I am using "HOME Page Simple" and Meteor Slides plugin to create my full width slide.

Quote from: pling on June 17, 2013, 11:49

I am using "HOME Page Simple" and Meteor Slides plugin to create my full width slide.

Can I just use the short code for that or I also have to add the php code to my template?

I used the short code provided by the plugin, it is easy just add it into your home page.

Ok I finally figured it out. Have been dealing with Wordpress for years but always got the creeps when it came to customizing it, because I want to customize EVERYTHING.

So sometimes I get so frustrated that I start raping the actual php files and cram the code in there just to have it. With the next update my changes are gone LOL. Talk about Karma.

I did have to Google some installation tutorials and found a very helpful hint:

When adding the short code, don't paste it into the "Visual" text field. You have to paste it into the "Text" text field. I always got extra line breaks that completely messed up my design, spend countless hours going through CSS because of this. I could cry. Well, lesson learned.

Thanks everyone for your responses.

I'm using Meteor Slides right now and it works fine.

...but isn't using a child theme supposed to solve this?

Of course it is. I've never worked with child themes before and learning this now from scratch is really an eye opener.

Finally I got this issue sorted out - with the help of everyone who replied. Thanks so much!