Embedding the s3slider jQuery plugin in a block
I would use in D7 the Fields Slideshow module.

If you still want to use the s3 slider, these are some general steps to make.


Make a content type with an imagefield.
Add nodes for each slide in your slider.
Create a view that has the fields you need.
Set the field stye of the imagefield to none for all the items (label and wrapper too).
Set the body field style to span and set none to label and wrapper. Trim the field to your desired length and remove any html.
Go to 'Theme information' in your view. You need to copy the name of the templates of the views you will be replacing. You need to get the list template (views-view-list--MYVIEWNAME.tpl.php).
Go to the themes folder in the views module and copy the views-view-list.tpl.php into your theme and rename it to what you figured out in the first step.
Change the content of the template with something like this, remember to change MYTHEMENAME to the name of your theme and remember to flush your theme registry so it recognizes the new template file.


I couldn't add the code successfully so I made a Drupalbin: http://drupalbin.com/20119