# Slideshow
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The **Slideshow** displays up to 8 auto-rotating slides to showcase your product images. You can fine-tune how your images look, all slide headings and colors, and add a mobile-specific image for the best experience across all devices.
## Set up section
Add this section to any template (except Checkout) and use the drag-and-drop handles to re-order its position. You can add this section multiple times with different content and settings.
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STEPS
In your theme editor (**Customize**):
1. Select a **Template** to edit from the dropdown menu in the top bar.
> Learn how to use templates in our [Templates guide](https://help.fluorescent.co/ira/general/editing-themes/using-templates).
2. Under **Template**, click **(+) Add section** and select **Slideshow**.
3. Click and hold the drag-and-drop handles **`⋮⋮`** to re-order your sections.
### Add image slides
Add up to 8 slides with unique images, headings, buttons, and custom colors.
STEPS
In your theme editor (**Customize**):
1. Click **(+) Add slide** and/or click on the **Slide block** to open the settings.
2. Under **Image**, click **Select image** to upload and select your image file.
> There are no required images dimensions. We recommend images that are **square (1:1)** or **landscape (3:2)** (wider than tall) with a minimum width of **`2050px`** for optimal quality across all devices.
3. (*Optional*.) Under **Mobile image**, click **Select image** to upload and select an alternate slide image that will show only on mobile.
> You may want a different image that works best with mobile screen dimensions.
4. Select the **Image focal point** to choose which section of the image to keep centered within the slide.
> This setting ensures the key part of your image appears when cropping occurs.
> To turn off cropping, you can set the Slideshow image height to **Original**.
5. (*Optional*.) Click and hold the drag handles **`⋮⋮`** to rearrange the blocks:
> Click **Remove block** in the block settings to delete a block.
> Click the **Eye icon** to hide or unhide a block.
6. Click **Save**.
### Add slide headings
Add headings for your slides and change the text size and position.
STEPS
In your theme editor (**Customize**):
1. Click the **Slide** block to open the settings.
2. Change the **Heading** text.
> We recommended a short title of just a few words.
3. (*Optional.*) Add a **Mini heading** to display above the Heading.
> We recommended using the small heading as a label or category for what you're showcasing in the slide, such as "Products", "Collections", or "Blog posts", etc.
4. Add **Subheading** text to display below the heading.
> We recommend two or three short sentences.
5. Adjust the **Text max width** of your headings using the slider.
> Experiment with this setting to find a clean visual shape for your text.
6. Change the position of the slide content by using the **Text alignment** dropdown.
7. Change the color of the **Heading**, **Subheading**, **Button text** and the **Button background**.
> We recommend using WebAIM's [contrast checker](https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/) when matching colors to make sure your text is clear and readable for everyone.
8. (*Optional*.) Select an **Overlay color** to display overtop of the image and adjust the **Overlay opacity** using the slider.
> The **Overlay** lets you control the brightness and tone of images. Use this setting to balance it with other images and to increase contrast with headings so they're readable.
> Set the opacity to **`0%`** to turn off the overlay color; set it to **`100%`** to create a solid color slide with no image.
9. (*Optional*.) Click the **Overlay gradient** option to add a color overlay that fades across a range of hues.
> You can choose the style, angle, position, and opacity of the gradient. See Shopify's [color gradient guide](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/themes/theme-structure/color-scheme#gradients) to learn more.
10. Click **Save**.
### Add buttons
Link to your collections or products or any other page with a call-to-action button. Add **Button text** to display a button or leave this field blank to make the entire block a clickable link.
STEPS
In your theme editor (**Customize**):
1. Click on a **Slide block** to open the settings.
2. Select or paste a **Link**.
> Make sure you copy the full URL, including **`https://`** at the start. For example: **`https://instagram.com/abc123`**.
3. Add **Button text** to display a button underneath the headings.
> The entire slide will become a link if no **Button text** is added.
> The most effective button labels ask customers to do something (e.g. Get started, Join us, Shop now). To learn more, read ["What is a Call to Action?"](https://www.thebalancesmb.com/call-to-action-1794380).
4. Change the **Color** for the **Button text** and **Button background**.
5. Click **Save**.
## Section style
### Slideshow height (image cropping)
The **Slideshow** section can display your slides at a **Custom height** or show your uploaded images with their **Original height** without cropping.
STEPS
In your theme editor (**Customize**):
1. Click on the **Slideshow** section to open the settings.
2. Choose to display slides images with a **Custom** or their **Original** height (without cropping).
> The **Custom** setting will make all slides uniform in height.
> For the **Original** setting, we recommend uploading images with the same dimensions to avoid irregularity in the slideshow height when rotating.
3. If **Custom** height is selected: adjust the **Height** and **Mobile Height** of your slide images between 50% to 100% of the maximum height.
> When **Custom height** is set to 50%, the slideshow will always display at half the height of the customer's screen or window height.
4. Click **Save**.
### Time between slides
By default, multiple slides will rotate. You can choose to display each slide between 2 to **10** seconds.
STEPS
In your theme editor (**Customize**):
1. Click on the **Slideshow** section to open the section settings.
2. Move the slider to set the **time between slides** between `2` to **`10`** seconds.
3. Click **Save**.
## Enable parallax
The **parallax** makes it look like the image and text have depth as customers scroll.
STEPS
In your theme editor (**Customize**):
1. Click the **Slideshow** section to open the settings.
2. Check the **Enable parallax** option.
3. Click **Save**.
## Enable full width
By default, the slideshow has margins on side of the slides. In the theme settings, make the slideshow **full width** and span the entire width of the screen or window without margins.
STEPS
In your theme editor (**Customize**):
1. Click the **Slideshow** section to open the settings.
2. Check the **Enable full width** option.
3. Click **Save**.
## Settings reference
Click on the **Slideshow** section to find the following settings.
| Setting | Description |
| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Image Height | Set the image height to Custom or Original. Select Original to display your uploaded image without cropping. |
| Custom height | The height of the mobile slideshow as a percentage of the screen height. Your image will be cropped to match the height. If the custom height is 100%, the slideshow will expand the full height of any screen. |
| Time between slides | Select the number of seconds each slide is shown before rotating. |
Click on the **Slide blocks** to find the following settings:
| Setting | Description |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Image | There are no required images dimensions. We recommend images that are square (1:1) or landscape (3:2) (wider than tall) with a minimum width of 2500px for optimal quality across all devices. |
| Mobile image | Add alternate image to displayed only on mobile devices |
| Image focal point | Select the Image focal point to control what part of the image to center within the slide. Use the focal point to make sure the key part of your image or video won't be cropped when it overflows the size of the block. |
| Mobile image focal point | Select the Media focal point to control what part of the image to center within the slide. |
| Heading | Add heading text to display as the slide title. |
| Subheading | Add subheading text to display below the heading.
Use the formatting buttons to add text styles, links, or lists.
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| Heading size | Increase or decrease the base font size of the heading. |
| Text shadow amount | Use the slider to increase the amount of text shadow to add more contrast between slide text and image. |
| Text max width | Use the slider to control the maximum width and line breaks of the section headings. |
| Button label | Add custom text for your call-to-action button. |
| Button link | Select or paste a link for the button or slide. |
| Text alignment | Position the Heading, Subheading, and Button to one of nine quadrants of the block. |
| Text color | Choose the color of the slide text. |
| Buttons background | Select the color of the button label (e.g. "Shop now") |
| Button text | Select the text color for the buttons using the solid style. |
| Overlay opacity | Use the slider to adjust the transparency of the overlay color. |
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> **Related links**
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> [Gallery](https://help.fluorescent.co/ira/sections/theme-sections/gallery)\\