Posting a picture in a post helps push the message across, after all a picture is worth a thousand words. Yet sometimes a mere thousand words are not enough, so you need to add more pictures. But posting too many pictures will make your post grow longer, sometimes too long for the readers -not good. So you ask, “Is there a way to post all those pictures without inducingscrollingitis on my readers?”. If I may answer, I would say yes there are ways to prevent scrollingitis, and one of them is by using a slideshow.
I. Making the slideshow
- Go to Picasa Web Albums and sign-in with your Google account.
- Upload or group the pictures together in an album.
- From within the album, click on Link To This Album link.
- Click on Embed Slideshow. A pop-up showing slideshow configuration and preview will appear.
- Change Slideshow size to fit your blog post width. There are also options toAutoplay and Show caption.
II. Embedding the slideshow in your blog
- To embed in a post, follow this step:
- Go to Blogger Post Editor.
- Switch to Edit HTML mode.
- Copy and paste the entire code in the yellow window and paste it into your post where you want the slideshow to play.
- Save your post and view it. The slideshow should playing inside the post.
- To embed in a page element e.g. sidebar, follow this step:
- Go to Design > Page Elements.
- Click Add A Gadget link.
- Select HTML/Javascript gadget.
- Save the slideshow code into the gadget window.
- Save and view your blog. The slideshow should playing inside the sidebar.
Enjoy!