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Smart Slider 3 is the most powerful and intuitive WordPress plugin to create sliders which was never possible before. Fully responsive, SEO optimized and works with any WordPress theme. Create beautiful sliders and tell stories without any code.
Live slide editor
A beautiful interface makes creating slides fast and efficient. The complete freedom to build what you want, the way you want. Edit your slides as you used to in page builders. Drop layers after each other and structure them with rows and columns.
Unique Layouts with Layers
Enhance your slider with the layers and make your site even more unique and grandiose. Every heading, text, image, button and video can be edited easily with the customization options. Change all the details that really matter in typography and style.
Responsive, Mobile Ready Sliders
Switch your slider to different device mode and optimize your content for the resolution. Your site can be enjoyed in any environment, be it a mobile, tablet or desktop.
Beautiful Sliders to Start
No tech skills needed, just pick a slider template. It works like magic! Choose from a variety of beautiful templates or start with a blank Slider. Simple way to build every kind: image, layer, video and post slider.
Most powerful features
- Content slide builder – Edit your slides as you used to in page builders.
- Canvas slide builder – Drag and drop your layers anywhere on the slide.
- Slide library – Slide Library provides several pre-made slides to kickstart your work.
- Totally integrated with WordPress – Media manager, shortcode, widget, post permalinks, post editor.
- Page Builder support – Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, Page Builder by SiteOrigin, Visual Composer, Gutenberg
- Totally responsive and touch friendly – Sliders can be enjoyed on any device, be it a mobile, tablet or desktop.
- Dynamic Slides – Available source: WordPress posts
- Customizable controls – Arrows, Bullets, Autoplay, Bar, Thumbnails, Shadows
- Slide backgrounds – 9 Super smooth background animations
- Layers – Build unique design with 6 varied layers: Image, Heading, Text, Button, Vimeo, YouTube
- Font and Style manager system – Change easily all the details that really matter in typography and style.
- Sample sliders – 10 sliders to start
- Import and Export sliders
- Intuitive slide creation: choose images, select WordPress Post or add YouTube and Vimeo url
- Static slide
- Touch Swipe, scroll, keyboard navigation
- Full-width responsive mode
- Slide switching animations: Horizontal, Vertical, Fade
- Slide background animations
- Autoplay timing options
- Slider controls: Arrow, Bullet, Autoplay, Bar, Thumbnail and Shadow
- SEO optimized
- Layers: Image, Heading, Text, Button, Vimeo, YouTube
- Layer snap in visual slide editor
- Adaptive layer font sizing
- Hide layers on specific devices
- Slide thumbnail image
- WordPress Multi Site compatible
"I can heartily recommend the free version. It already provides more functionality than any other slider plugin – even many premium ones." – Daniel Pataki – premium.wpmudev.org
"Having tried more than a few WordPress slider plugins, both free and paid, I can honestly say that this is one of the best that I've ever tested…" – Daryn Collier – wpkube.com
"Since Smart Slider is free to use, I do not have to really stress how good a plugin it is because you can download it yourself and see for yourself." – Kevin Muldoon – kevinmuldoon.com
"This plugin can be used for much more than a simple slider – being able to create whole sections of your website." – Oliver Dale – wplift.com
"Taking all this into consideration we can safely say that Smart Slider 3 is one of the top WordPress slider plugins." – Mark Zahra – wpmayor.com
Smart Slider 3 is a community-driven project that would not be the same without your feedback. If you have any problem or feature request for this plugin, please feel free to contact us!
Smart Slider 3 Pro Features:
- All sample sliders
- Layer animation builder
- Live Timeline
- 9 extra layer types
- 4 extra slider types
- All generators for dynamic slides
- Extra background animations (more than 54)
- Built-in lightbox
- Built-in image editor
- Advanced controls and much more control presets
- Ton of expert settings
- Premium support
- Full list of PRO features
Dynamic slide sources in FREE version
- WordPress Posts: WordPress posts by Category and Tag filter or only the specified posts.
Dynamic slide sources in PRO version
- WordPress Custom Posts: WordPress posts from custom post types by custom taxonomy filter or only the specified custom posts
- WooCommerce slider from products: Woocommerce products by Category, Tag, Featured, In Stock and downloadable filter or only the specified products.
- NextGEN Gallery: displays the images and related meta from the selected source gallery.
- Events: Events by Category and Tag filter. Supported plugins: All-in-One Event Calendar, Events Manager, The Events Calendar
- Image slider: displays the images and related meta from the selected source gallery. Supported plugins: Gallery by BestWebSoft, Photo Gallery by WD
- Social dynamic sources: 500px, Dribbble, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Instagram, Picasa, YouTube, Pinterest
- English
- Brazil Portugese (pt_BR) 100%
- Russian (ru_RU) 95%
- Polish (pl_PL) 90%
- Italian (it_IT) 74%
- Finnish (fi_FI) 72%
- Hungarian (hu_HU) 66%
- French (fr_FR) 65%
- Traditional Chinese (zh_tw) 61%
- German (de_DE) 53%
- Spanish (es_ES) 52%
This plugin provides 1 block.
- nextend/smartslider3
- Smart Slider 3
Check our official documentation for more information
Automatic installation
- Search for Smart Slider 3 through 'Plugins > Add New' interface.
- Find the plugin box of Smart Slider 3 and click on the 'Install Now' button.
- Then activate the Smart Slider 3 plugin.
- Create a new slider: Click on the 'Smart Slider' menu, click on the create slider button. Then you can add images and videos as slide and you can customize your slides with layers.
- Then copy the shortcode from the Publish slider box and paste it into a post or a page.
Manual installation
- Download Smart Slider 3
- Upload the Smart Slider 3 through 'Plugins > Add New > Upload' interface or upload smart-slider-3 folder to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory.
- Activate the Smart Slider 3 plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
- Create a new slider: Click on the 'Smart Slider' menu, click on the create slider button. Then you can add images and videos as slide and you can customize your slides with layers.
- Then copy the shortcode from the Publish slider box and paste it into a post or a page.
- 1. How do I add the slider to my site?
You can add your slider by shortcode or via the widget control panel or PHP shortcode.
- 2. Where can I reach the documentation?
- 3. What should I do when I see blank area where the slider should show or the slider doesn't work?
Usual problem is that you have the latest WordPress version, but your theme loads very old jQuery version (1.7 or older) and the WordPress admin bar throws a JavaScript error. In this case, you have to remove the old jQuery from your theme's functions.php.
If you are unable to solve these problems, feel free to contact us!
- 4. What should I do when I experience any problem?
- 5. Is Smart Slider 3 is totally responsive?
Smart Slider 3 is 100% responsive with each items, so it will fit perfectly into your page, regardless of the size of your desktop screen or device.
- 6. Can I customize the fonts of the slider?
Yes you can customize everything for every state. (hover, active, opened) The slider comes with Google Web Font support, allowing you to pick from over a dozen font families. To make using Google Fonts even easier, we have created a font manager interface that simplifies the process and preview it.
- 7. Can I show multiple instances of slider on one page?
Yes you can use multiple slider widgets and slider shortcodes.
- 8. How to include a slider in a post or a page?
[smartslider3 slider=Here comes the slider id]
- 9. How to include a slider into header.php or other PHP files?
<?php echo do_shortcode('[smartslider3 slider=Here comes the slider id]'); ?>
- 10. Does Smart Slider support sites with SSL?
Of course! Smart Slider use protocol relative urls which works fine on http:// and on https:// too.
Contributors & Developers
"Smart Slider 3" is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.Contributors
"Smart Slider 3" has been translated into 17 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Translate "Smart Slider 3" into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
3.3.26 – 8. January 2020.
- Feature: Keyboard navigation detection improvement
- Feature: Control hover delay increased
- Feature: WordPress disable pointer events in iframe in page builders
- Fix: Multiselect CSS issue at generator settings
- Fix: MobileDetect issues in rare cases
- Fix: Slider loading in Elementor Popup
- Fix: wp_delete_site action is used on WordPress 5.1 or newer sites instead of the deprecated delete_blog
- Fix: YouTube video conflict with Revolution Slider
- Fix: Shape divider height
- Fix: imagesloaded library
- Fix: iPhone ligthbox scroll
- Fix: Rubenz theme AJAX compatibility
- Fix: WordPress Posts by filter generator – wrong date in url variable
- Fix: Hide slider with CSS media query in the admin area
- Fix: Quix builder fix
- Fix: EasySocial user url fix
- Fix: Pointer Events Polyfill – Slide switching in browsers that doesn't support pointer events
- Fix: WordPress shortcode parameters
- Fix: Vimeo and Youtube layers
- Deprecated: Help beacon
3.3.25 – 28. November 2019.
