sorry . it was a silly mistake. php tags were missing. works fine now . A featured posts gallery from various blogs would be a nice asset for buddypress.
Where abouts in your index.php file did you place this?
My home page is a static homepage, does that matter?
@Slicktig1, did you get it to work properly? In my setup, adding it, vanishes all the widgets underneath it.
@kunal17
What’s your site? I’d love to see your slider…I want one too… 
@gregfielding,
You can see at the bottom left of the homepage at http://theindianstartup.com. The admin part of the plugin works well, I just wish I could figure out how to add it to the top of the left column without it vanishing my other widgets.
@Kunal17
Your site is great!
How do I edit the theme for my front page so that recent posts and recent articles show much like yours?
Also, is there any HTML or web editing tool you would specifically recommend for theme design, Dreamweaver or other?
My site is http://site.chestermc.org
Im trying to create a dynamic front page much like yours, with articles, posts and maybe a cloud tag DIV.
@Kunal17
In case you haven’t yet figured out the problem with Smooth Slider “vanishing” your other widgets, here’s why (I think):
The overall page width is 960px with 20px padding (.padder div) = 920px for content.
Your sidebar (first-section div) has a margin-right of 560px which results in a width of 360px for the widgets.
Oops! The Smooth Slider widget is 380px wide – 20px too much – so, if you put it at the top of the section, it throws everything else out of whack.
Reduce the width of the widget to 360px, or edit the first-section div to have a margin-right of only 540px and things should work.
The Firebug for Firefox addon helps zero in on problems like this. I installed it a few days ago and am loving it!
Hope this helps!
