Publishing Your Smart Slider 3 WordPress Gallery Slideshow

Once you’re happy with your Smart Slider 3 WordPress gallery slideshow – or if you just want to see how it looks on your website – save your work, then create a new post or page or open an existing one for editing. The Smart Slider 3 plugin adds a handy button to the WordPress editor that makes it very easy to insert your slider into your content.

As well as using the Smart Slider 3 shortcode pictured above to insert the slideshow into your content, you can also use the provided PHP code to display your sliders in other parts of your website, by adding the code to your theme files. There’s also a widget for quickly adding sliders to the sidebars and the other widget-ready areas of your website.

Final Thoughts

Smart Slider 3 can do a lot more than just create WordPress gallery sliders. Even the free version has templates that make it easy to add multi-layer slides to your slideshow that consist of text, images, and other content. If you’re just looking for the quickest and easiest way to add WordPress gallery sliders to your website, Smart Slider 3 and its list of features definitely isn’t overkill.

Also, if you ever want to get even more creative with your slideshows and the other presentation elements of your website in the future, the optional Smart Slider 3 Pro plugin is never more than a few clicks away.

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https://smartslider3.com/blog/give-divi-slider-upgrade-smart-slider-3/ Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:12:41 +0000 https://smartslider3.com/?post_type=blog&p=6759 Divi from Elegant Themes is one of the most popular WordPress themes available today and if you’re using this theme or thinking about choosing it for your website, this article looking at the Divi slider tool is for you. The Divi feature list looks great on paper, sometimes you can get better results from using […]

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]]> Divi from Elegant Themes is one of the most popular WordPress themes available today and if you’re using this theme or thinking about choosing it for your website, this article looking at the Divi slider tool is for you.

The Divi feature list looks great on paper, sometimes you can get better results from using a separate purpose-built plugin alongside Elegant Themes’ flagship WordPress template.

One example of this is the Divi slider tool. While you might be tempted to stick with the default Divi slider module, you could be doing yourself and your website a huge disservice. In this article, we’ll explain why you might want to consider giving the Divi slider an upgrade and what extra features you could unlock for your website by doing so.

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🖼️ Divi Slider Module
🎨 Layer Options
👩‍🎨 Creative Freedom
🎬 Animation Options
▶️ Playback Control Settings
🏞 Slideshow Variations
🎓 Upgrade the Divi Slider Tools
🤔 Final Thoughts

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🖼️ About the Divi Slider Module

The Divi slider is one of the many modules you can add to your page design. Available at the touch of a button, when it comes to convenience for Divi users, this slider is hard to beat. However, when it comes to functionality and letting you create impressive slideshows, the Divi slider does have some limitations, especially compared to more purpose-built built WordPress slider plugins.

You could get by with just the default Divi slider module. But if you really want to make the most of your website and get the best results from it, installing a plugin like Smart Slider 3 alongside the Divi theme has many benefits. If you’re worried about compatibility between Divi and Smart Slider 3, there’s no need. The plugin slots right into the Divi user experience.

🎨 Layer Options

Hopefully you’re curious about how the Smart Slider 3 plugin can upgrade the Divi slider functionality. One of the most important improvements you’ll have access to if you choose this plugin and theme combination is the ability to create slideshows with more than three layers.

The three Divi heading, text, and button content layers might be enough for the most basic of sliders. But for everything else, Smart Slider 3 and its 23 layer types gives you much more creative freedom. If you do choose Smart Slider 3 as your new slider tool, then layers for icons, progress bars, counters, and even videos can be used to add content-rich slideshows to your website.

By combining the different layers and the content types they support, you can create some truly unique website with Smart Slider 3 and Divi.

👩‍🎨 Creative Freedom

There’s no doubt that Divi makes it easy to add sliders to your WordPress website. Simply enter text in the set fields and then upload some images and your slider is ready to go.

