LIS 635

LIS 635: Embedding a Slideshow with Flickr

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After chatting with some of my classmates last night (much love to Amy & Emily!) I realized that the plugin I used at first to display my Flickr slideshow is restricted to those of us with WordPress installs on our own webspaces. Never fear; Flickr Slideshow is here! All you need is

  • Your photostream curated (see what I did there?) into an album
  • Two tabs open; one to flickrslideshow.com, and the other to your WordPress client

So, step one; copy and paste your album URL into the Flickr Slideshow form. Here’s a couple images to show you what it looks like!

Step 1.1; Copy your album URL
Step 1.1; Copy your album URL.
Step 1.2; Paste the URL into the field highlighted here.
Step 1.2; Paste the URL into the field highlighted here.

Step Two: Copy and paste the HTML into your post. On the most up-to-date WordPress install, the functionality is located next to the Visual button under Text. Here’s a step-by-step walkthrough again!

Step 2.1; After clicking 'Create Slideshow', copy the contents of the populated box highlighted.
Step 2.1; After clicking ‘Create Slideshow’, copy the contents of the populated box highlighted.
Step 2.2; In your WordPress Post editor, locate the Text functionality, highlighted above, and click on it. Now, instead of a WYSIWYG editor, you have the raw HTML!
Step 2.2; In your WordPress Post editor, locate the Text functionality, highlighted above, and click on it. Now, instead of a WYSIWYG editor, you have the raw HTML!
Step 2.3; Scroll to the bottom of your entry, and paste the HTML into the field. Once you finish, toggle back to the Visual screen and voila, slideshow!
Step 2.3; Scroll to the bottom of your entry, and paste the HTML into the field. Once you finish, toggle back to the Visual screen and voila, slideshow!

When you are in your post editor, the pictures will not show up, only a grey box will. Have no fear! Here’s what the slideshow will look like:

Linked here is a Jing screen tour (with the voiceover now!) on how I got the functionality to work. I hope this helps! Unable to display content. Adobe Flash is required.

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