Follow the steps below to change the behavior of SimpleFolio on the home page to link wherever you want instead of the single post page.

Start by adding a custom field to your post called “link”

Next, modify the “template_home.php” file located at /<root>/wp-content/theme/simpifolio

Find the following on Line 21:

$thumb = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'thumb-large', true);

Add this:

$link = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Link', true);

Find this on line 24:

<li>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><img src="<?php echo $thumb; ?>" alt="<?php the_title() ?>" /></a>
<span><h3><?php the_title() ?></h3> <?php the_content_limit($text_count, ''); ?></span>
</li>

Replace with this:

<li>
<a href="<?php echo $link; ?>"><img src="<?php echo $thumb; ?>" alt="<?php the_title() ?>" /></a>
<span><h3><?php the_title() ?></h3> <?php the_content_limit($text_count, ''); ?></span>
</li>

Now you can create a post for the homepage slider and can direct users to any page you wish, just change the value in the “Link” custom field.

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