Of course, Divi does have settings that give you some control over how your slider and its content will look and behave. But for the most part, this simplicity comes at a cost and that cost is creative freedom. Compared to a purpose-built slideshow plugin like Smart Slider 3 that gives you a blank canvas to work from when creating and arranging the content on each slide, you can quickly see how restricted you are with the Divi slider.

Thanks to the absolute positioning, with Smart Slider 3 you’re free to drag and drop elements around the slide, resize them, and customize them in a number of different ways. By taking advantage of the lack of a fixed structure, you really can build what you want with Smart Slider 3.

🎬 Animation Options

We’ve already seen that Smart Slider 3 lets you choose from a varied selection of content types for your slides while also giving you the freedom to place the items anywhere on your slide canvas. Another reason to add this plugin to your Divi-powered website is the ability to add a range of animation effects to your sliders, block and their contents.

With background animation modes including rotating, parallax, tiles, rows, puzzle, and spinning cuboid to name just a few, you can easily bring your design to life. As well as adding animations to the slide background, you can also apply them to the individual layers of your slides.

As before, you can instantly preview the animation effects in real time to find the right one for your presentation. Using custom triggers to control the animation effects, as well as enabling looping or one-time animation playback is all part of the Smart Slider 3 toolkit.

Once you take into account other animation features like the layer timeline, Smart Slider 3 becomes the obvious choice for adding animated slideshows to your WordPress website. Furthermore, as everything has been designed to be as lightweight as possible, making the most of the animation effects shouldn’t slow down your site.

▶️ Playback Control Settings

Like the other aspects of the Divi slider covered so far, when it comes to playback controls, you can add functional controls to your slider with Divi. However, if you want greater creative freedom to define how your slider controls look and work, again, Smart Slider 3 will definitely appeal.

With control over the arrow styles, positions, and colors as well as the ability to define the bullet and thumbnail properties, Smart Slider 3 makes it easy to customize this aspect of your slideshow.

🏞 Slideshow Variations

Truth be told, Divi doesn’t have just one slider module. You can also add post sliders and video sliders to your WordPress website with this theme. These modules make it easy to display a selection of your blog posts in a slideshow format and create sliders that feature videos from external URLs or those you’ve uploaded to your site.

The Posts Slider module of Divi also gives you the ability to create dynamic slideshows that display the latest post content from your blog. However, Smart Slider 3 goes beyond just allowing you to use posts for the content of your dynamic sliders. Displaying WooCommerce products, custom post types, and content from popular WordPress events plugins as well as the NextGEN Gallery tool is all supported by Smart Slider 3.

You can also display content from social media sites like Facebook and Twitter as well as a range of other sources with Smart Slider 3 Pro. It’s also fair to say that the filtering options of the Smart Slider 3 Pro dynamic slide generator feature are more sophisticated compared to the Divi slider modules.

🎓 Other Ways Smart Slider 3 Upgrades the Divi Slider Tools

Hopefully you now have a better idea of how Smart Slider 3 can upgrade your ability to add slideshow presentations to your Divi website. But if you’re still not sure, how does the idea of being able to create a wider range of slider types, including customizable full-page and full-width sliders, carousels, showcase sliders, and blocks.

Smart Slider 3 definitely isn’t short on fully customizable templates either. Choosing an option from the collection of complete pre-built sliders and library of individual slides can help you save time and overcome any design-related shortcomings you might have.

Last but not least, Smart Slider 3 compares favorably to other popular premium WordPress slideshow plugins, especially when it comes to performance and ease of use. Image optimization, with the option of enabling lazy loading, is part of the functionality of Smart Slider 3, too.

🤔 Final Thoughts

As you can see, there are plenty of good reasons to use Smart Slider 3 to add sliders to your Divi website. Not only does Smart Slider 3 integrate seamlessly into Divi, but you can build more interesting, creative, and unique slideshows with Smart Slider 3 compared to the Divi slider modules.

