Johannes Schaefer wrote:
the slide plugin isn't so easy to handle

Depends on perception ;-)

and apparently Ross' page is broken.

Yes, the page is broken because the javascripts have not been deployed. It is a known issue http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOR-341

It's easy to workaround by manually copying the javascript files (the bug does not rear its ugly head if running in dynamic mode).

You may see if FOR-567 helps:
  http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOR-567

I really must apply those patches - sorry Johanes.

I worked with the plugin a while ago (hard to remember
what I actually did) but have you tried to get it
running locally? I may give more advice if you
have more specific questions ... otherwise I'll have
to dig deep into some long forgotten files.

Johannes is correct, run it locally and come back with specific problems if you hit them. Don't be put off by the problems in the page you link to, it is not a client side issue.

Ross