Monday, October 16, 2006

How to Insert Flash Album into Blog

Lindsey send me a mail about how to insert a flash album in her blog, just as I did in my blog. I've talked about in the topic Make your blog unique!, although not in detail.

Now that she asked the question, I'd like to share it again in steps. It's as easy as ABC. The tutorial is about how to create a blog flash album with Flash Album Studio. Likewise with other software, such as Flash Slideshow Maker, etc.


Step 1. Choose the output type as 'Publish as Online Album'.
Select the 'Publish' tab, and click on 'Publish as Online Album' button. The new window will prompt you to save your created work. Type a filename, and click 'Save' to continue.

Step 2. Upload your album.
The next step you need to upload the SWF file(s) to an external webhost or a web host where you host another website, or use our free flash hosting service with the Online Album Publishing Wizard below:


Step 3. Copy the generated HTML code and paster to Blog editor.
Open your blogger editor, and switch to the "HTML" mode. Then add the generated HTML code above to any of the sections in your post. Publish your title and well that's done!

After the uploading process finished, you will see:


The next step you need to upload the SWF file(s) to an external webhost or a web host where you host another website, or use our free flash hosting service with the Online Album Publishing Wizard below:

Note:
If you have uploaded the SWF file(s) to an external website, simply add the following code to any of the sections in your post:



Replace the swf file link "http://www.flash-slide-show.com/demo.swf" in above code with your own path and filename. You need to change the width="800" height="600" data too if your flash is not 800*600 in size.

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