Hey Chris,
the above snipped was meant to tackle both issues :) again, since it does work on my testing environment, I’m afraid I’ll have to wait until I see the live code to be able to tell you what the problem is; please note, however, that the “pause” and the “link” settings on the background slider refer to the mouse being above the slider itself, i.e. where the background is “exposed”, not covered by other elements such as the semi-transparent content area or the header.
Sincerely,
Andrii / Satori Studio