Dynamic display block slideshow module for Drupal

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• This tutorial is for of the Views Slideshow: Dynamic Display Block module version 2.x. Please upgrade to the latest version.
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The Views Slideshow: Dynamic Display Block (version 2.x) module is a views_slideshow plugin mainly used to showcase featured content at a prominent place on the frontpage of the site in an attractive way. A featured content slideshow can contain e.g.: New articles, Most popular content, New products, Portfolios, etc.

Note:

• This is at the moment a development version for testing purposes only. The module has to be used against 6.x-2 versions of the views_slideshow module.

New features

• Mapping of views fields to slideshow template fields
• Due to mapping of fields no preprocess functions anymore in your template.php file for default usage
• Uses themed views fields instead of raw data
• Example module which installs a content type, a view with six example slideshows and example nodes

Notes:

• This tutorial is for of the Views Slideshow: Dynamic Display Block module (version 2.x).