Open Horizons
An expansive destination hero of visual panels that open on reader input to reveal editable place stories and links.
Preview patternAbout this pattern
Where Cinema Stories fits
The top of a film, photography or journal home page, where a few lead stories take turns in one full frame chosen by the reader.
Use it for
- Film journal home page
- Documentary studio hero
- Photo essay landing page
What you can edit
Every word, image and link is a WordPress block
Select any of them in the block editor and change it in place. Colours, type and spacing use the blocks’ own controls.
The layout stays protected while you edit. Unlock layout, in the section’s settings, lets you insert, move and remove any block.
- 3imagesall required
- 4headingsall required
- 9text linesall optional
- 3buttonsall optional
- 3itemsAdd item or Remove last item; 1 always stays
Section settings
- Appearance: Designed or Use my theme
- Animate changes
- Unlock layout
How it behaves
It still works when things are switched off
Numbered tabs choose the story; the new slide wipes in over the last. Arrow keys, Home and End move between tabs, and nothing changes until the reader asks.
- Motion off or reduced motion
- It shows its final state at once; anything a visitor can press or drag still works.
- JavaScript off
- All content stays visible and readable; controls the script adds are hidden.
- Plugin missing or older
- It pastes as plain WordPress blocks, in reading order, without the designed layout.
Questions
Cinema Stories: common questions
What is Cinema Stories for?
The top of a film, photography or journal home page, where a few lead stories take turns in one full frame chosen by the reader. Typical uses: film journal home page, documentary studio hero and photo essay landing page.
Does Cinema Stories need a plugin?
Yes. Designed Patterns come with a subscription, which includes the Pattern Paste plugin that runs them; Cinema Stories arrived in plugin 0.25.0. Without the plugin, or on an older version, it pastes as plain WordPress blocks: the content reads in order, without the designed layout.
What can I edit in Cinema Stories?
As pasted it has 3 images, 4 headings, 9 text lines and 3 buttons, 12 of them optional and removable. The items are a repeatable set: the item controls add one or remove the last. The layout stays protected while you edit. Unlock layout, in the section’s settings, lets you insert, move and remove any block.
Will Cinema Stories match my theme?
Choose Designed to keep its own palette and type, or Use my theme to let it follow your theme’s colours and fonts. Either works in any block theme on WordPress 7.0 or later. Choose Use my theme in the preview above to see it follow a theme before you copy.
Can the motion be switched off?
Yes. Turn off Animate changes in the section settings, and visitors who ask their device for reduced motion get the same: the section shows its final state at once and anything they can press or drag still works. With JavaScript off, all content stays visible.
