Hi,
1) The easiest way to get the sample code for most options is to have a look at html\js\custom.js - the file contains all slider configurations of the demo page. Eg following code will create a block transition:
// here you can see the slide options I used in the demo page. depending on the id of the slider a different setup gets activated
$('#frontpage-slider').aviaSlider({ blockSize: {height: 80, width:80},
transition: 'slide',
display: 'all',
transitionOrder: ['diagonaltop', 'diagonalbottom','topleft', 'bottomright', 'random']
});
You can find all the sample code snippets in the documentation (javascript section) too.
2) Can you post a link please - I need to investigate the image issue with firebug.