Novator slider customization

[Jorge Contreras]

Greetings,

Just today I'm starting on abantecart, so I'm as newbie as it gets.

I'm running v1.4.2 on a linux machine, in case it matters.

Right now I'm trying to edit the Home page carousel, and the documentation tells me to edit the HTML directly in the carousel block, but there's no specifics about image types or size requirements.  Or much of anything else actually.

By inspecting the page and searching my shop's files, I've figured out where to upload the new image files to, but I haven't been able to get the images to act right.  On my laptop they kind of work, but not on my phone.

Here's what it looks like on the laptop:  https://drumdr.com/drum-sales/

I've tried resizing in the HTML, but it seems to have no effect at all.

Suggestions?

[Jorge Contreras]

Took me all day, but I did make a little progress.

[Basara]

Hello.
A few general points that should help clear things up.

First, it's common practice to use the same image sizes and proportions as the original demo banners. You can always inspect the demo source and download the original images to see their exact sizes and aspect ratios https://www.abantecart.com/shopping-cart-demo

Second, since the carousel content is HTML, you do not need to upload images to any specific folder. You can upload images anywhere you like and simply reference the correct path in your HTML, replacing the original image path. The slider doesn't care about the physical location as long as the path is valid.

Also, in AbanteCart you don't need to manually upload images via FTP for this. In the HTML editor for the banner/block, there is an "Add Media" button. You can use that button to upload an image directly while editing the banner, and it will insert the correct path automatically.