In this chapter, we will be using a set of contributed modules to create a simple slideshow content type.
For this recipe you will need to install and enable the most recent recommended releases of the following modules:
You will need FTP access to your site for installing the jQuery cycle plugin.
First we will install the jQuery cycle plugin, then we will create a new content type for the slideshow, and finally we will configure the display of the slideshow and add some test slides:
1. Open your FTP client and create a new directory called libraries in
Drupal root/sites/all/
if it does not already exist.2. In the
libraries
directory create a new folder calledjquery.cycle.
3. Download the jQuery cycle plugin from http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/download.html, be sure to get the full cycle plugin, and not the lite...