Josh Leuze on "[Plugin: Meteor Slides] Where to put Meteor Slide code in TwentyTen header.php"

Hi - I've installed the Meteor Slides plugin and watched the video. However, in the video the code in Header.php seems quite different - and as a newbie I'm not very confident about where to put the code [and what I delete] to get the slides working in my theme header.

many thanks for your help

http://new.animalstudies.org.au/

https://wordpress.org/plugins/meteor-slides/

Hi, I have a copy of the header.php file on Github which adds a slideshow header to Twenty Ten on the homepage.

Make sue you use a child theme for that new header.php file so you can still update the Twenty Ten theme.

Thanks for your speedy reply Josh,

I tried the code from Github and then the code from the Slide settings in the exact place shown and my site disappeared.

what am I doing wrong?

cheers

Are you using a child theme, or did you overwrite the header.php file in Twenty Ten itself?

I over wrote the header.php file - [I don't have access to do a childtheme] - I was hoping to be able to just add the code each time I upgrade WordPress. Doesn't it work on the main header.php?

It does, but it's not the ideal way to do it.

I updated the header.php file on Github with the latest version from Twenty Ten, that might fix the problem.

Great thanks - I'll give that a try.

No, I tried a few things - cutting text from Github into text editor before pasting, cutting and pasting directly from Github, typing myself ... end result for each - site doesn't load anymore. Is it time for me to give up? I wish TwentyTen just had this functionality built in - it's the only thing left to try and do before we go live.

This should work, I just tested that header.php file and it worked for me. If you want to send me a login I can take a closer look.

Okay - have just done this - it should have automatically sent you an email.

sorry just made you administrator

I received an email and logged in, but my user account needs to be an admin to access the slideshow settings.

is it working now - sorry I realised that at the same time

No worries, I updated the header.php file for Twenty Ten and the homepage header is using the slideshow now:
http://new.animalstudies.org.au/

The inner pages use the standard header image functionality.

fantastic -

should I take a copy of the header.php into texteditor for upgrades?

Also - just a query - why does it only work on the homepage?

Thanks so much - the best support ever!

It wouldn't hurt to have a back up, but you can grab a new copy of this header file from Github.

The header file is setup with a conditional tag that loads the slideshow in the homepage, that's how most people want it. But you could definitely heave the slideshow on each page.

oh yes! if I can implore you for one more favour - how do I make it work on everypage? what should I remove?