- Feature: Keyboard navigation detection improvement
- Fix: MobileDetect issues in rare cases
- Fix: Slider loading in Elementor Popup
- Fix: wp_delete_site action is used on WordPress 5.1 or newer sites instead of the deprecated delete_blog
- Fix: MouseWheel timing adjusted for Apple Touchpad
- Fix: YouTube video conflict with Revolution Slider
3.3.24 – 14. November 2019.
- Fix: WordPress 5.3 backend compatibility
3.3.23 – 12. November 2019.
- Feature: Mobile detection code update
- Feature: Easy Fancybox compatibility
- Feature: Google font list updated
- Feature: TranslatePress support
- Fix: RTL fix on admin area
- Fix: ScrollTo offset
- Fix: YouTube layer pause
- Fix: Gutenberg save (Slider render is disabled over REST API)
- Fix: Conflict with Embed Plus for YouTube – Gallery, Channel, Playlist, Live Stream plugin fixed
- Fix: The global $post variable is reset properly at generators
- Fix: Compatibility with Divi plugin to avoid them overriding our styling (not the the Divi theme)
- Fix: Scrollable layer is now scrollable when the mouse wheel control is used.
- Fix: Generator image fallback
- Translation: Italian translation updated (Thanks, Fabio!)
3.3.22 – 04. September 2019.
- Feature: Accessibility; the arrow's aria label is now the same as their alt tag
- Feature: New Google fonts added
- Fix: Layer defaults
- Fix: YouTube video play on IOS in rare cases
- Fix: Padding issue in Thumbnails control
- Fix: Alias notice
- Fix: Toolset multiple embedding
- Fix: 4 byte characters removed from Add Post
- Fix: inline CSS parsing of :FOCUS selector
- Fix: hold touch action while main animation playing
- Fix: remove WordPress actions when multisite created
- Fix: WP Smush image optimization won't mess up the slider anymore
- Translation: Spanish translation, thanks to Rodrigo!
- Deprecated: Smart Slider 3 will no longer run on PHP 5.4 or 5.5 version. The new minimum PHP version the slider requires is PHP 5.6.20!
3.3.21 – 05. July 2019.
- Feature: Slider default font size now uses rem instead of px
- Fix: Col border
- Fix: Fix for autoplay click
- Fix: Divi full width section's module
- Fix: Safari col/content/row background hover
- Fix: Vertical bullets on RTL websites
- Other: French translation updated
- Other: Spanish translation updated
- Deprecated: Modernizr removed from the slider
3.3.20 – 23. May 2019.
- Feature: WordPress Fusion builder element for Avada theme
- Fix: Fix for Beaver builder
- Fix: Disable auto loading JS files on frontend when Server side mobile detect is on.
- Fix: doPixelSnapping (to overcome Chrome's browser bug.)
- Fix: Hiding controls' top position space, when control is hidden
- Fix: Don't load any codes on Divi when a slider is not published
- Fix: Bullets didn't worked on mobile and tablet devices
- Fix: image layers no longer load if they don't have selected image
- Other: Translation update Brazil Portugese, Russian, Polish, Italian, French, Finnish.
- Other: better error message for Free users about MP4 videos
- Other: Scroll to slider moved to Developer tab.
3.3.18 – 08. April 2019.
- Feature: Image arrows – Base64 encoding on/off to let you avoid lazy loading or other optimization plugins/extensions caused errors
- Feature: Hide slider with CSS media query option
- Feature: Slide background color overlay
- Feature: Compatibility with EWWW Image Optimizer
- Fix: Parent picker history for deleted parent
- Fix: Elementor + Yoast Seo meta description
- Fix: YouTube layer start time fix (Loop + Reset when slide changes)
- Fix: Compatibility with Swift Performance lazyload-background-images option
- Fix: Slider align – Center
- Fix: Arrow control (slide type)
- Improvement: Better footprint management at the nextend2_section_storage table
3.3.16 – 20. February 2019.
- Fix: Domain activation
- Fix: PHP 7.x compatibility of 3rd party assets
- Fix: Youtube autoplay fix
3.3.15 – 20. February 2019.
- NEW DEMO: Brand new demo slider is available to download!
- Feature: Vimeo layer private video on/off to hide error notification on admin area
- Fix: Repair WordPress installation
- Fix: WordPress Gantry theme compatibility
- Fix: Delayed sliders are now rendered in template tag to make it compatible with W3 Total Cache's Minify feature
3.3.13 – 23. January 2019.
- Fix: wordpress.org problem
3.3.12 – 23. January 2019.
- Feature: Show slide count option for horizontal text bar
- Feature: New advanced shortcode options
- Feature: Slider CSS class
- Feature: Support external images with ? parameters
- Feature: Font loading improvements
- Feature: Image layer link CSS class
- Feature: Slider alias can be used as URL parameter to choose which slide to switch to on page load. (E.g. http://example.com/?alias=2 )
- Feature: Lower opacity of unpublished slides in slide list
- Feature: YouTube layer end time parameter
- Feature: 900 font weight at layer window → Design tab
- Feature: WordPress Post generator author avatar
- Fix: Hyper Cache compatibility
- Fix: Gutenberg Additional CSS class
- Fix: Brizy page builder compatibility
- Fix: Updates about making sure our JavaScript codes are only called in once
- Fix: Divi compatibility
- Fix: Elementor compatibility and shortcode fix in editor
- Fix: Joomla generator image fallbacks for external images
- Fix: PHP 7+ compatibility for post generators when Advanced Custom Fields plugin is also used on the website
- Fix: Beaver Builder 1.5 compatibility
- Fix: Stretched row + layer parallax
- Fix: Remove 4 byte characters from Add Video -> description, title
- Fix: PHP 7+ compatibility, when slider padding or slide duration was left empty
- Fix: Gutenberg iframe
- Fix: Slider align and responsive behavior
- Fix: Fixed background viewport height fix for Android and iOS
- Fix: Check http / relative URL difference in text images at generators
- Fix: YouTube layer "Show related videos from the same channel" fix
- Fix: Iframe layer in Canvas mode
- Fix: Text bar vertical align
- Improvement: Optimize slide background image feature
- Other: New Google fonts added
- Deprecated: IE10 or lower compatibility codes removed
3.3.11 – 22. November 2018.
- Feature: SVG and WEBP image format support
- Fix: Links will be able to contain || characters
- Fix: Android Samsung internet browser fix for full page
- Fix: Include additional CSS files in prerender iframes (fix for page builder frontend view)
- Fix: If Load this slider after option is used, but the parent slider doesn't exists (like it is turned off for certain devices), your slider will still load.
3.3.10 – 12. November 2018.
- Feature: Filters for WordPress post generators
- Feature: WP admin area will use the user's language, not the website's language
- Feature: New target options for links
- Fix: YouTube layer updated to match the latest YouTube embedded API. The Related parameter is renamed to Show related videos from the same channel
- Fix: Private Vimeo videos
- Fix: Visual Composer
- Fix: WPBakery Page Builder
- Fix: WordPress post generator possible warning
- Fix: Font manager weight
- Deprecated: YouTube has deprecated the showinfo parameter. The Show video title option has removed.
3.3.9 – 17. October 2018.
- Fix: Thumbnail alignment and groupping
- Fix: Text layer bold and italic text font colors are now harder to override by theme's codes
- Fix: NextGen Gallery and Divi live editor bug
3.3.8 – 10. October 2018.
- Fix: IE Edge layer display fix
- Fix: Smart Slider 3 inside TablePress on AMP pages
- Fix: PHP 7.3 compatibility fix
- Fix: YouTube iPad control fix with undocumented use_native_controls param
- Fix: Post generator compatibility with some plugins using filters on post titles
- Fix: Elementor compatibility
- Feature: In WordPress the dynamic slide generator caches will be automatically cleared on post saves
- Feature: Better slider resizing on tabs and other custom codes where the slider container is changing
- Feature: More possible post data received in post generators
- Feature: Remove shortcodes option improvement in post generators
- Feature: Alias anchor slide switching option
- Feature: Play when visible improvements
3.3.7 – 29. August 2018.
- NEW TEMPLATE: Brand new slider template
- Feature: The slider's code is automatically skipped by some AMP plugins (AMP for WordPress and AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages).
- Feature: Lazy loader compatibility
- Feature: Gutenberg support
- Feature: Smooth scroll speed
- Feature: Hide controls if only single slide shows
- Feature: Clear Divi admin localstorage cache for slider selector
- Fix: WordPress post generator when the origin post contains Smart Slider 3 ACF field
- Fix: Compatibility with Narratium theme
- Fix: KeyCDN cache enabler
- Fix: Admin ajax fix for YOAST SEO when related post ids are used
- Fix: Borlabs cache plugin conflict
- Fix: Tablepress compatibility
- Fix: Borlabs cache fix
3.3.6 – 18. July 2018.
- Fix: Autoptimize compatibility
- Fix: Divi compatibility
- Fix: Ajax compatibility
- Fix: Windows upload path
3.3.4 – 12. July 2018.
