offset sizes
- Return to the Options tab and click Make this Banner Active
- Click X to exit the pop-up
- Click Save Changes
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