Three SuperSlider-Login questions

Hi YorkShireLad,

I found your thread while doing a search on Google: I had the same issue that you described in #2, so you’re not alone. I already let the author of the plugin know about it, and I found a fix that involves modifying the css a little. I posted the fix in the plugin support page.
The path to the file you need to edit is:
[blogroot]/wp-content/plugins/superslider-login/plugin-data/superslider/ssLogin/[color]/[color]_vertical.css
, where [blogroot] is your blog root directory and [color], the color you chose in the plugin options panel (default, black, blue, or custom).

As for points #1 and #3:
1#: Yes, I guess you could move it, you just need to play with the css file I mentioned above (if you are using it in vertical mode; in horizontal mode, it’s a different file: [color]_horizontal.css; however, since the window is programmed to slide downward (vertical) or from left to right (horizontal) in Java Script, I don’t know how it would behave if the panel was placed at the bottom or to the right;
3#: Yes, it will get overwritten, but you could backup the modified version of your plugin before updating it and then reinsert the changes afterwards.

Hope this is helpful. Good luck!

Hey Marv,

I also followed your link from the plugin dev website, and am also experiencing the same IE styling issue, and am just berserk at IE for its consistent inconsistency and incompatibility with certain CSS implements.

Like you, (in IE) I’m getting the black line beneath my menu overlay which is a real eye-sore! I’m wondering if it maybe because of the image format (PNG as opposed to GIF) that is causing the issue, or a simple block in the CSS that can be adjusted for IE specifications?? It seems, however, that even the demo on the dev’s site is also experiencing this same problem.

I’ll look into this more but in the meantime, if you could do me a favor and let the dev know that the forum registry is not working properly, I’m not able to complete the registry and/or receiving an email confirmation for login auth.

Thanks and best of luck!

Hi mrmcq,

The problem is the image format: open the top_tab.png file located in superslider-login/plugin-data/superslider/ssLogin/[yourtheme]/images and save it as a .gif file.
That should fix the problem in IE. However, I like the way the .png version looks better in all the other browsers, so what I did was specify different images for each kind of browsers through conditional styling: non-IE browsers are assigned the top_tab.png, and IE browsers the top_tab.gif.
In case you would like some information about how to accomplish this, you can read the following article.
If you have a delicate or complicated theme (like me) and are unable to edit the header.php file directly, then the simplest way to implement conditional styling would be through a function, placed in functions.php or custom-functions.php. Before you modify this/these file(s), remember to back them up first in case something goes wrong:

<?php
function browser_detection_IE() {
	$browser = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
	if (preg_match("/MSIE/i", $browser)) {
?>
	<style type="text/css">
	      <!-- Styles for IE -->
	      .style 1 { }
	      .style 2 { }
	      etc.
	</style>
<?php
    } else {
?>
	<style type="text/css">
	      <!-- Styles for all the other browsers -->
	      .style 1 { }
	      .style 2 { }
	      etc.
	</style>
<?php
	}
}
add_action ('wp_head','browser_detection_IE');
?>

You can get the superslider-login styles from any of the .css files located inside each theme.

About the author, I sent him a message through his contact form not such a long time ago and he hasn’t got back to me yet, so I don’t know if he’s in town or just too busy. You can try contacting him through the superslider contact page.
Good luck!

Hey Marv,
Great plugin!
Is it possible to make it show-up as the page loads, instead of clicking on it to open?
Also, to stay in the same page after registering or loging-in?
Thanks!

Hi Oragu,

I am glad you like this plugin, but I did not develop it: Daiv Mowbray did. Here’s the WP Superslider Website if you want to drop the author a word about how cool this plugin is, ;-).
As for your questions:
1. Make the login window show as the page loads: I’ve actually never played with this feature, because the default behavior is perfect for the sites I run, but if I had to venture a guess, I would say the behavior is probably coded inside the .js file(s) (Java Script). Just to make sure, you could contact the author through his support Forums and ask him.
2. Stay in same page after login/registration: I my experience, if you fill out all the required fields (registration fields if you’re registering for the first time or login fields if you’re a registered user), the plugin lets you stay on the same page. However, if you don’t fill out all the fields, it takes you to the WP login screen (wp-login.php).

I hope this helps.