- Compatibility: Smart Slider 3 requires minimum PHP 5.4 and WordPress 4.6. From now on the slider won't activate if these minimum requirements are not available.
- Improvement: WordPress admin area icon replaced with Dashicon
- Feature: generator variables are now supported in layer CSS class
- Feature: slide background blur is enabled in Edge
- Feature: YouTube privacy enchanted mode
- Feature: Vimeo and YouTube layer cover image improvement
- Feature: Google fonts can be disabled at the backend as well
- Feature: Make sliders load into iframes on AJAX websites
- Feature: Use alias to create an element in front of the slider with that ID
- Feature: dynamic slide generators now check whether the dynamic source is available
- Feature: Clear both after slider became an option
- Feature: Pause video on scroll (available at all video layers)
- Feature: Jetpack Photon compatibility
- Feature: WordPress posts generator customizable date variables option
- Feature: New help page with selected articles, documentation search and better support form
- Feature: Slide level autoplay duration is not restricted from now on
- Feature: MySQL 8 compatibility
- Feature: Smart Slider 3 is removed from WordPress RSS
- Feature: Secondary server
- Fix: Button text decoration
- Fix: Controls in below/above positions are correctly centered now
- Fix: Font family: inherit is correctly applied now
- Fix: Removed webfontloader dependency to avoid HTML export issues
- Fix: wayback machine fix for slide background images
- Fix: Beaver Builder compatilibity
- Fix: ACF compatibility on PHP 7.2.x
3.3.3 – 07. June 2018.
- Fix for plugins_loaded action bug
3.3.2 – 07. June 2018.
- Fix for upgrade error message
3.3.1 – 05. June 2018.
- Feature: SEO title is now available in the free version
- Feature: the autoplay control is now hidden when the autoplay is disabled
- Feature: better Add Slide UI
- Feature: better compatibility with caching plugins
- Feature: better slide background management
- Feature: Content and Canvas layers now have different color in the slide editor
- Feature: Divi 3.1 support
- Feature: dynamic slide templates now use Content mode
- Feature: hover effects (row, col and content)
- Feature: new caching engine
- Feature: new fill mode: Blur fit
- Feature: no more xml files. Wider server compatibility and more flexible interface
- Feature: PHP 7.2 compatibility
- Feature: remove linebreak generator function
- Feature: row link
- Feature: slide background and thumbnail sync
- Feature: Static slide renamed to Static Overlay
- Feature: Thumbnail control: draggable slides
- Feature: Global setting changes are clearing slider cache
- Fix: Row stretch and wrap after fix
- Fix: Chrome video handling improvements
- Fix: Font family loading fixes
3.2.14 – 05. April 2018.
- Feature: Visual Composer support added
- Feature: Remove line breaks for generator dynamic variables
- Feature: Removed Fade on load memory limit
- Fix: ACF version 1 and 2 compatibility
- Fix: WooCommerce product page
- Fix: Check if slider visible bug
3.2.13 – 14. February 2018.
- Feature: Widget areas in WordPress
- Feature: Enhanced Media Library compatibility WordPress
- Feature: Arrow alt tags
- Feature: User related advanced shortcode options
- Feature: Control hover displaying improved
- Feature: Background color can get dynamic slide variable
- Fix: ProPhoto theme compatibility
- Fix: Layer position when a chained layer was moved to Content mode
- Fix: Hidden video layers are not autoplaying anymore on iPhone
- Fix: Elementor issue
- Fix: Google font droid fix to Noto
- Fix: CDNForJoomla fix
- Fix: Scroll fix for mac
- Fix: Safari font smoothing
- Fix: Compatibility fix for JCH Optimize
- Fix: Publishing on WooCommerce product pages
- Deprecated: Remove spaces from parents
- Deprecated: Hide siblings
3.2.12 – 14. December 2017.
- Feature: Smart Slider 3 in-app rating. Every feedback helps us to measure how we are doing 🙂
- Feature: Custom Smart Slider field for Advanced Custom Fields plugin
- Feature: Option to disable Slider shortcode when YOAST SEO generates XML sitemap
- Feature: Images from subfolders date ordering
- Feature: Web-Dorado Photo Gallery variables for non-images
- Feature: Generator variables for Content, Row and Column backgrounds and URLs.
- Feature: Simple type main animation now use transform for the animation
- Fix: Background video and YouTube autoplays for supported mobiles (playsinline and muted)
- Fix: Image from folder generator's ordering by file name
- Fix: Proper loading of slider when fade on load setting disabled
- Fix: Server side mobile detect fix in rare cases
- Fix: Thumbnail border fix
- Fix: Disable WordPress emoji in page builders preview
3.2.10 – 23. November 2017.
- Feature: The Youtube and Vimeo layers will stop if you scroll away from them and they will continue when you scroll back
- Feature: The free version's Image layer will have width and height settings too
- Feature: Joomla article generator image variables
- Feature: Base64 removed from async
- Feature: Elementor will auto open the slider selector
- Feature: Beaver Builder 2.0 compatibility
- Fix: Youtube certain configuration settings weren't used
- Fix: Slide's link wasn't clickable over the text bar
- Fix: Search in link
- Fix: PHP7.2 deprecated create_function notice
- Fix: Wordfence compatility
3.2.9 – 12. October 2017.
- Feature: Drag and drop upload removes the image extension
- Feature: Play when visible is available in the free version
- Feature: Server side mobile detection
- Feature: Single bullet will be hidden
- Feature: Thumbnail updates on background change if the background image and thumbnail are the same
- Feature: Fallback for image handling if the mime_content_type function isn't enabled on the server
- Feature: Force full width overflow hidden element setting
- Feature: Control normal flow (below and above slider positions) improvements
- Feature: Affiliate hoplink improvements
- Feature: Updated Google Font family list
- Feature: Frontend accessibility parameter. Accessibility: :HOVER styles applies to :FOCUS. Not: :FOCUS state looks like the normal state
- Feature: WordPress Unyson framework improved implementation
- Fix: Hoplink fix
- Fix: Base64_decode fallback when it's disabled on the server
- Fix: Fallback when mime_content_type is disabled on the server
- Fix: Click on one slide where touch is enabled
- Fix: Font and style hover/normal improvements while blank links are used
- Fix: Layer item scroll fix for IOS
- Fix: Image URL on new layer & slide when the Protocol Relative URL is used.
- Fix: Preserve 3D in Firefox
- Fix: RTL behavior improvements
- Fix: Send as file on Safari
- Fix: Slider importing on certain servers
- Fix: Thumbnail control arrows in Firefox
- Fix: Links not working in certain cases
- Fix: Down/right gradient orientation
- Fix: Hidden col allowed to drop layers when drag on canvas
- Fix: Layer window auto positioning removed
- Fix: Hidden slider control was clickable
3.2.8 – 20. September 2017.
- Fix: Possible cache related PHP error
- Fix: Can't save on slide settings at certain cases
- Fix: Template slider import on some servers
- Fix: Slide editor possible bug
3.2.7 – 12. September 2017.
- Fix: Possible cache related PHP error
3.2.6 – 08. September 2017.
- Fix: Debug code removed
3.2.5 – 07. September 2017.
- Feature: Column count is not limited anymore
- Feature: Post generator post meta variables
- Feature: WordPress text widget's shortcode will be replaced, even if your theme doesn't replace it
- Feature: WordPress twenty-seventeen theme better compatibility on specific positions
- Feature: AJAX can load the slider in most cases
- Feature: Lots of optimization to make the editing smoother and the loading faster
- Feature: Elementor 1.6.x compatibility
- Feature: Stability and speed improvements
- Feature: Visual Composer Ultimate Layouts compatibility
- Feature: Disable Font Awesome icons if you load your own library.
- Fix: jQuery 3.x fixes
- Fix: Dynamic slide Static save
- Fix: Delayed (for lightbox/tabs) compatibility fix with new tab plugins
3.2.4 – 27. June 2017.
- Feature: Content builder mode in slide editor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nRabX8miDY
- Feature: Slide library with tons of new premade slides https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzdoYHOqLnI
- Feature: Structure – build slides with rows and columns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj5BieYjxnc
- Feature: Blur effect for slide backgrounds
- Feature: Blur layer animation
- Feature: Copy and paste slides
- Feature: Move slide between sliders
- Feature: Slider displays itself in the live editor of different page builders. (Beaver Builder, Elementor, Visual Composer)
- Feature: Google font family list updated
- Feature: Adjust slider width to parent selector option for the Fullwidth and Fullpage responsive mode
- Feature: Column count is not limited anymore
- Feature: Italian translation
- Feature: Clear: both option before the slider
- Feature: font-weight: 100 now selectable
- Feature: Slide bulk select improved
- Feature: Grab cursor will only appear if slide count is greater than 1
- Feature: Other minor CSS and speed improvements
- Feature: Admin label for Smart Slider 3 Divi module
- Feature: WordPress generator featured image alt tag
- Feature: Divi/Extra Layout Injector compatibility
- Feature: Beaver Builder 2.0 alpha patch compatibility
- Feature: Visual composer backend fix
- Feature: Elementor 1.5 compatibility changes
- Feature: Tailor Page Builder compatibility
- Feature: Unyson framework – builder compatibility
- Feature: MotoPress CE compatibility
- Fix: YouTube layer Play button
- Fix: Content mode fixes in Internet Explorer
- Fix: Static slide and content mode
- Fix: Invalid item data fix
- Fix: Pre load slider id
- Fix: IOS static slide fix
- Fix: Tooltip
- Fix: Column show/hide on different devices
- Fix: Text layer
- Fix: Elementor Pro template does not show sliders in certain settings
- Fix: Show editor icon fix
- Fix: Forcing MotoPress Content Editor to save down our shortcode and not just the html code
- Fix: Lightbox fix
- Fix: EasySocial album generator
- Fix: Revolution slider compatibility fix
- Removed: Weaker CSS selectors feature (not needed anymore)
- Removed: Slide layouts are not available, use copy slides between sliders.
