Creating a slideshow

Start with selecting and installing a slideshow module

Create the View

1. Go to http://yoursite.com/admin/build/views
2. Click Add
3. Enter in the view name
4. Click Next
5. Select the page display from the dropdown
6. Click Add Display
7. Under Basic settings click on the link next to Use Pager
8. Select either "Display specified number of items" or "Display all items"
9. Adjust any specific options you would like
10. Click update default display
11. Click "None" next to Path under Page settings
12. Add a path. In this case we'll put slideshow
13. Click Update
14. Click the + next to fields
15. • Drupal 6
      1. Under Groups choose Node
      2. Select Node Body and Node Title
    • Drupal 7
      1. Under Groups choose Fields
      2. Select Fields: body
      3. Under Groups choose Node
      4. Choose Node: Title
16. Click Add
17. Under Rewriting select Trim this field to a maximum length
18. Under Maximum length enter 100
19. Click Update Default Display twice
20. Click the up/down arrows next to fields
21. Move Node: Title to the top
22. Click Update
23. Click the + next to Filters
24. Under Groups choose Node
25. Select Node: Published and Node: Type
26. Click Add
27. Select Yes for published
28. Click Update Default Display
29. Select page/article under Node Type
30. Click Update Default Display
31. Click Save
32. Go to http://yoursite.com/slideshow and verify it is listing out the page/article nodes correctly

Set up the slideshow

1. Edit the View
2. Click Unformatted next to style under Style Settings.
3. Choose Slideshow
4. Click Update Default Display
5. Under Slideshow mode choose Cycle
6. Click Update Default Display
7. Click Save
8. View the page and verify the slideshow is working.

Setup Pager Fields

1. Edit the View
2. Click the gear icon next to Slideshow under Style Settings
3. Under Widgets check pager box on either or both the top and bottom
4. Under Pager Type choose Fields
5. Select the field(s) to show for the pager
6. Click Update
7. Click Save

If you want to show a field in the pager, but not on the main slideshow then add the field you would like under fields in views, but check the box that says "exclude from display".

If you want to have a numeric pager then add the "Global: View result counter" under Fields in views. Make sure you check the box that says "exclude from display".