Thread

I’m new to EE, attempting a transition after using Wordpress on many sites for almost a decade, an early version of EE and other early open CMS setups.

I’m unclear how Nivo Slider or Gallery relate to EE. They offer a generic jquery plugin and a wordpress plugin. In Wordpress this would all be obvious. But since they don’t have a plugin specifically designed for EE I’m unsure how to use Nivo within EE.

First I tried putting the Nivo script in the root of the site, then I tried putting it in the third party plugin directory, calling it directly, calling it as an EE plugin which couldn’t work bc there’s no .php file, calling as jquery, then activating as extension.

None of these worked. Plus I’m not sure how to format a path name in the sites index template relative to the root, whether it’s treated as if it’s in the root or within the system.

I’ve searched the forums and I’ve read existing articles on the subject, none of which explain any of this in any meaningful or helpful way.

PS what I would like to do is setup the site similar to one of these:
http://breedlovemusic.com/
http://wyntonmarsalis.com/

Basically, a portfolio site with a prominant slideshow. Once I get past the hurdle of getting Nivo or some other slideshow plugin working should be smooth sailing from there.

Thanks in advance.

You will want to put the nivo files somewhere you can access on the web so definitely not anywhere in the admin folders. I would create a js/javascript/script/etc folder in the root of your website and reference it there [removed]. After that it should be as simple as including the main script and css if applicable in the header, using a channel or plugin loop to output your images, and then running the script initialization function. If you can get somewhat close to that and it doesn’t work post a link which will make helping you a lot easier.