3.1.10 – 20. May 2017.
- Feature: Google font families updated
- Fix: Sliders not load in are cases
- Fix: Transition layer when there is no second image selected
- Fix: YouTube layer in Internet Explorer
- Fix: Arrow size in Internet Explorer
3.1.9 – 15. May 2017.
- Fix: Vimeo video start time
- Fix: Background images when tile, center and parallax background fill mode is used
3.1.8 – 11. May 2017.
- Fix: Thumbnail arrows
- Fix: Divi page builder
- Fix: Safari 10+ font loading issue
- Fix: Global settings clear cache
- Fix: WordPress posts generator possible warning
- Feature: Vimeo start parameter
- Feature: Accessibility enhancements
- Feature: Youtube play button image
3.1.7 – 02. March 2017.
- Feature: Force english backend option
- Feature: Advanced shortcode options
- Feature: French language (78%) – Thanks Bérangère Audebert!
- Feature: Tags option at the Heading layer
- Fix: Grouped layer import-export
- Fix: Documentation beacon
- Fix: Generator fix
- Fix: Thumbnails
- Fix: Godaddy WordPress plugin conflict
3.1.6 – 30. January 2017.
- This is the last Smart Slider 3 version, which fully supports IE10 and older browsers. From the next version, we will start to use CSS flexbox to improve Smart Slider 3.
- Feature: if /tmp folder is not writable, we will use the cache folder for slider imports
- Fix: Backend top menu fix for Chrome
- Fix: Loading spinner position
- Fix: Slide editor's layer reseting for groups
- Fix: Advanced generator setting – remove links fix
3.1.5 – 27. January 2017.
- Fix: Menu fix for Parallax One and Llorix One Lite theme
- Fix: Bento theme problem fix – same class renamed
- Fix: Slider duplication fix
- Fix: Generator splitbywords fix
3.1.4 – 18. January 2017.
- Feature: Text bar title on/off
- Feature: Generator settings in more visible locations
- Feature: Image layer reads alt tags from WordPress Media Library when a new image is selected
- Feature: rel attribute on links
- Feature: Vimeo layer quality parameter
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"We're very pleased with the event, with the team effort," an excited Draper said afterwards. "We didn't have huge expectations, but to come away with a first (in the fleet racing) and a second (in the match racing) is awesome."
Conditions were light, tricky and testing on Sunday, but Draper and his crew were up to the challenge. As was James Spithill and his ORACLE Racing crew, who appeared to be dead and buried in last place early in the race, only to recover and claim an impressive second place.
"The key thing was hanging in there and looking for the opportunities, and there were plenty out there," Spithill said. "JK (tactician John Kostecki) and the guys did a very nice job… In those sorts of conditions you can go from hero to zero in a matter of seconds. We knew we just had to hang tough and wait for the opportunities. The guys found some good ways back and got us up there."
Earlier in the afternoon, the Match Racing Championship was decided when Terry Hutchinson and his Artemis Racing team took advantage of a pre-start mistake by Chris Draper's team to sail away with a win in the sudden-death Final. The victory was a vindication of sorts for Artemis, who had capsized in the first race of the regatta, damaging their wing and being shut out of the points on Wednesday.
"I can't say enough about the effort from the guys on the boat and on the shore," Hutchinson said. "After Wednesday, we'd have taken today's result, that's for sure. Our team trainer says it's not how you fall down, but how you get up. Now we have to come back in a few weeks in Venice and work on our consistency."
No records were set in this edition of the AC500 Speed Trials, as the light winds meant the fastest runs came at the end, during a brief period of stronger conditions. ORACLE Racing Bundock was able to fend off Artemis Racing by a microscopic .02 seconds to post the fastest time.
A major story in Naples has been the enthusiasm of the city as shown by the size of the crowds in the event village. Sunday was no exception, with the crowds lined deep along the waterfront to watch the action. Much of the support, unsurprisingly, was for Luna Rossa.
"We sailed along the shore after the finish and it's insane to see how many people are here," said Luna Rossa's Draper. "As a sailor you'd never imagine having so many people watching. It's great for the sport, and great to be part of an Italian team in front of all these people. We're very proud."
The America's Cup World Series now packs up and moves north to Venice, for the fifth stop on the circuit in May.
The results from Naples mean there is a new leader on the overall AC World Series Championship leaderboard. ORACLE Racing Spithill has overhauled Emirates Team New Zealand to lead by a slender one point after four events. The 2011-2012 AC World Series concludes in Newport, Rhode Island on July 1, where it appears the Championship will be decided.
Fleet Racing Championship - Standings (seven races):
1. Luna Rossa - Piranha (Helmsman: Chris Draper); 92 points
2. ORACLE Racing - Spithill (Skipper: James Spithill); 77 points
3. Emirates Team New Zealand (Skipper: Dean Barker); 60 points
4. Energy Team (Skipper: Yann Guichard); 54 points
5. Team Korea (Skipper: Nathan Outteridge); 49 points
6. Luna Rossa - Swordfish (Helmsman: Paul Campbell-James); 41 points
7. Artemis Racing (Skipper: Terry Hutchinson); 40 points
8. ORACLE Racing - Bundock (Skipper: Darren Bundock); 37 points
9. China Team (Skipper: Fred Le Peutrec); 15 points
Match Racing Championship - Sunday's races
Final - Artemis Racing beat Luna Rossa Piranha
SF1 - Artemis Racing beat Luna Rossa Swordfish
SF2 - Luna Rossa Piranha beat ORACLE Racing Bundock
See full results and provisional leaderboard here
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Disappointed Yonder Alonso isn't playing every single night. He needs the experience in left field playing nightly would provide. The only way to improve is experience. Would like to see Devin Mesoraco out there every night too.
Sappelt with a 1 out double. The bat is coming around. He's still my CF in 2012 with Stubbs dealt for pitching and Heisey as a fall back..
"All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it." --BABE RUTH
Janish continues to be a black hole in the lineup. I know defense is important, but we must score runs and Janish continues...well, what I said before.
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Homer leaves with 2 out in the 8th, a 4-1 lead, and a runner on 1st. Nice outing.
Chapman coming in to face the lefty Seth Smith.
"I think were starting to get to the point where people are starting to get tired of this stretch of ball, Votto said. I think something needs to start changing and start going in a different direction. Im going to do my part to help make that change.
Yonder sighting. PH single in the 9th.
Phillips HBP. Two on, one out.
Sappelt grounds into double play. Rockies up against the wall, trailing the Reds 4-1 in the ninth.
Yonder makes it look too easy at times now 25 for 60 batting .416 as a Red.
Nelson grounds out to SS. One down for Cordero.
PH Pacheco grounds to SS. Two down.
Fowler strikes out. Reds win. 4-1. Bailey with a strong 7.2 inning outing to elevate his record to 8-7. Cordero records his 32nd save.
Hanigan was the man again, sparking the Reds' four-run rally in the sixth inning with a bases-loaded single, scoring two. Janish also contributes an RBI, his first since June 24.
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Having that picture perfect portrait of your family can feel overwhelming. Just the thought of getting kids organized for a portrait is always stressful for me – never mind worrying about how my family is going to gel with a photographer. Photography is such an intimate experience so finding your 'photographer soul mate' is important. Follow these 5 tips and you'll be on your way to an amazing family portrait experience.
1) Stalk them on social media. I LOVE a photographer that is always sharing their latest family photography on Instagram or Facebook. Why is this more important than an updated website? Nobody has time to keep their website updated daily, but that's a different story when photographers are active on Facebook. A photographer's portrait location, style, placement will continually be changing. I love watching the evolution of portraits through a well updated Facebook page before making a decision to book. I knew from watching the Lark Rise House House Facebook Page for over a year, that the style and editing in her photos was a great match for how I pictured my portrait.
The below picture is from my phone as I watched Raeleigh style my girls and get them totally happy to be barefoot sitting in a barn window. It was at this moment I knew I was going to get a picture of the twins I would always treasure.
