Displaying multiple nodes inside a single view block I am somewhat new to drupal.

My goal is to display the 5 most recent nodes with a specific tag ("slideshow") in a, well, slideshow. 

I am trying to use a views block in order to do that. But when I add the block to the main page, it shows nothing. I've also tried modifying the template 'archive' view, but it shows a link to a different page with the contents of a specific month instead of the posts themselves:



How can I have it so the content themselves are all displayed in this block?
Create a new View (rather than trying to alter an existing one like Archive).
Add a Block display.
Set the "Number of items to display" to 5
Add filter(s) so that only the nodes you want are displayed
Add a sort by the created date of the node, descending, so the ones at the top of the list are the most recent.