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How to ensure the Slickstream Filmstrip will not affect CLS

As the Slickstream filmstrip is often injected fairly high up on posts, it can potentially contribute to  Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS).

This can be addressed by manually adding a container to your site, or using the Slickstream Plugin for WordPress.  With the WordPress Plugin there is an option to easily set up a container for the filmstrip to be injected into for many different themes.  This container pre-allocates space when the page is first rendered, ensuring there is no shift when the filmstrip loads.

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MailChimp Integration with Slickstream

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Slickstream's membership feature enables your site visitors to save their favorites by signing in.   If you use MailChimp, we can automatically add these contacts into your system. 

We handle all of this for you. As part of the sign-up process, a viewer provides their email address, name, and password. We also present them with a checkbox that allows them to choose whether they will allow you (the site owner) to notify them about new content. (You can customize that checkbox message if you want to phrase that choice differently.)

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