The plugin is a replacement for the default WordPress background manager.
Adds lots of new useful features on top of the background manager, for supporting animations and effects for background images.
Installation:
Unpack and upload it to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
Here are some key features of "Background Manager":
· Integration with WordPress Media Library
· Full-screen background images
· Full control over position for images in normal display mode (tiling, positioning, scrolling and stretching)
· "Ease in" of a full-screen background image
· Multiple Image Sets to select a random image from
· Override the Image Set for each Post, Page or Custom post type
· User defined display interval between the background images (timed slideshow)
· Fade-in/fade-out effect between the different background images displayed
· Predefined background overlays
· Enable or disable the background images on the Front page, Error pages, Custom post types, etc.
· Optional thumbnail/information tab for the visitor to learn more about the background
· Import from various sources, like Flickr, NextGEN Gallery Plugin, WP Flickr Background Plugin
Requirements:
· WordPress 3.2.1 or higher
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
Fixed:
· Restored Pinterest button functionality.
· Addressed regression bug for MSIE 7 and MSIE 8, which also addressed initial "flash" on some browsers.