There are a number of different slideshows that can be added to WordPress, many of these require the addition of code to the theme, in this series of tutorials we will be using two or three of the slideshows, we are starting with adding Smooth Slider to our home (index) page.
If we follow this tutorial we will be able to add a slideshow to any theme where WordPress 3 is running, in this tutorial we will be adding the slideshow above the content of our blog entries on just the home page.
We have started with Smooth Slider because it is easy to use and administer, we will use a template part to add the slideshow to the theme, this will mean that the slideshow can be added to other pages in the same way if required.