Note: this function is only available to the group owner and group operators. 


An image slider allows you to have a widget with a slideshow within your group. You are also able to hyperlink each image to other content. 


Add the Image Slider widget

  1. Go to your group

    Add widgets button


  2. Click the Add Widgets button 
  3. A pop-up box will appear. Find Image Slider and click Add widget.
    1. Add image slider widget popup.png
  4. Close the pop-up box


Configure the Image Slider widget

  1. Click the gear on the top-right of your Image Slider widget to open settings. 
  2. Click Slide - 1 to edit the first slide.


    1. the cog icon on the image slider widget
  3. Under Image URL, enter the URL of the desired image.
  4. Under Text, write the text that will appear somewhere on your image.
  5. In the Link, enter the destination URL. By doing so, the user will be directed to the URL upon clicking the image. This step is optional.
  6. Under Direction, indicate where your text will be located on your image.
  7. (Optional) Scroll Down. Adjust the slider type, number of seconds per slide (default is 10 seconds per image), height of slides (default is 300 pixels), and overlay color (default is 4690D6).
  8. Choose the Access settings. The default setting is the group only.
  9. Repeat the above steps for each slide as needed (maximum 5 slides).
  10. Click Save.