Can't delete block from Magento 2 homepage

Question

I'm working on Magento 2 website that somebody developed before me. The website has Ultimo Theme. I'm trying to remove a block with a slider on the top of the home page. In the Ultime guide that block is referenced as "preface" static block (it's located below the navbar and right above the page content).

The actual block has CSS class "slideshow-wrapper-additional", but in the Admin Page in Content -> Blocks there is no block with such name.

So, should I remove using the Admin Panel or the direct connection via ftp/ssh?

I have Magento 2.2.9 and Ultimo Theme 2.

Answer 1

According to the ultimo theme doc, two possibilities :

1. in Stores > Configuration > Slideshow >General > Main Slideshow on Home Page you'ill find identifier of a static block

2. Or go to CMS home page and check if you find something like this :

   {{block class="Infortis\UltraSlideshow\Block\Slideshow" template="slideshow.phtml" slides="sample_slideshow_1"}}
   

If one of these two possibilities doesn't solve your problem, good luck to find out how it was integrated (Maybe directly in xml, in another cms block, phtml,...). The advantage of Magento is it's extensible, we can do things in several ways, but being a good developer is another debate.

Answer 2

I was able to resolve it. I was not attentive enough and missed the block. I checked again for that block and was able to find it in my list of Blocks.