Title: Templating Help
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Templating Help

 *  Resolved [ninjaraptor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ninjaraptor/)
 * (@ninjaraptor)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/templating-help/)
 * I’m having some trouble getting my template to do what it wants – I assume that
   the way the plugin handles slide transitions is jQuery pulls the values from 
   the list of slides below into the template (so the `h1` with `id="fs-title"` 
   gets the title etc), but I can’t figure out what codes to use for some values.
 * Specifically I’d like to know what placeholders to use for the post permalink
   and the `button-comment` field, but if there’s a complete list somewhere then
   that would be helpful.
 * Thanks!

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 *  Plugin Author [jeff_](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeff_/)
 * (@jeff_)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/templating-help/#post-2138121)
 * Jsut have a look at the default template… its simple :
 * – fs-main is the main container
    – fs-slide is the main part, where the image
   is shown – fs-placeholder is the element that materialize the visible part of
   image and contains the previons and next controle (fs-prev and fs-next) + the
   clickable part of image (fs-link) – fs-text is the text ribbon that takes place
   just below fs-placeholder and is on the picture and contains the fs-title and
   fs-excerpt that are respectively the title and the comment of the current slider
   then you will find an unordered list that materialize the buttons and contains
   the slides informations
 * All elements id are quite explicit…
 * The transitions has 2 times :
    1) the current picture is hidden and all displayed
   informations (title, comment and link) are cleared + the current button loose
   the “current” class (performed by the fsChangeSlide function) 2) the next picture
   is shown and the informations (title, comment and link) are set (performed by
   the fsChangeSlide2 function) The loops are started by the frontpageSlideshow 
   function and the fsDoSlide function that respectively initialize the slider if
   not already done, and go a step forward onto the loop
 * Hope this helps
 *  Thread Starter [ninjaraptor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ninjaraptor/)
 * (@ninjaraptor)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/templating-help/#post-2138158)
 * Hi jeff_, thanks for the reply.
 * I understand the placeholders in the default template – it was more the two that
   I mentioned (specifically calling the post permalink, and the `slide button-content`
   field) that were getting me, since they don’t appear to be explicitly used anywhere
   in the default template (correct me if I’m wrong!). I see the line;
 * `<div id="fs-entry-button-comment-'.$id.'" class="fs-comment">'.$entry['button-
   comment'].'</div>`
 * in the default template, but even though this is filled with the field from my
   saved page I can’t get the value to transfer into my active slide (have experimented
   with elements with ids like `fs-comment`, `fs-button-comment`, etc).
 * When I was using the default template, the `fs-link` element just called a hash
   ref (`#frontpage-slideshow`), which didn’t take me to the post (is this supposed
   to be replaced, or called via jQuery?).
 * Maybe I’m missing something, but I’ve been poking it for a while and it’s got
   me!
 * Cheers
 * ————–
 * EDIT: After further poking in the `fsChangeSlide2()` function, it appears that
   the `button-comment` field is never set. That would explain my issues!
 * I also see now that the `frontpageSlideshow()` function sets an onClick handler
   for the link element, rather than simply setting the href in the template.
 * Further fiddling will ensue…
 * Well that’s answered my questions! Thanks for your time.
 *  Plugin Author [jeff_](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeff_/)
 * (@jeff_)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/templating-help/#post-2138170)
 * The button-comment is not set because you did not set it… (look at the add/edit
   post page, just below the editor, you will find a special formular allowing you
   to control how the post looks like onto the slider)
 * Concerning the link : the href **cannot** be set in the template because there
   is only one link… (read the code!) the link’s href is set dynamicly with javascript.

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