How to program slide show?

Hi

slide show is hard coded into page.tpl

<.....snip....>
            <div class="image_reel">
                <a href="#"><img src="<?php print drupal_get_path('theme', 'magazeenlite')?>/images/slideshow/slide3.jpg" alt="" /></a>
                <a href="#"><img src="<?php print drupal_get_path('theme', 'magazeenlite')?>/images/slideshow/slide1.jpg" alt="" /></a>
                <a href="#"><img src="<?php print drupal_get_path('theme', 'magazeenlite')?>/images/slideshow/slide2.jpg" alt="" /></a>
            </div>
    
        </div>
        <div class="paging">
            <a href="#" rel="1">1</a>
            <a href="#" rel="2">2</a>
            <a href="#" rel="3">3</a>
        </div>
<.....snip....>

You can add more slides adding elements into

I really like the look and position of this slider ... SO there is a way to add (for example) most recently uploaded images (+link to that node?) I don't quite grok your comment above.

Hi Rhino, let me make my comment more clear:

You have, first, to create a view that collects information you want. Views modules is required. Then you can expose your view as block. Finally you have to write a .tpl.php file for your view based block that will produce html code slide show needs. The last one is the difficult part.

Here is an example close to that i mention above. There is an iteration over the attached files of all promoted posts. If one of the attached files filename match a specific pattern it used for the post. Otherwise a default image is used. All promoted post are part of the slideshow. The filter that collects promoted post is part of the view.

<?php
/**
 * @file views-view-list.tpl.php
 * Default simple view template to display a list of rows.
 *
 * - $title : The title of this group of rows.  May be empty.
 * - $options['type'] will either be ul or ol.
 * @ingroup views_templates
 */

?>

<div class="main_view">
<div class="window">
<div class="image_reel">
<?php

$filepath = file_directory_path();
$basepath = base_path();

foreach ($rows as $id => $row){
$result = $vars['view']->result;
$view = views_get_current_view();
$nid = $view->result[$id]->nid; 

$post_promo_image="";
$post_promo_image =  $basepath . $filepath .'/default.png';
$exp = "post-promo-image";
$files = upload_load(node_load($nid));
foreach ($files as $file) {
if ($file->list) {
	$href = $file->filepath;
	$uploaded_file_name = $file->filename;
	if (strstr($uploaded_file_name,$exp)) { 
		$post_promo_image = $href; 
	} 
}
} 
?>
<a href="?q=node/<?php print $nid; ?>"><img src="<?php print $post_promo_image; ?>"/></a>
<?php } ?>
</div>
<div class="descriptions">
<?php
foreach ($rows as $id => $row){ 
$result = $vars['view']->result;
$view = views_get_current_view();
$nid = $view->result[$id]->nid; 
?>
<div class="desc"><?php print node_load($nid)->title;?></div>
<?php } ?>
</div>

</div>



<div class="paging">
<?php
foreach ($rows as $id => $row){ ?>
<a href="#" rel="<?php print $id+1; ?>"><?php print $id+1; ?></a>
<?php } ?>
</div>
</div>

It's all so much clearer now! Thanks so much.

Thank you too for your interest in this theme. I mark this issue as fixed. If you have any issue open it again

How do you change the transition effects for the slideshow? I want to fade between slides rather than shuffle.
Thank you! Love this theme!