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Slide In Plugin Content Formatting

When I use the Slide In i try to add a shortcode button and use bullets, etc., but none of them show. can you use different formatting and shortcodes in the content of the Slide In?

Sun, 3 Jan 2016 20:05:42
  • Adam
    • Support Gorilla

    Hello @zimrock,

    I hope you're well today and thank you for your question!

    In order to use shortcodes with Slide In you will want to first enable shortcode support. To do this, please go to your dashboard's

    "Slide in" -> "Global Settings" page and scroll it all the way down.

    Check on the "Allow shortcode" check-box in "Advanced" section (see screenshot) and save settings. From now on, shortcodes should work fine.

    As for bullet lists. I don't think that Slide In wold filter/strip those but it may be necessary to add custom CSS rules to make them visible/properly formatted. That said, could you please point me to the site in question (and a page where I could see the slide in) so I could take a closer look at this?

    Best regards,

    Adam

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  • Adam
    • Support Gorilla

    Hello zimrock!

    I took a look at the site and I suppose that the shortcodes are working now. However, since you replaced the bullet list I will not be able to check this out for you. It’s usually associated with the theme that you’re using (and its CSS, to be precise) so I’d need to take a look at those bullets, even if they’re broken.

    That said, if you still need my assistance, please replace the list back with the bullet list and let me know. I’ll visit the page again, examine its code and hopefully should be able to provide you with a solution.

    Best regards,

    Adam

  • Adam
    • Support Gorilla

    Hello zimrock!

    Thanks for switching to list back again. I was able to investigate your site’s source code and come up with a fix. This CSS rule should help here:

    .wdsi-slide ul li {list-style:disc;margin-left:20px;}

    To use it, please paste the above line into the “Custom CSS’ box on your dashboard’s

    “Slide In -> Global Settings” page.

    is there a way to have a tab or an icon show on the side so the slide in can be opened again whenever clicked after it has closed?

    This is not currently possible with Slide In plugin but I agree it would make a great feature. Therefore, could you please start a new thread on this in our “Features and Feedback” forum? It’s watched by our developers and hopefully more members will support the idea so they’ll implement it in one of future plugin’s releases.

    In case you’d need it urgently, you may want to ask a question on our “Jobs & Pros” job board (please note: no WPMU DEV staff involved!) here:

    https://wpmudev.com/wordpress-development/

    Best regards,

    Adam

  • Adam
    • Support Gorilla

    Hello zimrock!

    I checked your site again (sorry for not noticing that issue before) and this rule should fix it:

    .wdsi-slide-close a {height:46px!important;}

    Please add this rule right below the one you’ve already added to fix the list-bullets issue.

    Best regards,

    Adam