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- 1. Drupal Slideshows August 2012 Matt Wetmore mattwetmore.com @mwetmore
- 2. About This Session • Who is this session for? – Designers/Themers/Developers/Site Builders • What modules will we cover? – Views Slideshow – Flexslider – Nodequeue • What version of Drupal and other things. – We will be covering this with Drupal 7 – You should probably know how to use Views Matt Wetmore mattwetmore.com @mwetmore
- 3. About Me • Matt Wetmore – Mattwetmore.com – Currently work at ING U.S. in Windsor, CT – Using Drupal for 2.5 Years – Twitter: @mwetmore – Central CT Drupal Meetup Organizer Matt Wetmore mattwetmore.com @mwetmore
- 4. What is a Slideshow? • Slideshows are used to display content on your website that you would like to have rotate as a user is viewing your webpage. • They can take a number of forms and be built a few different ways. – They can cycle through images. – They can cycle through text. – They can be user controlled. – Items in the slideshow can be displayed as images, pagers, or indicators. Matt Wetmore mattwetmore.com @mwetmore
- 5. How to do this in Drupal • There are tons of ways you could this in Drupal – Check: http://drupal.org/node/418616 • Which one is the one to use? – I would try a bunch of them and see which one works for you. – One of the benefits of Drupal is that there are always multiple ways to do things, although its one of its downsides at times. • Benefits of Views Slideshows – Uses Views – Has a good API – Has a number of Sub-Modules – Quick and Simple Matt Wetmore mattwetmore.com @mwetmore
- 6. Getting started with Views Slideshow • Demo – Enabling Views Slideshow – Configure Views Slideshow Matt Wetmore mattwetmore.com @mwetmore
- 7. How to sort my slides • Views will sort the slides by default, but we want some more control over the order. – Can use a new weight field on the Slide content type, add to view. – Can sort by last updated – Can sort by any other type of field. • You can also use Nodequeue – http://drupal.org/project/nodequeue – Nodequeue allows you to order nodes within Drupal in any order you want. – Nodequeue and Views (http://www.appnovation.com/nodequeue-and-views-combination) Matt Wetmore mattwetmore.com @mwetmore
- 8. Using Views Slideshow and Nodequeue • Demo – Enable Nodequeue – Configure a Queue for our Slides – Configure our view to use the Nodequeue Matt Wetmore mattwetmore.com @mwetmore
- 9. Introducing Flexslider • Flexslider – Created by WooThemes – Fully Responsive for Responsive Themes. – Can be used with or without Views Slideshow • Links – http://drupal.org/project/flexslider – http://www.woothemes.com/flexslider/ • Demo – Install Flexslider Module – Use Flexslider without Views Slideshow – Use Flexslider with Views Slideshow Matt Wetmore mattwetmore.com @mwetmore
- 10. Thank You! Questions? The Central CT Drupal meetup meets the third Tuesday every month. We also have a new Twitter account for Drupal in CT @ctdrupal Matt Wetmore mattwetmore.com @mwetmore