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Slideshow

Your website thrives on fresh content. The Slideshow is a dynamic feature that lets you present the latest events or blog posts in an appealing way. The slideshow automatically fills itself with the content you've tagged for it, so your site stays current without you having to re-insert all the information for events and blog posts each time.

Note: In the website editor, there are two similar functions: the Slideshow and a Slider. The Slider is a tool for custom-designed content, where you can manually create each individual slide as its own row with specific text, images, and modules. This feature is only available for users with the Studio add-on. Read more about it in this article.

On this page:

Setting how many posts should be displayed in the slideshow
How can I display an event or a blog post in my slideshow?
How do I edit the image to fit the slideshow?
Embedding the slideshow on the website

Setting how many posts should be displayed in the slideshow

To control how many posts are displayed in the slideshow, you need to do this in the ChurchDesk website module:

Click on "Widgets" on the left side of the screen -> select "Slideshow" -> click on "Actions" -> select "Edit" -> there you can set how many posts (1-20) should be visible -> confirm with "Ok"

How can I display an event or a blog post in my slideshow?

Event

If you want a calendar event to appear in your slideshow, you need to do the following:

Create an event with an image (this will appear in the slider)
Add public event information
Set visibility settings to "Public: Event can be shared everywhere"
Check the box for "Add an event to the slideshow on your website"
Finish by saving

Blog Posts

If you want a blog post to appear in your slideshow, you need to do the following:

Create a blog post with an image (this will appear in the slider)
Set visibility settings to "Public"
Check the box for "Show in slideshow"
Finish by saving

Note: In the slideshow, content is displayed chronologically. Blog posts always have priority over events. Once the pre-set number of displayed posts has been reached, no new content can be added to the slideshow. The older blog posts are not automatically removed from the slideshow. The older posts must be manually removed from the slideshow so that the new posts become visible. To do this, you go into the respective post and remove the checkmark next to "Show in slideshow".

How do I edit the image to fit the slideshow?

You make this setting directly in the blog post or event:

Go to the image and select "Crop"
Select "Slideshow Widget"
Use the mouse to mark the part of the image you want to show by dragging the yellow arrows up and down
Finish by saving

Embedding the slideshow on the website

Go to the page where you want to insert the slideshow.
Create a row where you want to insert the slideshow.
Add a new Dynamic Content Module.
In the settings, select the type and the slideshow widget under Content.
Confirm with the green checkmark.

Keywords: Slideshow, dynamic content, Slider, events, blog posts, website editor, widgets, crop image, SEO, website design, automatic display, dynamic module, manage content

Updated on: 08/08/2025

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