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D13Slideshow is a plugin that will create an animated promo slideshow as part of your WordPress blog. You can use it to promote any pages or posts in your site and it is fully customisable through the admin pages of your blog. Unlike some other slideshow components, D13Slideshow makes use of the script.aculo.us and Prototype JavaScript frameworks.

Once added, your slideshow will animate through each of your chosen features providing an image, an extract and a link. Once all featured stories have been shown, the slideshow will pause and provide 'next' and 'back' buttons allowing visitors to cycle through them.

Fixes, features and additions

Version 2.2.0 includes changes to support the requests from users:

1. Better selection of featured images, not just custom fields
2. Better resizing and positioning of featured images

Version 2.0.0 includes numerous feature requests and general fixes:

1. The ability to select posts by dropdown or text entry
2. Improved HTML and CSS
3. Improved support for Internet Explorer (if you can test in IE6 or IE8 then let me know!)
4. Improved embedding of Javascript libraries
5. Refined admin screens
6. Customisable CSS
7. Use post excerpts if available
8. Feature sticky posts
9. Feature posts from a specified category (thanks to Jordan at uncharteddesign.com)
10. Override system settings and specify posts to feature when adding the PHP code

Version 1.1.0 includes some long overdue features, primarily:

1. Automatic inclusion of the Scriptaculous and Prototype javascript files
2. Optional include files (d13slideshow.php lines 118 and 119) for choosing posts by dropdown or text field - fixes the "non-loading admin page" bug when you have lots of posts

Version 1.0.2 includes some requested additions and a few bug fixes:

1. A failsafe image if you incorrectly set your custom fields
2. Removal of HTML from post extracts
3. Some fixes made to excessive DB calls in the admin pages
4. Better use of absolute blog path URLs
5. Options to cycle once, cycle continuously or cycle manually
6. Options to automatically promote your last 5 or 10 posts
7. Use of permalinks rather than GUIDs for featured story links