It’s worth mentioning that this article isn’t just a case of a plugin developer trying to promote their product over a competitor’s product. If you ask in the Divi Facebook groups and other related communities, you will find instances of people who love Divi but would like the ability to do more with sliders. If you fall into that category, then this article was written for you.

It’s definitely not a case of Divi or Smart Slider 3. Instead, using these two tools together to enhance your options for adding slider to your WordPress website is the way forward.

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https://smartslider3.com/blog/page-builder-siteorigin-smart-slider-3/ Tue, 13 Mar 2018 07:42:13 +0000 https://smartslider3.com/?post_type=blog&p=5928 Page Builder by SiteOrigin is one of the most popular content editor plugins for WordPress. In just a few clicks, this free drag-and-drop page builder tool can turn the WordPress content editing experience into something much more creative, powerful, and fun. So if you want to create custom post and page designs for WordPress website, […]

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]]> Page Builder by SiteOrigin is one of the most popular content editor plugins for WordPress. In just a few clicks, this free drag-and-drop page builder tool can turn the WordPress content editing experience into something much more creative, powerful, and fun.

So if you want to create custom post and page designs for WordPress website, Page Builder by SiteOrigin is one of the best options out there.

However, this tool can be made even better by using it alongside other plugins, including Smart Slider 3. In this guide, we’ll show you how the free version of Smart Slider 3 can be used to add stunning slideshows to the custom content designs that you’ve created with page builder.

What Makes Page Builder by SiteOrigin so Good?

As mentioned, Page Builder by SiteOrigin is a hugely popular page builder plugin. With over 1 million active installations, more than 14 million downloads, and a 4.9 out of 5 stars rating based on 925 user reviews. Page Builder by SiteOrigin is not only the most popular page builder plugins, but also one of the most popular WordPress plugins of all time.

Once the plugin is live on your website, you can start creating custom layouts for your WordPress posts and pages. There’s also a library of pre-built page templates that make it easy to get started. Furthermore, the plugin includes a selection of widgets that can be added to your designs to help you create pages that contain useful elements like regular buttons and call-to-actions, hero images, post carousels, pricing tables, and much more.

As all the design work takes place through an intuitive visual editor, you should be able to produce something stylish with page builder regardless of your level of design experience.

Creating Page Builder by SiteOrigin Sliders

One useful feature of this plugin is the Page Builder by SiteOrigin slider widget. By installing the free widgets add-on pack for the plugin, you’ll be able to create custom image and video slideshows for your posts and pages.

As you might expect, the Page Builder by SiteOrigin slider widget is easy to use, giving you a quick way to create interactive slideshows that display images and videos. Through the slider widget controls, you can set a background image or video for your sliders as well as a foreground image. The sliders can also be set to take visitors to a custom URL when clicked. The other Page Builder by SiteOrigin slider widget controls cover the transition speed, the amount of time each slider is displayed for, and the properties for the navigation controls.

The free add-on pack also includes a layer slider widget which is a more powerful tool for creating slideshows for your WordPress website. Through this module, you can use the Page Builder by SiteOrigin editor to design your slides.

Just like creating a regular page design with Page Builder by SiteOrigin, each slide can include any of the other widgets. This allows you to add a wide range of content to your presentations. The Page Builder by SiteOrigin sliders can be set to fill the entire browser window or can instead be inserted into your post and page layouts as well as displayed in the widget areas of your website. Thanks to this, you could use the plugin to create a mini content slider for your website’s sidebar or design a full-width content slideshow for the header of your homepage.

So if you’re looking for a quick way to add basic image and video sliders to your website, as well as create custom content slideshow presentations, Page Builder by SiteOrigin and its free add-on are certainly up to the task.

Page Builder by SiteOrigin + Smart Slider 3

However, if you want to get even more creative with Page Builder by SiteOrigin and sliders, you’ll be pleased to learn that you’re not limited to the built-in slider functionality of this plugin. Like many of the best WordPress page builder, Page Builder by SiteOrigin integrates with Smart Slider 3.

