Category slideshows display images of your categories, along with optional links to their pages, and captions.
To create any slideshow, you need to follow the general instructions in the Creating and Modifying topic in this section. This topic explains how to use that guide specifically to create a category slideshow.
- Click the Modules > Slideshow > Slideshows link

- To add a new slideshow, click
. To modify an existing slideshow, click the pen icon at the beginning of it's record row. (You can also click anywhere on the row to edit a record)
- To create a category slideshow, set the Show field to category images.
- After setting the Show field, you will see a field immediately below it labeled Categories. Use this field to tell Squirrelcart which category images to include in the show. To select multiple values, hold down the CTRL key when selecting values (on a Mac, use the COMMAND key instead).
- If you wish to show captions for your slides, check the Show Captions field. Your category names will be used as the captions for each slide.
- If you wish to link the images to the corresponding category pages, check the Link to Categories field.
- The Image Source Field field is used to tell Squirrelcart which category record image field you want to use as the source for your image files. Set it accordingly.
- Fill out the rest of the form fields, using the field descriptions in the Record Guide section of the Creating and Modifying topic as a guide.
- Click the Save and Preview Changes button
- Upon saving the record, a preview of the slideshow will appear, along with code that can be used to display the slideshow in Squirrelcart or on any web page.
- If this is a new slideshow, you will need to add it's code to Squirrelcart or to a non-Squirrelcart web page. For instructions on doing this, see the Adding to a Page topic in this section.
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