Organic Snaps
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Organica's slider is a full width jQuery content slider that is built in to the template. It basically operates according to the number of modules you have published in the module positions named slide2 to slide9 with the addition of a few cosmetic settings that can be controlled in the template administrator in Joomla 1.5 or in the index.php file in Joomla 1.5.
Slider Settings.Each tab on the top right correlates to the module position numbered slide2 through to slide9. The first tab refers to the opening slide which contains the main content body and the horizontal accordion and to keep things a little easier to understand we started numbering the other slider modules from slide2 onwards. If you are using Joomla 1.5 then there is nothing more to do, however if you are using Joomla 1.0 it is necessary to perform a few extra steps before the modules slide2 to slide9 will be available. See the below for further details on how to go about doing this.
Publishing modules to slider positionsThe menu items are automatically published when modules are published to slide2 through to slide9. If there are no modules published at any of the module positions from slide 2 to slide 9 then the first menu tab will also be unpublished.
Creating extra module posiitons in Joomla 1.0To setup extra module positions in Joomla 1.0 - navigate to Site --> Templates --> Module Positions. You should see this screen:
In a spare module position type the names of the slide module positions you want to use. Its probably quickest to add all 9 just in case you need to use more slides at a later date. Enter the details in the exact manner as you can see below:
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The transparent menu items at the top right of the template are the menu tabs that trigger the slide to occur and the text for each tab is controlled by the parameter in the template administrator under the section called "Slider Menu Titles". In order to change the text for these items its as simple as typing the text you want to use in the input field that corresponds to the tab you want to use.