Once the Smart Slider 3 plugin is active on your site, you can easily insert any of the slideshows you’ve built with this tool into your custom content designs.

You can then choose which of your Smart Slider 3 sliders to display in your page layout through the Page Builder by SiteOrigin Smart Slider widget. This integration makes it possible to not only create your own advanced slideshows for your website but also make use of the library of free slider templates available to Smart Slider 3 plugin users.

Reasons to use Page Builder by SiteOrigin and Smart Slider 3 Together

Although SiteOrigin does have two slider widgets, they are quite basic. However, by installing the free version of Smart Slider 3 on your WordPress website, you can start incorporating some great looking and feature-rich slideshows into your website.

As mentioned, even the free version of Smart Slider 3 includes an impressive selection of slideshow templates. Therefore, if you’re looking for some inspiration for your own slider designs or a faster way to create slideshows for your site, these templates are a great reason to use Page Builder by SiteOrigin and Smart Slider 3 together.

As well as the slider library, the free and premium versions of Smart Slider 3 have other features and functionalities that aren’t part of the Page Builder by SiteOrigin slider widgets. So if you do choose to use these two plugins together, you’ll be able to use layers in your slide designs, apply a range of animation effects, and control the slider autoplay and other useful feature options.

If you need even more power, then upgrading to Smart Slider 3 Pro is an affordable option that enables the extra layers and animation effects, increases the number of slider templates and the size of the slide library, and gives you the option of using dynamic content in your sliders, including content from Flickr, YouTube, and your own WordPress website.

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Conclusion

As we’ve just seen, Page Builder by SiteOrigin is a powerful free page builder plugin for WordPress. While it does have some built-in slider functionality if you really want to reap all the benefits of using sliders on your website, then installing the free or premium version of Smart Slider 3 vastly increases your options and capabilities when it comes to adding slideshow presentations to your WordPress website.

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https://smartslider3.com/blog/smart-slider-and-beaver-builder/ Thu, 14 Dec 2017 09:27:20 +0000 https://smartslider3.com/?post_type=blog&p=5059 Beaver Builder is often referred to as the best page builder plugin for WordPress and after checking it out, it’s hard not to agree. With a popular free plugin that’s been actively installed on over 400,000 websites, as well as the powerful premium version, Beaver Builder is a visual editor for WordPress that can really […]

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]]> Beaver Builder is often referred to as the best page builder plugin for WordPress and after checking it out, it’s hard not to agree. With a popular free plugin that’s been actively installed on over 400,000 websites, as well as the powerful premium version, Beaver Builder is a visual editor for WordPress that can really help you create unique content designs for your website.

Although Beaver Builder is packed with useful features, there are still some areas where it can be enhanced by using it alongside a specialist plugin. Creating slideshows is one example of this, and in this guide to using Smart Slider 3 and Beaver Builder 2, we’ll explore how you can add even better slideshows to your website with Beaver Builder and Smart Slider 3.

What Makes Beaver Builder 2 so Great?

Beaver Builder 2 picks up where the first version of this plugin left off and adds even more great features and an improved user interface to the mix.

You still get access to the same great selection of customizable modules, including buttons, callouts, counters, pricing tables, testimonials, and more. However, now the workflow for using those modules is much improved. The same can be said for the page templates. The impressive library of designs can now be edited with even greater ease, thanks to the recent updates to Beaver Builder.

Being able to drag and drop items around the page, then click on an element to start editing, makes Beaver Builder a highly recommended WYSIWYG content editor for WordPress. And as we’re about to see, thanks to the support for third-party plugins, the Beaver Builder slider options just got a whole lot better.

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Creating Beaver Builder Sliders

The free version of Beaver Builder is definitely a good option for upgrading the WordPress editor for those on a budget. However, the limited module selection and lack of page templates make upgrading to the premium version highly recommended.

