Create a User managed SlideShow on Drupal 6 w/ the CCK, FileField, ImageField, ImageAPI, ImageCache & Thickbox modules.

These are quick instructions to allow a specific user Role (ie: client/staff/designer) to manage a web based SlideShow using Drupal. This SlideShow setup can be used; either for a specific number of SlideShow nodes to be edited by the user, or a SlideShow content type to be managed by the user. This setup is tested on Drupal 6 w/ GD2 using the Content Construction Kit (CCK), FileField, ImageField, ImageAPI w/ ImageAPI GD2, ImageCache & Thickbox modules.

Install and Enable:

1. Content Construction Kit (CCK) module
2. FileField module
3. ImageField module
4. ImageAPI module w/ (enable either ImageAPI GD2 or ImageAPI ImageMagick)
5. ImageCache module
6. Thickbox module

Set up and Configure:

• Configure ImageAPI: ./admin/settings/imageapi
• Configure Images (file & size settings): ./admin/settings/image
• Configure ImageCache (presets, I created a thumbnail for use on the page): ./admin/build/imagecache
• Create a new Content Type "SlideShow": ./admin/content/types/add
  • on the new "SlideShow" Content Type: ./admin/content/types
    • Click the "manage fields" link: add an Image field
    • Click the "manage fields" link: configure the new Image field
      • allow for more than one Image under "Number of values"
    • Click the "Fields" tab: configure the display of the "SlideShow" Image field
• Create a new "SlideShow" node: ./node/add/slideshow
  • add some images
• Configure Thickbox: ./admin/settings/thickbox
• On the new "SlideShow" Content Type: ./admin/content/types
  • Click the "Fields" tab: configure the display of the "SlideShow" Image field
    • Display the "Thickbox" display for the full node.
• Edit Permissions to allow access to the appropriate role: ./admin/user/permissions
  • for single node access allow them to "edit any slideshow content" and only have a limited number of "SlideShows" nodes
  • to allow them to manage the Slideshow content type,allo wthem to "edit any slideshow content" as well as "create slideshow content"