How to change element setup, blog carousel vs recent posts

[mhote]

Hi, how can we change the way the elements ‘blog carousel’ and ‘recent posts’ display.

For example, ‘Recent Posts’ shows the date, a comment bubble (with number of comments) and the heart, with number of likes. I need to however use the ‘blog carousel’ for the arrows and add slider timing here.

Is there a way to make (either the Recent Posts or Blog Carousel element) it so we can display:

a) the 4 displayed posts (in 4 columns) slides every 5 seconds or at a set timing
b) remove post dates
c) only show comment number and likes, with speech bubble and heart – not 1 ‘comment’ style
d) randomise the posts, versus just ascending or descending

Thanks! I see other elements/options with randomise and things, so be great to know how.

[Kyle – SUPPORT]

Hi

I’m afraid you can’t duplicate the recent post style for the post carousel style, sorry. It would require quite a lot of changes, you would need to hire a developer if you need this functionality

– Kyle

[mhote]

Thanks Kyle – is there at least a way to a) remove post dates and b) change the excerpt to be based on number of characters (as it’s currently based on no. of words and then creates very different spacing). Cheers

[Mohammad – SUPPORT]

Hi,
1-Please use this custom css code:-
.post-date{display:none !important;}

2- Please check the Excerpt Length field at recent posts asset.

Thanks
Mohammad

[sjeglum]

I was also hoping to remove the post-date from the recents posts element, so I was excited to find this code. Is it possible to remove the like and comment buttons too, as well as the white dashed line?

For reference the recents posts is the third element on the homepage of my site: http://crazywisefilm.com/

Thank you!

[Kyle – SUPPORT]

Hi

Add this to your custom css:

.recent-post .post-item-details {
  display: none;
}

– Kyle

[sjeglum]

That worked. Thanks Kyle!

[Kyle – SUPPORT]

Great! No problem

– Kyle