2) Location, location, location. I think back to the stress of portraits at the Mall when my children were really young. The entire experience was anything but enjoyable. Here's a little secret about finding the right photographer. The experience shouldn't be terrible. A little stressful with children yes, but not something that gives you nightmares. I know my clan and they need to run around a lot. We met my photographer soul mate, Lark Rise Horse House, at a 200 year old farm with multiple barns and room to run. While my daughters were styled and photographed together, my boys got to collect owl pellets in an old barn, jumping in hay. This freedom gave me time to concentrate on getting my girls organized and not worry (too much) about my boys.
2.1) Location was one of the most important requirements on my list. Most photographers have access to a general location spot for pictures. Are you an outdoorsy family? Or does the thought of light rain make you break out in hives? A little mist doesn't bother me and I was determined to have pictures with lots of leaves and Fall colours popping out everywhere. If weather elements have you concerned, does your photographer have a backup, indoor solution in case of freezing weather or rain?
3) Will you click? Feeling comfortable with a photographer is important. For my clan, I need someone who is soft spoken, funny, and relaxed. I'm high strung enough for everyone, so having someone stay calm when you are feeling anxious about getting 'the perfect picture' is a must for me. I also know my children and a person that can yell "stinky farts" is the perfect fit for my kids. Getting them to laugh at the right moment or look dreamy in the next is great gift in a photographer. You'll usually get the feel for this though their Facebook page. Personalities shine through on social media – refer back to point 1) as it's important. I knew I had completely 'clicked' with my photographer when she showed up to our photo shoot with handmade fresh flower wreaths for my daughters and me to wear. She also brought some vintage looking dresses and vest for my girls – totally styled us all. I don't have this ability and finding it in a photographer was SUCH a bonus!
4) How do you feel about candid pictures? I always end up loving these the most. They are always taken when you least expect it and it takes a certain eye to capture a perfect candid. Are you looking for a photographer that can tell a story of the day? Here is my favourite candid from our Lark Rise Horse House portrait. It was taken in a moment of one child saying 'my mommy' and being goofy. I love the expression on her twin sister's face…bemused. And I'm so glad I just accepted the love of her grabbing my face rather than telling her to behave for the camera. It resulted in this candid picture I'll treasure forever!!
5) Referral. Word of mouth is also very important. Don't know of a photographer in your area? Ask your friends to show you their latest pictures and explain what the experience was like. Was it structured, relaxed, how long did it take to receive pictures, was their editing included, prints? I am one of those people that can't wait to see pictures – if it's going to take three weeks to get edited photos, I'm probably not a good candidate. I love seeing watermarked images shared after a family's portrait – little sneak peeks a few days after the pictures have been taken. All of these questions can be answered by friends – a referral is so important because it means the photographer has left a happy trail of clients.
I had been four years since I last took pictures with my clan. A few of these will be blown up on canvas as a surprise to my husband for Christmas. He doesn't know we did this portrait and I'm sure will love the updated pictures of our kids. I am so grateful to Lark Rise Horse House for these pictures – they will be treasured forever! The below picture is the winner for going up on the canvas for our entrance way. I love black and white pictures and all my kids and their different personalities are captured perfectly in this picture.
Want to know one last thing your photographer soul mate will have you do? A picture that wasn't on your list. A picture that takes you out of your comfort zone. A picture just of you. Thank you Raeleigh. xx


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Home Page Press 2009 U.S. G/30 and G/60 Chess Championships Conclude!
|2009 U.S. G/30 and G/60 Chess Championships Conclude!
|By Joan DuBois
|October 5, 2009
Official Press Release
October 5, 2009
Contact: Joan DuBois
[email protected]
(Crossville, TN) The U.S. Chess Federation's (USCF), U.S. Game 60 and U.S. Game 30 National Chess Championships once again were held in the northern Chicago suburb of Skokie, IL and at the chess centric venue of the Holiday Inn North Shore Hotel (which will also host the 2010 World Amateur Chess Championships). Each event was held over the course of a single day, allowing both national championships to be partaken in.
With the economy down and money tight, chess players still came out to support the event. While not drawing the record setting numbers (for these events) as in 2008, the Game 60 and Game 30 still drew 125 and 83 players respectively.
A new twist to the tournaments were a $20 'Just Play Chess' entry fee where chess lovers can come out and just play chess - no prizes and hence no pressure (well except for your rating!). College bound kids were also enticed to coming out to play as each event also featured a scholarship valued up to $36,000 to Texas Tech University, provided courtesy of the TTU SPICE program.
Our champions:
U.S. Game 60 National Chess Co-Champions - Jeremy Kane and Matthew Waller (both of Wisconsin)
U.S. Game 30 National Chess Co-Champions - Michael Auger and Bill Brock (both local Chicagoans)
In terms of the scholarships:
U.S. Game 60 - Gopal Menon of Grayslake, IL
U.S. Game 30 - Michael Auger of Chicago, IL
Final crosstables are located at:
G/30: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200908234191
G/60: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200908234191
The events were also covered in the print editions of the Chicago Tribune and the Pioneer Press.
Organizer of these USCF National Events was, Sevan A. Muradian - FIDE Arbiter and International Organizer North American Chess Association.
The United States Chess Federation (USCF), founded in 1939, serves as the governing body for chess in the United States and is now headquartered in Crossville, Tennessee. USCF is devoted to extending the role of chess in American society. It promotes the study and knowledge of the game of chess, for its own sake as an art and enjoyment, and as a means for the improvement of society. The USCF is a not-for-profit membership organization with over 80,000 members. For additional information on the USCF see: http://www.uschess.org.


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The high-speed train of Deutsche Bahn, with a maximum speed of 205 mph (330 km/h), the ICE connects major cities and is also used for international travel to neighbouring countries such as Austria, France and Denmark. This train is equipped with air conditioning, a dining car, a children's compartment and power sockets. Passengers enjoy a free WiFi connection throughout the duration of the ICE trip.
ÖBB is the major railway company for Austria, subdivided into several subsidiaries, responsible for certain areas of transport, such as long distance and local transport, the operation of postal buses and the transport of goods. Railjet is ÖBB's high-speed train, which travels at speeds of up to 143 mph (230 km/h) and connects the main Austrian cities with Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Italy.
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Train tickets from Erding to Berlin can start from as little as €33.90 when you book in advance and are usually more expensive when purchased on the day. Prices can also vary depending the time of day, route and class you book.
No, there are no direct train services from Erding to Berlin. Travelling from Erding to Berlin by train will require a minimum of 1 change.
The first train from Erding to Berlin leaves at 00:38. Times and services may vary during weekends and holidays.
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Dramatic Plane Crash Kills Dozens in Siberia
MOSCOW - A passenger plane crashed in Siberia early Monday morning, killing dozens of people and severely injuring the few who survived.
UTair flight 120 went down just minutes after taking off from Tyumen en route to the town of Surgut. The pilots tried to steer the twin-turboprop ATR-72 to an emergency landing but were unable to do so. The plane split in half upon impact and burst into flames.
The plane was carrying 39 passengers and four crewmembers. The initial crash killed 31 people and authorities say at least one survivor has since died from injuries. The Russian news agency Interfax reports that the survivors suffered severe burns and injuries and have been transported by helicopter to the hospital.
In a statement on its website UTair expressed its condolences to the families of the victims and listed the names of those who survived. The airline vowed to pay survivors and the victims' families each 2 million rubles (nearly $69,000), as well as cover any funeral expenses, in accordance with insurance contracts.
The flight disappeared from the radar shortly after 5:30am Moscow time just a few miles away from the airport. Investigators are looking into whether technical problems and pilot error contributed to the crash.
The newspaper Izvestia reports that the pilots were young and inexperienced. The paper reported that the pilot was 28 years old and had graduated from aviation school in 2008. His co-pilot was just 23 years old. Authorities have already recovered the plane's black box flight recorders, which are said to be in good condition and will be analyzed.
Last year Russia was rated as one of the world's most dangerous places to fly after a string of high profile plane crashes that some blamed on a combination of poor airplane maintenance, drunken or inexperienced pilots, and violations like forged documents.
Last September a plane crash killed an entire Russian hockey team. At the time Russian President Dmitri Medvedev charged the Transportation Ministry with improving training for Russian pilots and said Russian airline fleets needed to be upgraded.
The ATR-72 is a medium-haul plane made by a French-Italian manufacturer ATR. It made its debut in 1989 and is capable of holding up 74 people. This particular plane had been purchased by UTair from the Estonian airline Aero Airlines in 2008. It was previously owned by the Finnish airline Finnair which bought it in 1998 from the Taiwanese TransAsia Airways. Its maiden flight was on August 20, 1992.


