embedding slideshow in wordpress
DESCRIPTION
by Katie Barlow: How Comms 328 students can embed DU-hosted slideshows in personal wordpress sites.TRANSCRIPT
Embedding Soundslides into Personal Wordpress
The How-To
Disclaimer
Your slideshow needs to be published on the Daily Universe site by RJ before you can go any further.
• Log into the DU site at universe.byu.edu
• Halfway down the right side of the page will be the log in link
• Navigate to your post with the slideshow and click “Edit”
• In the “Custom Fields” box, copy the src address (everything between both double quotation marks)
• Note: You cannot use the URL found in your browser address bar. You must use the one from the Custom Fields box.
• Go to http://tools.soundslides.com/embed/
• Paste in the copied src code
• Click “Continue”
Copy the generated embed code
• Select the HTML tab and paste the generated code into the post
• Type in the gigya code:• [gigya width="420" height="383" src="
http://www.newsnet.byu.edu/teaseimg/photogalleries/technologywhere/publish_to_web/soundslider.swf?size=0&format=xml" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" width="420" height="383"]
• Be sure to change the filename after the photogalleries/ to what your file is named
• Locate the src= and copy everything between the two double quotation marks.
• Replace the src in the gigya from the generated code you copied from the Soundslides Embed Utility
• Delete the generated code from Soundslides Embed Utility
• Click Save or Preview to see the slideshow.
• Then press Save