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#  HikaShop Slider module

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## Installation

- 1) Download the module on our website.
- 2) Install it on your Joomla website via System > Install > Extensions.
- 3) Go to Content > Site Modules, create a new "HikaShop Slider" module, publish it in the position where your template wants its hero (for example "banner" with Heritage & Hearth) and choose the pages it shows on.
- 4) Add your slides in the "Slides" list, then save.

## Configuration

![The settings of the module: one block per slide with its picture, texts, button and side](/images/doc/plugins/slider/slider_settings.png)

- **Slides**: one line per slide, shown in this order. A line holds:
- **Picture**: the picture of the slide, preferably wide and at least 1600 pixels. Without a picture the slide has a plain background.
- **Alternative text**: what the picture shows, for screen readers. Leave it empty when the picture only decorates.
- **Small heading**: a few words above the title, optional.
- **Title** and **Text**: the title of the slide and a short text under it, optional.
- **Button label** and **Button link**: the button shows when both are filled in. The link is a full address, or a page of your site such as index.php?Itemid=101.
- **Text side**: left, right or centre.
- **Sale category**: optional, the ID of the HikaShop category of a sale, for templates that show a sale strip. Leave it empty otherwise.
- **Autoplay (seconds)**: the time each slide stays (default: 8). 0 turns the automatic change off.
- **Height (pixels)**: the height on a large screen. Empty uses the template's height, or the module's default.
- **Arrows**: shows the previous and next arrows. They are hidden on phones, where the dots do the job.
- **Dots**: shows one dot per slide under the slider.
- **Accessible name**: how screen readers name the slider. Empty uses "Featured slides".
- **Alternative Layout**: an alternative layout from your template.
- **Module Class** (Module Class Suffix on Joomla 3): CSS classes to add to the module.