The Glider is a slider creating widget for the Elementor Builder. It is easy to use and flexible widget that can make your site more engaging and interactive. Clear settings allow you to configure the slider and get the desired result in a short time.
The Glider is fully responsive and supports touch and swipe navigation as well as mouse drag for desktops. It even accelerates to keep up with your pace when you click through previous and next navigation. All animations are hardware accelerated for a smoother performance.
The slider supports two types of display to suit all your needs and wishes. Besides, you are not limited in the description for each slide and can add custom content using the TinyMCE editor easily. This is a great opportunity to display almost any information you want in the slider.
The Glider has very flexible settings. You can change the colors, fonts, background, borders, paddings, and margins for the text, manage the slider height and select the type of navigation. All this can be configured directly from the Elementor’s interface and does not require additional code knowledge.
Glider for Elementor is exceptionally compatible with all modern browsers. It does not matter which browser users view your site: Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, or Edge. Everything will look great on all devices and in all browsers.
The plugin installation takes only a few seconds. Also, you do not need to make any additional settings. The plugin is ready to work immediately after installation – you only need to install and activate it in WordPress. Read more about capabilities and settings in the Online Documentation.
Installing the WordPress plugin is quick and straightforward. After you have downloaded the archive with the plugin, you will see the file with the plugin inside. Unzipped purchased the product you will see inside the archive with the plugin pluginname.zip There are two ways to install it:
First of all, open WordPress admin area login page and login in into WordPress as Admin. To do this visit http://yoursitename/wp-admin
Go to Plugins > Add New
Click Upload Plugin Button
Choose archive with Plugin and press Install Now Button
After Installing go back to the Plugins page and click Activate below plugin title
Use Login and Password to connect to your web-server via FTP or use your hosting file manager.
Upload archive with plugin to /wp-content/plugins
On next step Unzip the archive with the plugin
Installing WordPress Plugin is almost finished. Go to the Plugins page and click Activate below plugin title. You can find out your username and password on the website of your hosting provider.
After installing and activating the plugin, you can go to settings of the Plugin. Also, you can read more helpful articles about WordPress Themes and WordPress Plugins.
The Glider is a slider creating widget for the Elementor Builder. It is easy to use and flexible widget that can make your site more engaging and interactive. Clear settings allow you to configure the slider and get the desired result in a short time.
For further work, you need the Elementor to be installed on your site. You can download from wordpress.org
Open or create a page using Elementor to start using the Glider Elementor widget. You will find the widget at the end of the general section.
Drag it into the editor to start customizing. In the left pane of the editors, you can customize the widget to the style of your site. Each of the tabs presented a specific group of settings:
On the Content tab of the Glider Elementor widget, you can manage the general slider settings and each slide content.
The slider supports two types of display with personal settings.
When choosing the Overlay skin, such options are available:
When choosing the Cards skin, such option is available:
The button adds slides for the slider, where you can insert images, text or other custom content for each of the slides.
The toggle to enable/disable random order of slides in the slider.
On the styles tab of Glider widget, you can configure everything related to the visual style of elements: colors, typography, backgrounds, gradients, and more.
The section settings are available only if the Card Skin is selected in the Content tab. You can manage the background, border types and Border Radius of the cards.
There are many options in the section to change the style of the title and create your own design. Apply if the Title in the Сontent field is selected in the slide settings.
Specify the font color and opacity for the text of the current block using the color picker.
This group of settings controls everything about typography: font-size, font-weight, and other parameters.
This setting creates a shadow from the text and it can be adjusted according to your needs specifying color, blur, horizontal and vertical shift.
This setting allows managing the margin of the title block in different units(px, em, %) for desktop, tablets or phones.
This setting allows managing the padding of the title block in different units(px, em, %) for desktop, tablets or phones.
This setting changes the background of the title block. You can choose a color, gradient, or background image.
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Select one of the available border types (solid, double, dotted, dashed, groove) for the current title block and adjust the width, color, and radius according to your needs. Pick “None” to remove the border.
There are many options in the section to change the style of the content and create your own design. Apply if the Custom Content in the Сontent field is selected in the slide settings.
The settings allow you to adjust the adaptability of the slider for different devices.
The settings allow adjust the type of navigation of the slider and select a display location.
Defines navigation with previous and next buttons to flip through items.
Create dot navigation to operate items or to scroll to a different set.
The setting allows selecting the way to set the height of the slider. There are 3 options available: Auto, Viewport, Custom. The height will adapt automatically based on its content. Alternatively, the height can adapt to the height of the viewport.
The settings in the advanced tab Glider Elementor widget allow you to flexibly configure everything that relates to the design of the plug-in wrapper. The settings on this tab are entirely similar to the native Elementor widgets and will be convenient for experienced users of the Elementor. Learn more about Advanced Tab settings from Elmentor’s official documentation.
Do not forget to save changes after completing the widget setup. To do this, click on the Update button at the bottom of the page.
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