Great Plugin: Meteor Slides, part 1
Published on February 22, 2015
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It has been awhile since a plugin has captured my imagination and kept me busy for 2 days.
This plugin called "Meteor Slides" has created a whole new set of strategies for me. So much so that I want to document my experience with it. I think it will take several blogs to present it. But it will be worthwhile for me to make a record of it for myself. And maybe others will be helped by it.
Plugins > Add New > type "slides" - install "Meteor Slides"
This one is compatible with my theme. After installing it, the first thing that struck me was the design of it. It was as if it was part of WordPress all along. It took a lot of stress away and got me to use it effortlessly. You won't believe how natural it looks inside WP.
The Basic Concept: creates a set of pictures with or without text to be displayed in a timed sequence.
Advantages
1. It jams a ton of information into a tiny space so that the readers don't have to click all over your site to be exposed to it. Actually, they probably won't go around clicking everything. So, it brings the information to them.
2. The dynamic of sliding really draws attention
Here in part 1, I want to just introduce the possibilities.
1. Embed a slider into any post or page
It only requires a simple short code that is pasted right into the post or page. There is no crazy-hair-pulling code work with the WP editor.
You can advertise anything you want in a sequence of slides.
UPDATE: There is a glitch when it is embedded into a post or page. Now, this may be a problem related specifically to my own theme, Espressionista. It may behave with your theme. The problem is that it plays ALL the slides from all your files. This means that the subfolder organization is not working. Now, it does work in the sidebar but not on my page or post. Let me know if it works for you. Actually, I'm ok with it not working on the page/post because it can be a distraction from reading the post/page. I think it works better in the sidebar. So, the problem is that a big deal to me.
2. Embed the slider into the sidebar as a sequenced advertisement
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-now, this gets interesting. There are a number of possibilities here. You can create your own whatever!! Affiliate links, links to other pages, the services you provide....anything
-and you can create as many of these as you want...I guess...until you run out of real estate on your sidebar.
-I created a whole bunch and each slider has its own unique purpose. You can see it on any of my sites (listed below)
-here's a quick overview of the unique purposes of each slider-set
1. Slide set to advertise all my sites so visitors can see the big picture of 8 sites working together
2. Slide set to show what other leaders are saying about me. Adds authority to my sites.
3. Slide set to display all the services I provide.
* and each set is linked to take them where I set
3. Embed it into the sidebar as a SINGLE slide.
-obviously, being one slide, it doesn't slide. But now, it functions as a classic widget advertisement like putting a graphic-banner on your sidebar. But now, you have the design power to make it whatever you want.
-so, I created a static slide situation to advertise my ebooks. And of course, it is linked to the page I want them to go.
-I also created a static slide widget for my YouTube channel. It's just a convenient click straight to that channel.
* I feel like I have just begun to play with the possibilities. If you choose to try it, let me know how you are using it.
Click for part 2 on tech set up
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