Q: How can URLs be added to the images in the slide show, so when a user selects an image, a new page will open ?

A: This is quite simple. All you have to do is add a new attribute in the .xml file, called url, to all the items you would like to have the ability to load a web page when selected. As value for this url attribute, you need to specify the complete url to the page you would like to open.

Also, you have the possibility to specify a target window into which the web page should open. For this, just add the target attribute, along with the url attribute, and specify a target window ("_blank", "_self"...).
Files: XMLSS_urlToImages.zip