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Doopsgezinde Jeugdraad
The Doopsgezinde Jeugdraad (Dutch Mennonite Youth Council) was founded in 1946 after World War II by the Algemene Doopsgezinde Sociëteit (General Conference of Dutch Mennonites) on the initiative of C. Nijdam, at that time moderator of the ADS, for the purpose of coordinating and promoting all work for and by Mennonite youth. The council had a board composed of representatives of several youth activities. The affiliated groups are the Doopsgezinde Jongerenbond (Dutch Mennonite Youth Union), ages 18-25. Menniste Bouwers Federatie (Federation of Dutch Mennonite Builders), ages 8-18, Elfregi (Mennonite Boy Scouts), ages 8-25, and West-Hill Sunday school for ages 4-12. The Youth Council had its office in the Amsterdam Singel Church. Special attention was given to training leaders for the different branches of youth work, and to this end a periodical is published entitled Koers (Course), Leidersblad voor Doopsgezinde Jeugdwerk.
The Dutch Mennonite youth was represented by the Jeugdraad in the Ecumenical Youth Council, in the Nederlandse Jeugdgemeenschap (Dutch Youth Association), and also for the purpose of broadcasts for youth. Each year a number of meetings were held. To promote the West-Hill Sunday-schoolwork and to train its leaders an instructor was employed who visited Mennonite congregations in rotation. The Youth Council also contacted Mennonite students of the seven Dutch universities. The work of the Jeugdraad was subsidized by the ADS, in the board of which the Jeugdraad had a representative with consultative voice.
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Westra, H. "Doopsgezinde Jeugdraad." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 9 Aug 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Doopsgezinde_Jeugdraad&oldid=119226.
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Westra, H. (1956). Doopsgezinde Jeugdraad. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 9 August 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Doopsgezinde_Jeugdraad&oldid=119226.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, pp. 87-88. All rights reserved.
©1996-2020 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.


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Connor Francis is drawn to abstraction, which at times includes elements of objects and/or figures. Freely working with color, value, shape and line, Connor builds his paintings layer by layer. His paintings evolve as each layer informs the next layer. He employs an additive and subtractive method of painting. Paint is applied with palette knives, trowels, brushes, fingers and rags. Then it is often scratched and scraped, and applied again. Connor works intuitively, letting each painting develop organically. The artist works from his studio in Napa.
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|2 - USB Type-A (4 pin) USB 2.0 Female
|Host Connectors
|4 - USB B (4 pin) Female
|4 - VGA (15 pin, High Density D-Sub) Male
|Other Interface(s)
|1 - RJ-45 Female
|2 - USB Type-A (4 pin) USB 2.0 Female
|OS Compatibility
|OS independent; No software or drivers required
|LED Indicators
|4 - PC Selection Indicators
|4 - Hot-Key Selection Indicators
|Center Tip Polarity
|Input Current
|Input Voltage
|Output Current
|Output Voltage
|Plug Type
|Power Consumption (In Watts)
|Power Source
|AC Adapter Included
|0~80% RH (Non-Condensing)
|Operating Temperature
|0°C to 60°C (32°F to 140°F)
|Storage Temperature
|-30°C to 70°C (-22°F to 158°F)
|Physical Characteristics
|Product Height
|4.6 cm [1.8 in]
|Product Length
|27.5 cm [10.8 in]
|Product Width
|13 cm [5.1 in]
|Weight of Product
|1.2 kg [2.5 lb]
|Packaging Information
|Package Height
|13.2 cm [5.2 in]
|Package Length
|31.5 cm [12.4 in]
|Package Quantity
|Package Width
|25.4 cm [10 in]
|Shipping (Package) Weight
|3 kg [6.5 lb]
|What's in the Box
|Included in Package
|1 - KVM Switch
|4 - 6ft VGA USB KVM Cables
|1 - Firmware Upgrade Cable
|1 - Universal power adapter: comes ready for NA/EU/UK only when you buy in NA/EU/UK; comes ready for Australia and New Zealand only when you buy in Australia and New Zealand
|1 - Instruction Manual
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Product Support
Data Sheets
Frequently Asked Questions
Before You Buy
KVM stands for Keyboard Video Mouse and KVM switches allow you to switch the use of a keyboard, display and mouse between multiple computers. KVM switches also commonly let you switch audio and USB devices between computers.
There are different types of KVM switches as well.
- Standard box KVM switches. (e.g. SV231USB)
- Cable KVM switches. (e.g. SV211USB)
- Multi-Monitor KVM switches. (e.g. SV231DDUSB)
- IP KVM switches. (e.g. SV841HDIE)
Standard box and cable KVM switches are a simple way to switch the use of a keyboard, display, and mouse between multiple computers. Multi-monitor KVM switches allow you to switch multiple displays between computers, and IP KVM switches allow you to remotely control the KVM switch and connected computers over a network.
Here are some important things to consider before purchasing a KVM switch.
- How many computers do you need to control? Purchase a KVM switch that supports the number of computers in your setup.
- Which video connections do your computers and display(s) support? It is best practice to use the same video connections wherever possible.
- Will you be using a PS/2 or USB mouse and keyboard?
- Do you need multiple monitor support? Ensure every computer can support the number of monitors you are looking to use in your setup.
- Do you need audio support?
- What resolution(s) do you want your display(s) running at? The KVM switch must support the resolution(s) you want to use.
- Would you like hotkey support? Some KVM switches support the use of hotkey combinations to complete tasks such as switching between computers.
There are a couple of other important things you may want to take note of:
- Some KVM switches require proprietary cables to function. These KVM cables may vary by each KVM switch. For StarTech.com KVM switches that require proprietary cables, the KVM switches will either come with these cables, or they will be listed in the Accessories tab on the individual product pages. For more information, see our video dedicated to KVM switch cables.
- Basic mice and keyboards are recommended for use with KVM switches. Wireless, gaming or combo mice and keyboards (mice and keyboards that use a single USB connection / receiver for both units) can cause performance issues, and in general, are not supported for use with KVM switches.
It can be difficult to tell which ones are right for the KVM switch you are interested in. How can you tell which KVM cables you require? How can you tell if a KVM switch requires proprietary cables? How do these cables work?
Standard KVM Switches and Cables
Note: You will need one bundle of KVM cables per computer you want to connect to the KVM switch.
Standard KVM switches have no special cable requirements. If you have spare video and PS/2 or USB cables, you can use them to hook up the KVM switch to your computers. StarTech.com still sells KVM cable packages, but they are just for the convenience of buying them in bundles and usually involve some savings. Keep in mind that even if you have some of the cables you need, it still might be advantageous to buy the bundle.
KVM Switches with Opposite Gender Video Connections
Some KVM switches use male video connections for the computers and female video connections for the console ports. In this case you simply need a video extension cable, or a KVM cable package appropriate to the KVM switch. This is so you cannot accidentally plug cables from your computer into the console ports.
KVM Switches Requiring Proprietary Cables
KVM switches can also use proprietary KVM cables to connect to the individual computers. This is often done with larger KVM switches and KVM switches intended for a server environment. These cables use a proprietary pinout which does not conform to the video standard in use, as the cable carries both the video and PS/2 or USB data along a single cable.
If you are unsure whether or not you need special cables, complete the following:
- Check the Technical Specifications tab on the individual product pages for What's in the Box. This section lists everything that comes with your purchase, and your KVM switch might come with the cables.
- Check the Accessories tab. This section lists potential accessories for the product you are looking at. StarTech.com will list the appropriate KVM cables for the KVM switch here.
- Check the Gallery and look at a picture of the back of the KVM switch.
Note: If there are no PS/2 or USB ports on the back of the KVM switch other than for the console, you will require proprietary cables.
If at this point you require further assistance in deciding which cables to purchase with your StarTech.com KVM switch, contact our technical support team.
Whether a specific mouse or keyboard will work with StarTech.com KVM switches can depend on the type of mouse or keyboard you use. Any mice with additional functionality or keyboards that are not standard 104 key keyboards could cause issues. This includes wireless, gaming, combination (one USB receiver for both the mouse and keyboard), and Apple keyboards. We recommend that you use a standard wired mouse and keyboard with our KVM switches, especially when you troubleshoot issues.
If you cannot get a specific mouse or keyboard to work with your KVM switch, connect the mouse or keyboard into the USB hub ports, if available (they are marked on the back of the KVM switch). If the KVM switch has hotkey functionality, you will lose the functionality when using these hub ports.
This device outputs a VGA signal. If you have a display or video destination that uses another type of video connection, there are ways that you can convert the video signal or connection. These options are outlined below and organized by the target connection.
|Target connection
|First conversion
|Second conversion (if required)
|VGA to HDMI: https://www.startech.com/AV/Converters/Video/?filter_AVINPUT=VGA&filter_AVOUTPUT=HDMI.
|HDMI to DVI-D: https://www.startech.com/AV/Converters/Video/?filter_AVINPUT=VGA&filter_AVOUTPUT=HDMI.
|VGA to DVI-I: https://www.startech.com/Cables/Audio-Video/Video-Adapter/DVIVGA/.
