Thanks for your help, if you check outhttp://www.cassette.cc, the section below the nav bar, there is a manual slideshow with controls. If I want to create something like that with c5, will add layout do the job or I have to make a custom block?

BTW is there any Jcarousel add ons with c5?

gary

sorry - I misunderstood what you are after.

Not sure if there is an add-on that does this but using the one on your reference site would be fairly elementary (so long as the license for jquery carousel script there allows you).

You could just embed it in an html block in your page - creating a custom block is a little more complicated.

I just checked the code and it looks as though it would be pretty easy with a little html and a little C5 knowledge - no real custom coding necessary.

Yep, that is what I am doing, but then there would be no point using c5, since everytime I update my site I will be modifying the block with HTML. what i wanted was having a block, in its edit mode, I could list all the elements with 2 buttons(edit element content, delete), and one button which can add new elements. To add a new element, a pop up window which takes 3 inputs, text, link, image. Any suggestions?
Thanks for the constant replying

in that case, then yes - you'd need to develop a custom block to do it.
There is definitely a how to in the documentation on creating a block.

You could also download one of the free slider add-ons to change the code to suit yours (possibility that might get you a little ahead of the curve).