Setting up a carousel using SiteOrigin Page builder, Widgets bundle, and PAJ Featured Image Carousel.

by phillip | Jan 25, 2018 | SiteOrigin Widget, wordpress, Wordpress Plugins

How to quickly and easily create a beautiful moving carousel using SiteOrigin’s Page builder, Widgets bundle, and PAJ Carousel.

If you have already downloaded and installed Siteorigin’s Page builder then you can skip Step 1.
Also if you have already downloaded and installed SiteOrigin Widgets bundle then you can skip Step 2.

Step 1 SiteOrigin PageBuilder

To use the SiteOrigin PageBuilder plugin you must first download and install it using the usual method
Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/plugin-name directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.

Once the PageBuilder has been activated it adds an extra tab to the standard WordPress editor.

Clicking on this tab brings up the Page Builder interface.

Toolbar

From the toolbar, you can add a widget, add a new row of columns or load prebuilt layouts.

Step 2 SiteOrigin Widget Bundle

To use the SiteOrigin Widget Bundle plugin you must first download and install it using the usual method
Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/plugin-name directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.

Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.

Widgets Management

Once activated, go to Plugins > SiteOrigin Widgets, there you’ll find the Widgets Bundle dashboard. The tabs at the top of the page let you view all widgets, enabled widgets only or disabled widgets only.

Step 3 PAJ Featured Image Owl Carousel

To use the PAJ Featured Image Owl Carousel plugin you must first download and install it using the usual method
Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/plugin-name directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.

Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.

If you are using the PAJ Carousel with the SiteOrigin Widget bundle make sure you go to
Plugins > SiteOrigin Widgets, there you’ll find the Widgets Bundle dashboard and enable the ‘PAJ Owl Carousel’ widget, by locating it and clicking the Activate button.

Once you have activated the PAJ Carousel, create a new post.

Step 4 Adding the PAJ Carousel

Add a new post and select the Page Builder Tab

This brings up the screen

Select + widget which takes you to the Add New Widget Screen

Select the PAJ Owl Carousel widget, you then click on edit.

This takes you to the edit screen

From here you can select the various options regarding your carousel content and settings

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