VGA to HDMI: https://www.startech.com/AV/Converters/Video/?filter_AVINPUT=VGA&filter_AVOUTPUT=HDMI.
|VGA to HDMI: https://www.startech.com/AV/Converters/Video/?filter_AVINPUT=VGA&filter_AVOUTPUT=HDMI.
|HDMI to DisplayPort: https://www.startech.com/AV/Converters/Video/?filter_AVINPUT=HDMI&filter_AVOUTPUT=DisplayPort.
Note: You might need to use more than one converter as part of your solution; however, you should try to use the least number of converters and cables to connect your source and destination. If you have the option to convert to multiple target video connections, choose the option that requires the fewest number of conversions.
DVI-I and DVI-D
When you convert from VGA to DVI, you need to know if you are converting to a DVI-I or a DVI-D connection. For more information about how to identify the type of connection that you need, refer to the following FAQ: https://www.startech.com/faq/video_signal_converters_dvi_interface.
You also need to know which form of DVI that you are using, because DVI-I supports both analog (VGA) and digital (HDMI) signals, while DVI-D only supports digital (HDMI) signals.
Note: Certain devices may have a DVI-I connection but only support DVI-D signaling. It is important to verify that your DVI-I device supports DVI-I signaling.
This device has a VGA input port. If you have a video source that uses another video connection, there are options available to convert the video signal or connection. These options will be outlined below for each video source connection.
Source connection
DVI-I to VGA: https://www.startech.com/DVIVGAMFBK.
DVI-D to VGA: https://www.startech.com/AV/Converters/Video/?filter_AVINPUT=DVI-D&filter_AVOUTPUT=VGA.
HDMI to VGA: https://www.startech.com/AV/Converters/Video/?filter_AVINPUT=HDMI&filter_AVOUTPUT=VGA.
DisplayPort to VGA: https://www.startech.com/AV/Displayport-Converters/DP-VGA/.
DVI-I and DVI-D
When you convert from DVI to VGA, you need to know if you are converting from a DVI-I or a DVI-D connection. For more information about how to identify the type of connection that you have, refer to the following FAQ: https://www.startech.com/faq/video_signal_converters_dvi_interface.
You also need to know which form of DVI that you are using, because DVI-I supports both analog (VGA) and digital (HDMI) signals, while DVI-D only supports digital (HDMI) signals. Some DVI-I connections only support DVI-D signaling. In this case, you must use a DVI-D to VGA converter.
- Turn off all of the computers and monitors that will be connected to the KVM switch.
- Connect the power adapter to the KVM switch.
- Connect the video cables from your monitors to the console video port on the KVM switch.
- Turn on the monitors.
- Connect your keyboard and mouse to the console PS/2 or USB ports on the KVM switch.
- If you have not done so already, change the KVM switch to focus on port 1.
- Connect the video cables from PC1 to the KVM switch.
- Connect the PS/2 or USB cables from PC1 to the PC1 PS/2 or USB ports on the KVM switch.
- Turn on PC1. You should see the computer load the operating system that you are using on PC1.
- Make sure that the mouse and keyboard can control PC1.
- Repeat steps 4 to 8 for each additional computer that you want to connect to the KVM switch. Leave the computer in focus until you make sure that the mouse and keyboard can control the computer in step 8.
Monitors may begin flickering when they receive a signal of insufficient quality. There are a few potential fixes available that will help to improve the signal quality in order to eliminate flickering:
- Replace Video Cables with high-quality Video Cables (e.g. upgrade DisplayPort 1.2 Cables to DisplayPort 1.4 Cables).
- Use shorter Video Cables to reduce signal attenuation.
- When possible, remove Video Adapters to use native Video Connection Types (e.g. go from VGA to VGA, or DisplayPort to DisplayPort)
- For DisplayPort Monitors, try changing the DisplayPort Version on the Monitor. For information on how to change your Monitor Settings refer to the Manual from the Monitor Manufacturer.
- Update the Drivers for the Computer's GPU to the latest available from the Monitor Manufacturer.
- Ensure the video & USB cables are connected between each computer and the KVM switch
- Safely power off all computers. Unplug everything from the KVM switch and connect one computer at a time, swapping the inputs previously used (e.g., the computer connected to PC2 now connects to PC1). Power on each computer and confirm functionality before connecting the next one to the KVM switch.
- If using a KVM switch that supports multiple displays, ensure all video connections from the computer are from either the video card or motherboard, both cannot be used simultaneously on most systems.
There are some quick tests that you can perform to rule out potential issues. Start by turning off all of the connected computers and peripherals, unplugging everything from the KVM, including power, and leaving it for 10 seconds. Then connect everything to the KVM following the procedure in the following FAQ: https://www.startech.com/faq/kvm-switches-setup.
You can test to make sure that the following components are working correctly and are not the source of the issue:
Video cables
KVM switch
Video source (such as a DVR or computer)
Video destination (such as a monitor or projector)
Note: When you are testing your setup components, it is recommended that you avoid using any video adapters. For example, if you are converting a VGA source to HDMI to be used with an HDMI extender, you should test with an HDMI source.
To test your setup components, try the following:
Use the video cable, KVM switch, video source, and video destination in another setup to see if the problem is with the components or the setup.
Use a different video cable, KVM switch, video source, and video destination in your setup to see if the problem persists. Ideally, you should test a component that you know works in another setup.
When you test your cables, it is recommended that you do the following:
Test each cable individually.
Use short cables when you are testing.
When you test the video source and video destination, it is recommended that you do the following:
Remove the KVM switch from your setup and test to make sure that the video source and video destination work together without the KVM switch.
Test to make sure that the video source and video destination work together at the resolution that you want to use.
Note: In order for your setup to work properly, the video source, KVM switch, and video destination all need to support the resolution that you are using.
There are four troubleshooting actions that you can try if some but not all of the ports and your computer are working with the KVM switch.
- To determine if a specific cable is the source of the problem, switch the cables that connect the KVM switch to the computers to one working port and computer, and one port and computer that is not working. Keep the computer plugged into the same ports and only switch the cables. If the issue persists when you switch cables, the issue may be with the cable itself.
- To determine if the problem is between the computer and the KVM switch, using the same cables, connect the KVM switch to one computer that is working and one computer that is not working. If the issue persists when you switch computers, follows the issue may be with the computer and the KVM switch.
- Try reinitializing the KVM. This is done by following the setup instructions on the website.
- To determine if the KVM switch is the source of the problem, if you have another KVM switch, disconnect the current KVM switch and connect the second KVM switch.
If the keys on your keyboard are repeating, complete the following:
- If the KVM you are using has USB ports, you can move your keyboard to the USB hub port on the back of the KVM (the USB hubs are marked).
Note: When you move the keyboard out of the keyboard port, you will not be able to access the hotkeys.
- You can adjust the typematic rate in your operating system's settings. Depending on the version of Windows you are running, you can adjust the typematic rate by doing one of the following:
- Click Control Panel > Keyboard > Speed. Adjust the repeat delay and repeat rate until the keys no longer repeat.
- Click Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devices and Printers. Right-click Keyboard Settings. Adjust the repeat delay and repeat rate until the keys no longer repeat.
Compliance and Safety
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Safety Measures
- If product has an exposed circuit board, do not touch the product under power.
- If Class 1 Laser Product. Laser radiation is present when the system is open.
- Wiring terminations should not be made with the product and/or electric lines under power.
- Product installation and/or mounting should be completed by a certified professional as per the local safety and building code guidelines.
- Cables (including power and charging cables) should be placed and routed to avoid creating electric, tripping or safety hazards.
* Product appearance and specifications are subject to change without notice.


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I have a life long friend I have known since I am 6 years old. He remains my friend to this day. He is a great guy who is a levelheaded family man with lots of friends who is well liked in his community here on Long Island New York.
I noticed that my friend would always make it a point to ask about what I was writing or investigating and always listened with care. He never showed any interest in the paranormal before yet now always showed interest in my work. I never thought much about it until recently.
My friend called me and insisted we meet for lunch to 'catch up'. Again I did not think much about it as we have been friends for a lifetime and shared many lunches. During lunch my friend asked me three times about the stories and articles on my site. I was a bit surprised, as I did not realize he was a loyal reader. We talked about a few of my UFO stories while we ate our lunches.
With lunchtime over we headed for the parking lot where my friend took me by the arm and said " Wait Chris- I have something I want to tell you, something I never talked about before with anyone." I thought my friend was having some type of life problem and we walked down the street until we found a private empty bench to sit so he could tell me what was wrong.
I plopped myself down next to him on the bench and said, "So, what is this all about?" He looked at me so seriously I immediately knew this was something very important and turned my mood to fit his and said" Oh, this is serious, I am here and all ears, tell me what is wrong?"
My old friend then told me what I consider to be one of the biggest and most important sighting encounters I have ever heard. Clearly this is a huge story for the area where I live and this friend the last person on earth I would have ever thought would tell it to me!
