Unable to implement photo slider in theme template

Question

I downloaded a theme from here and I chose this theme because I wanted to builder a slider photo gallery as shown in the screen shot here.

However, I am unable to achieve the desired effect because I am new at Drupal 7.

I have tried the following steps for implementing the photo gallery. Please help me out by pointing my mistake.

1- Identify block regions. These are as follows:

2- Make a content type with Image type as the field as follows:

3- Then I placed it inside the Slide show block provided by the template as shown in the figure.

4- I even made a view and placed it inside the same Slide show block provided by the template but I am not getting the slider that I want.The previous screen shot shows the view as well.

At best, I get a picture on the front page when I choose it as 'published to front page'.

So, does this mean I cannot implement a photo slider this way? And my only option then is to use a contributed module for a photo slider?

If the latter is true then what use is the template other than a basic mark up for html and css?

Lastly, is the solution to my problem that I use a contributed photo slider module and then place it in one of the pre-defined blocks provided by the theme?

Appreciate your help on this.

Answer 1

What you did in your website is create a new content type that holds a static image for each entry. From what I see in the template link you posted, the theme you chose uses Nivo Slider as the default solution for a slider and even has an installation instructions link (which is not working).

My advice would be to follow the instruction on this link: Nivo Slider Module, and install the module yourself. It will create a new content type for you to make the slider you need.