Hi simplesite,
Another fixed solution in hiding the carousel thumbnails is opening templates/ja_fixel/html/com_content/article/default_gallery.php, then comment or remove these lines:
<ul id="fixel-carousel-<?php echo $this->item->id ?>-thumbnails" class="thumbnails">
<?php $j = 0; ?>
<?php foreach ($img_data as $img => $attr) : ?>
<li class="span1">
<a href="<?php echo isset($attr['src']) ? $attr['src'] : '' ?>" class="thumbnail<?php echo ($j == 0 ? ' active' : '') ?>" data-target="#fixel-carousel-<?php echo $this->item->id ?>" data-slide-to="<?php echo $j ?>">
<?php echo $img ?>
</a>
</li>
<?php $j++; ?>
<?php endforeach ?>
</ul>
<blockquote>And is there a way to get rid of the white space where the thumbnails are supposed to be?</blockquote>
The reason of this issue that you leave too many empty spaces <br> before the article content in that article. You can open it and remove these <br>.
