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Wordpress site question

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  • 03-05-2016 10:20am
    #1
    donegaLroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭


    HI, I have a quick question regarding a wordpress website.

    I have been asked to change the images on a slideshow on the main page of a wordpress site.

    I have used wordpress before briefly, but I have never changed slideshow images as I am wary in case it messes up and disappears.

    has anyone any advice?

    thanks



    *by the way, the original site designer has closed and emigrated*


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    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    donegaLroad wrote: »
    has anyone any advice?

    Take at least 1 full back-up before you think about doing anything.

    Check the backup works.


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    sheesh
    Registered Users Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭sheesh


    +1 on grahams advice .
    I would also have a test server somewhere before I do anything


    there should be a plugin that controls this so it should be a easy to change.

    Alternatively it could be a complete mess and they have hard coded the images into the code

    this isn't that bad either it is just a matter of finding where the code is which can be tedious.


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    donegaLroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭donegaLroad


    sheesh wrote: »
    +1 on grahams advice .
    I would also have a test server somewhere before I do anything


    there should be a plugin that controls this so it should be a easy to change.

    Alternatively it could be a complete mess and they have hard coded the images into the code

    this isn't that bad either it is just a matter of finding where the code is which can be tedious.

    I have found the slider editing interface, it seems straight forward enough. Am I right in thinking that the new images I upload should be the exact dimensions of the other images on the slide show?

    I have backed up the site btw.


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    fifth
    Registered Users Posts: 3,135 ✭✭✭fifth


    Generally the images should be the same size. It depends on the plugin you've used (whether it will scale / stretch images to fit, some plugins allow different image sizes per slide..a bit messy though)


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    sheesh
    Registered Users Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭sheesh


    donegaLroad wrote: »
    I have found the slider editing interface, it seems straight forward enough. Am I right in thinking that the new images I upload should be the exact dimensions of the other images on the slide show?

    I have backed up the site btw.

    not necessarily wordpress will take the images you put up and create copies in different sizes (large medium thumbnail) so as long as they are big enough you should be ok you might even be given an option to crop them to the appropriate dimensions you might have problems with portrait images versus landscape images and mixing the 2.

    If it reasonably recent you should be fine and it should be an easy fix to get it back to what it was. The only way you will know is to try.


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