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If you want static articles then you don't need 90% of the code:
Without testing! - Include into a static html widget: (height setting on div style="heigth needs your number in it)

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/nivo-slider.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/nivo-slider_uf_theme.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
    <div style="height:250px;">
    <div id="wrapper">
        <div class="slider-wrapper theme-uf">
            <div class="ribbon"></div>
            <div id="slider" class="nivoSlider">
                  <a href="link to your article"><img src="yourpreviewpicture" alt="" title="#htmlcaption1" /></a>
            </div>
            <div id="htmlcaption1" class="nivo-html-caption">
                <b>article title</b> </ br> example description of article <a href="link to your article">read more</a>
            </div>
        </div>

    </div>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/jquery/jquery-1.4.4.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="' .$slider_img_filepath. '/jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    $(window).load(function() {
        $("#slider").nivoSlider();
    });
    </script>
    </div>

That would show 1 static article - you have to insert the link to your article, the previewimage and the description.
(additional examples are in the demo folder, when you download the nivo slider from their homepage)

Version is 4.1.3 since we will jump 4.1.4 and install 4.1.5 next. I'm pretty sure it will work with 4.1.4 (the static version will work like 100% with 4.1.4) - but i can't verify it - so i won't say it does.


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