Managing the Hero Area
The Hero Area section is the first thing your visitors see, making it a great spot to get them acquainted with your catchy content. Controlled by a smooth parallax scrolling and featuring a fullscreen background image or video, this is the perfect place to make a great first impression.
The Hero Area feature is available for pages with the following templates: Default, Full Width, and Portfolio.
Adding Content
We strived to offer a simple yet flexible system to manage the content of the Hero Area. We leverage the complete freedom of the native WordPress Editor, so you can easily create the layout that fully represents you.
Hero Content Alignment
Considering the background image a focal point, you can quickly align the content using the arrow controls below the editor, in order to make them both more visible (see a visual explanation).
Tip: When previewing the page, press the Right Arrow key once, and then you will be able to live preview the placement of the content using the Arrow Keys. (see demonstration)
Adding a Background Image
On the right sidebar, the Hero Area » Background section is used to configure the cover background of your Hero Area.
After uploading an image or video you can correctly control its transparency using the Opacity option. To ensure high contrast for your overlay text, you just need to reduce the opacity to 50%.
In case you prefer a plain color background, skip uploading any images, and just pick a background color.
Tip: Note that the image from the “Featured Image” section is used only as a thumbnail on the Portfolio archive grid, not as a hero background.
Adding a Background Video
Another great thing is that you can upload a self-hosted video to create a looping visual element behind your content.
Adding a Slideshow
If you’re a slideshow fan, you can upload multiple images and videos to create great one. The hero content will always be shown on the first slide only.
You can also make the slider autoplay and choose to show adjacents slides.
Removing the Hero Area
You can start with the page content right from the top. To hide the Hero Area section, empty the hero content area and any items from the Hero Area » Background.
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