If you do upgrade, you’ll be able to create basic content sliders, slideshows, and post sliders for your WordPress website. Once you’ve dragged one of the slider modules onto your page design, you can then define its display properties.

The Beaver Builder slider modules definitely give you the ability to create your own custom slideshows for display anywhere on your site. The settings let you choose the transition effects, playback speed, cropping options and much more, helping you ensure your slideshow looks and behaves in the way that you want.

You can also create content sliders that can combine text, photos, and videos to help you present a custom message to your audience. The mobile controls make it easy to selectively hide or display slider elements depending on the device they’re being viewed on.

However, as well as these Beaver Builder sliders, you also have the option of installing a third-party slideshow plugin like Smart Slider 3 on your site. As long as you’re using a slideshow plugin that’s compatible with Beaver Builder any sliders you create can be added to your custom page designs.

Using Beaver Builder and Smart Slider 3 Together

If you do want to start incorporating more creative sliders into your Beaver Builder page designs, then the process is very straightforward. One option is to install the Smart Slider 3 free plugin on your WordPress website.

By using the advanced features of Smart Slider 3, you can create slides with multiple layers, add layer animations to your slides, and import any of the pre-built templates from the slideshow library. Once you’ve created a slider with this tool publishing it is easy. Just open the page you’d like to add it to in Beaver Builder.

After opening the page for editing and then revealing the sidebar panel, you can drag and drop the Smart Slider element onto the page. Once you’ve done that, you’ll be able to choose which slider to insert into your custom page layout.

Now the slider you’ve chosen will be added to your page. Thanks to the integration between these two plugins, the properties of your Beaver Builder slider from Smart Slider 3 can be customized through the page builder settings panel. This includes controlling the position of the slider, settings its visibility status when being viewed on mobile devices, and more.

Depending on the type of slider you created, it could be a full-screen slideshow or a smaller part of your overall page design.

Other Reasons to use Beaver Builder and Smart Slider 3 Together

As we’ve just seen, Beaver Builder 2 has some useful slideshow functionality that helps make it one of the best page builder plugins for WordPress. However, by installing an affordable freemium slider plugin like Smart Slider 3 alongside Beaver Builder, a whole world of creative opportunities opens up.

As well as all the prebuilt slideshows and slide templates you get access to with Smart Slider 3, one feature you’ll appreciate if you’re running an online store is the ability to create ecommerce product sliders and carousels.

Thanks to this feature, you can easily add interactive product displays to anywhere on your website, including custom page designs you’ve created with Beaver Builder.

Creating video slideshows or carousels with Smart Slider 3 isn’t a problem either. With full support for self-hosted videos and content from YouTube, you can easily create video gallery slideshows or insert videos into your multi-media presentations.

Using a powerful slider plugin alongside Beaver builder also gives you the ability to add slideshows to your custom page designs that feature multi-layer animations, the Ken Burns effect, slides with video backgrounds, and that use actions and events. Whether you choose the free or premium version of Smart Slider 3, you’ll be able to upgrade your slideshow creating abilities in no time at all.

Conclusion

If you’re looking for a way to create custom page designs that include unique and advanced slideshows, using Beaver Builder and Smart Slider 3 together is a great option. Installing the free or premium version of Smart Slider 3 on a WordPress website with Beaver Builder gives you access to a suite of powerful tools for creating custom content for your website.

Choosing Smart Slider 3 is the quick and easy way to upgrade the Beaver Builder slider capabilities, in just a few clicks!

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2018 is around the corner and we wanted to say thank you with a little gift. We will be giving away 2 Beaver Builder Pro licenses and 10 Smart Slider 3 Pro Single licenses.

Update: This giveaway is now closed. Check your mailbox for more information and thanks to everyone who participated and helped make this contest a success! Congratulations for the winners! Have a wonderful Holiday!

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