@bagelche was asking about linking the entire slide on IRC this morning. I thought that could be done with a custom tpl, but it doesn't look like the 2.x is using custom templates any more. If that is the case, we should remove...

http://cgit.drupalcode.org/cm_slideshow/tree/cm_slideshow.module#n21

The css can also be attached to the View instead of called in hook_init. If we need it on every page, we should use https://api.drupal.org/comment/56528#comment-56528

Hook_init was the standard for this type of thing in D6, but this post explains why it shouldn't be used now http://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/36265/alternatives-to-hook-init