In March 2012, I developed a couple of presentations for WordUp Pompey and WordUp Brighton on the subject of Galleries and Slideshows and Lazy smart shortcodes. As I did so I learnt of the jQuery Nivo slider. I briefly looked at a number of existing WordPress Nivo slider plugins. None of them seemed to satisfy my particular need of being able to direct the user to a post, page or other custom content type.
So I developed my own – the oik-nivo-slider, which is dependent upon the oik plugin.
| Plugin name and description | Plugin links: WP,homepage,bw notes | Version, total downloads, last update, tested |
|---|---|---|
| oik-nivo-slider jQuery image slider | oik-nivo-slider home | 1.8 2013-02-21 16:13:08 3.5 |
| oik Lazy smart shortcodes for displaying often included key-information and other WordPress content. Over 80 shortcodes to use anywhere on your website. | oik home | 2.0 45121 2013-06-18 3.6 |
At its simplest you just upload images to your post, or page then use the [nivo] shortcode to display the slider. Add the link=n parameter to prevent the user from clicking on a link.
But a more complex implementation enables the user to choose where to go from the slideshow.
Clicking on a link will take you to one of these pages.