The encounter happened while my friend and two of his friends were setting up for a hunting trip located towards the end of Long Island. It was a habit for this group of men to drop off supplies and items they did not want to carry all day at points they used to rest and eat while off on one of these pre-planned days in the woods trapping and hunting. A few men would set up for the day before the day's events started. This is what he told me, while sitting on that bench:
"It was years ago, about 1995. I was out setting up for a big hunt we were going to have with a group of guys early that day. It was me and two buddies of mine. We went out about 2 in the morning to drop off traps and other things we were going to use during the days hunting trip. We arranged to have about four other men meet us out further on the Island (east end of Long Island) about 4 a.m. We were going to set up some stuff as we planned to end up at this point where we were leaving stuff in the woods. My one buddy was a retired phone man and knew the right of ways used by the utility companies and had a good sense of the woods in the area where we were dumping our supplies for the day.
It was a crystal clear fall night. There was a small community of houses to the left of the road we parked our pickups and a huge wooded area following the electric main towers through the woods on the right. All and all the area, but for that small group of houses, was pretty isolated. We all had hunted in this area before and were familiar with it.
The three of us packed up the gear we needed to carry out to our meeting point later that day and started our trek following the right of way out into the woods. We were taking it slow as it was night but we felt secure as we had a bright moon and a star lit sky. Just before we headed out my one buddy pointed over to the group of houses and pointed to the street lights and lights in some of the houses. We all looked, as they seemed to dim out and then come back and dim out again. We hoped they would not blackout, as we would then be joined with a bunch of electric company guys out in the woods, as there was a large transformer station out there. We knew if they showed up we would have to leave.
We stood for a while watching the lights flicker on and off. They seemed to do this every few seconds. We decided to high tail it out to our planned spot and try to get there and back before the electric company came around so our plans to meet the other guys would not be ruined. We packed up the rest of our gear and took off down the right of way along the side of the high-voltage electric wire towers.
We were about half way to our destiny out in the woods when we approached a intersection ahead of us of the transformer big electric company towers, a huge radio station tower and a high cell tower all in one group.
As we approached this area my buddy that worked for the telephone company pointed up towards the top branches of the trees ahead and said – what the heck is that? We all looked and saw what looked like a pencil thin laser blue like light shinning along the tree line. At first we thought it was from the poles, tress, or maybe the wires or transformer. I told my buddies that must be what is going on with the flickering lights back there by the houses.
We kept walking towards the center of the grouping of towers until we could see clear of the trees. The three of us saw it all at once. We all stopped walking at once, as if we practiced stopping like that for weeks, it was so exact and on the spot. We stopped all together lined up shoulder to shoulder and saw what we could not believe we were seeing.
Ahead of us over the group of towers, we could see the laser light was coming straight down from the sky. We followed the light up and could clearly see a huge black round saucer shaped craft hovering silently over the towers. The thin light attached to the wires and pole. There was no sound no movement just this light drinking or doing something with the towers and wires. The thing was huge as when you looked up at it the entire sky was blocked out but for the massive shape of the craft. Around the borders of the craft you could see the night with all its stars and moonshine, however this massive black ship blocked out an enormous area while it sucked from the wires with its long thin light.
Not one of us moved. We did not speak or dare to blink. Finally one of us, I think it was me, slowly turned and motioned to my buddies to be quiet and slowly back track exactly the way we came in. We slowly and carefully moved away from this huge craft until we were far enough from it to feel we could run. We made it back to our trucks to see the lights in the adjacent neighborhood still flickering and blacking out. As we packed up our gear to leave we saw a huge glow and at once the houses and streetlights were back to full power. We knew the thing had finished its meal or whatever it was doing!
We drove to an all night diner to discuss what happened to us over a hot cup of coffee. I wanted to call the police and report it. My one buddy did not know what he wanted to do but the other guy; he was just plain terrified and wanted us to swear we would never tell anyone what we had just seen. The more we discussed it the more terrified he seemed to get. This guy was an old buddy of mine so I relented and agreed to keep silent about it.
The years went by and it always bothered me I never talked about this. I knew we had seen something incredible. I kept my word thou and never talked about it as I had promised my pal.
A few years ago I heard my friend had passed away. About a year after that I ran into the other man I shared this experience with. I told him I had enough silence and was going to tell you about it. And today I decided it was time to do it, and so here we sit on this bench with my gabbing my guts out."
I had not said one word during the entire story my friend had just told me. I knew he had just told me one of the greatest UFO experiences I had ever heard. He witnessed a craft using our power system and lived to tell about it. I reached over and touched his arm and told him it was a fantastic sighting and encounter and that I knew every word was true. I could not believe he walked around all this time and never told anyone of that night. My friend is such a loyal man. The fact he had such an incredible encounter did not shake his oath to his friend. He did not talk of it until his pal had passed on. He kept his word.
I was really fascinated by this and thought back to how many other times we had unexplained black outs, brown outs and flickering lights. I also realized that this craft went dark, no lights as it lowered itself to feed or do its deed off of the wires. I wondered how many times crafts like this are right above our heads with out our even realizing it?
I was confused as to what the UFO was doing as it linked into the grove of wires and towers out in the hidden woods. At first I thought it might have been drawing from the lines in a feeding fashion. I thought this rather odd as I would think our energy abilities would be very primitive to a society who was able to visit us from places we do not even know exist. I did not know what to make of this sighting and decided to make plans to talk with a few friends that work in science and tell them about this encounter.
I called the smartest people I have ever known for advice on this encounter. The first person I talked to is a man who is brilliant physicist. I told him word for word what my friend had told me. He sat and looked at me a while before answering. He then told me what almost what the others told me as well. Besides this friend I also contacted two geniuses I know. One is a scientist and the other an International Business person. Both are considered geniuses of our time who I have been blessed to call my friends.
I was fascinated and stunned to be told by all three the same thing! None of the men thought this craft was feeding at all. In fact they all felt that this craft was putting IN data- not taking anything out! All of them also added in a matter of fact way that "of course they were also taking all the data that was being transmitted out through the lines as well".
I was both frightened and stunned at what I was being told. The paramount understanding of what I was being told really knocked me for a loop! Had my friend witnessed not only a craft not from our earth downloading material into the very lifelines of our society while uploading all our private personal information? Was what we talked about, looked at on our computers and viewed on our TV's be collected while information they wanted in those same places was being transmitted in? The idea of this really shook me to my very soul!
I was told that it most likely a case of catching the UFO placing in data that could and would be easily transmitted into the lines cables and communication systems found at that location. The question is what type of data where they feeding into our lives? My one friend the physicist told me he thought it possible that we were being feed messages of some type of control or illusion via the wires into our televisions, computers, even phone and radios that are in every home in America, and in fact most homes on the entire worlds surface. It certainly gave new meaning to the term boob tubes for our televisions! He also mentioned that he noticed many cases of blackouts and power failures associated with sightings as a constant all over the world. He felt that they may over work our tired infrastructures while downloading the data they want to spread among us causing these reoccurring outages.
My one friend added as we parted " I think you walked into something very big with this one dear. I think those men walked into one of the biggest stories going and one that has most likely been going on since we primitive beings invented the wires that hook into each and every home office and building on earth!" I must say I found this stunning and terrifying. Might we all be being feed daily doses of whatever aliens wish to interject into our lives via our wires and communication and entertainment devices?
It would certainly give us something to consider in a society that so many label as sheepal and controlled by the media. How horrifying to think we may be dosed with messages or be monitored by other beings while sitting in the safety of our own homes, or we thought were safe!
One of the men I spoke to mentioned that he considered the three men who experienced this event to be very lucky. He mentioned events like that of the Canadian Wilderness Story when what appeared to be an Alien creature seemed to be watching the man who owned the land where a light craft was seen. As that man took a photo of the craft a creature was noticed at the tree line holding what looked to be some kind of weapon.
It is felt that the three men who witnessed this encounter with the towers and wires were very lucky they had not been detected by those piloting that craft, as if they had been seen they may have never made it back out of those woods! I also agree my good friend had a very close very dangerous encounter that night.
I am not sure what took place that night or what that UFO was doing with its beam into that grove of wires, cell tower and radio transmitting location. I do know it was done in the woods, in the middle of the night, and for sure not a good thing for the people of Long Island.
All I can do is thank my friend for telling us all this extreme experience. I for one will increase my awareness of the night and what is around, above and over me. I also want to remind my readers that my friend did the things that may have saved him and his friends lives. They slowly without drawing attention removed themselves from the area as fast as they could without being seen. They then got far away from the area and to an area with people and lights. Remember that safety is the first rule when dealing with a sighting or any paranormal event.
I think my friend had an extremely amazing experience in the woods that night. I will never forget what he has told me. I thank him for allowing me to be the one to tell his story. I think this story strongly enforces the fact that we are not alone out there!
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