1. If you don’t have a child theme, create one:
– In Theme Options click the Help tab in the upper righthand corner.
– One of the options in the list is to download a sample child theme. This downloads the theme zip file to your local computer.
– Install the new theme in your Admin panel by selecting Add New > Upload Theme > Choose File, then select the zip file you downloaded.
– Activate the child theme.
You’ll now have a pre-configured child theme with a style.css file and functions.php file to which you can add customizations.
2. Create a /inc subfolder in your child theme.
3. Copy /inc/featured.php from the parent theme to /inc/featured.php in your child theme.
4. In that file in your child theme change the “slideshow” property from false to true:
jQuery('#flexslider-featured').flexslider({
animation: "slide",
useCSS: false, // Fix iPad flickering issue
slideshow: true, <------ change this from false to true
directionNav: true,
controlNav: true,
pauseOnHover: true,
slideshowSpeed: 7000,
animationSpeed: 400,
smoothHeight: true,
touch: false
});
5. Save the file.
If you have more than one Featured Post the slider should run automatically.