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Christian Moran
Christian Moran
6,514 Points
Posted by Christian Moran
Christian Moran
6,514 Points

Simplistic page editing for users.

Im not sure if i'm gonna be able to explain my question at 100%, but here I go.. Let me first explain the main page of the site I have create. This site is for a church having the header with links to other pages, ex. main (home page), Info, services (blog), about.. The body full of content, and footer.. This pages content is displayed based on the template that its pointing to.. the body has quote on top, slider for images and 3 column info section. Instead of coping the code into the page section on wordpress, I was wondering of better way to have the user edit the quote slider and info section without looking at the code..

Now I know of themes that could better this but they are not that customizable, im looking for something more simplistic and as a fast resolution.

If you need a better visual of the page visit http://newvision.gopagoda.com

2 Answers

nik
nik
8,925 Points

Best advice I can give is to look for a testimonial and slider plugin for wordpress. Editing the info would be through the plugin settings and the shortcode can be placed anywhere on your page or posts.

Christian Moran
Christian Moran
6,514 Points
Christian Moran
Christian Moran
6,514 Points

Any recommendation on a testimonial plugin that will integrate with a current page. That will also have a customizable css?

Thanks for your time Nick.

nik
nik
8,925 Points

Lol there are like a million of them out there but I came across "Testimonial Basics" doing a quick search under wordpress.org. Looks like it has all the standard features and the ability to customize the look through the admin panel. But of course if you want to get down to the specifics, you can edit the files within the plugin. There are a lot more out there free and premium depending on what else you want with it but again this is just an example.

Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
9,767 Points
Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
9,767 Points

Page takes ages to load, thought it wasn't going to at first. Change the font please...can barely see it.

As mentioned, a slider plugin sounds like what you need or make one with some jquery.

Christian Moran
Christian Moran
6,514 Points
Christian Moran
Christian Moran
6,514 Points

Thanks for your time Matthew, My site is hosted by pagodabox when an incoming web request hits a sleeping site, the app automatically wakes up, but the waking process double even triples the load times.. This causes the site to load longer the first time.. Still working on the layouts and I will change the font.. It was just a place holder.

Well I've been working on several plugins and this is helping lots..

Once again thanks for the time..