Step 4 – Getting to know your Settings Page
The Sola Testimonial Settings page comprises of six tabs namely:
1. Styles Tab (choose an image style, layout, theme and customise your testimonials)
- The Image style section allows you select between the two options – the default, which is displays a squared image or the second one which displays a rounded image.
- The Layout section provides a selection of five options – the default, which displays one column,the second option that displays two columns, the third option that displays three columns and the fourth option that displays four columns.
- The last option in the Layout section does not contain any styles, it allows you to to style your own testimonials to your preference.
- The Choose a theme section contains six themes.The first two are available in basic version and ALL six are available in the premium version.
- The Custom CSS section provides a platform to style your own testimonials using CSS.
See below an illustration of the above.
NB! Please ensure you have saved any changes before navigating to another tab.
2. Options Tab (the below options will only affect testimonials using the single or grid layouts.)
- Allows you to show the testimonial title or not.
- Allows you to show testimonial body or not.
- Allows you to specify the excerpt length.
- Allows you to set the default image size.
- Allows you to customize your read more link.
- Allows you to show the users name or not.
- Allows you to show the link to the users website or not.
- Allows you to show testimonial image or not.
3. Form Options Tab(allows you to create a comprehensive form on your website).
There is all sorts of things you can achieve here:
4. Slider Tab (contains options that enable customization of a slider )
- Enables you display sliders by using the shortcode – [sola _ t _ slider] to display testimonials in a slider.
- Enables you to create testimonials based on categories using the shortcode – [sola _ t_ slider cat_id=1].
- Enables you to customize a slider to show images, titles, excerpts, usernames and website names.
- Enables you to specify the following:
- Slider Navigation
- Slider Pagination
- Number of testimonials per slide.
- And Finally,it enables you to modify the CSS to style of your own testimonial slider.
See below an illustration of the use of the slider.
