..Now all I have to do is get rid of the semi-transparent bar at the bottom of the slider..
Try adding this to Graphene Options --> Display --> Custom CSS.
.featured_slider {
background: none !important;
margin-top: -25px;
padding-bottom: 8px !important;
}
You may have to adjust margin and padding values.
Or this, (whichever applies in your case)
.slider-content-wrap {
display: none;
}
..and making the image non-clickable..
Go to Graphene Options --> Advanced --> Custom <head> Tags and paste the below code there,
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(document).ready(function($){
$('#slider_root').find('img').unwrap();
});
</script>
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