Making Your Own Slideshow - A Tutorial

I just love the interest and movement that a slideshow gives to a blog!

Although you can click on the "make your own" button

under the slideshow, you are really going to need a little

tutorial on how to go about making your slideshow

and getting it onto your blog.

This slideshow is created on Photobucket.com

which is a free photosharing site.  

Begin by creating an account with Photobucket.

Then you need to upload the pictures you want to

use.  I chose to upload 10 images from the month.

You will need to place them in an album and name

the album.

(February was fun because it was all in 

pinks and chocolate!)

Then I clicked on "tools" in their blue toolbar at the top.

On the left hand side of the newly opened page

you will see "slideshow".  Click on this.

Open the album of pictures and then follow the

steps one, two and three.  Step one you will

click on the pictures from your album that you

want in the slideshow and they will appear down below.

Step two you will pick a style for your slideshow.

You can try out as many styles as you want easily
and quickly.

Step three you will click to "save" your slideshow.

Now that your slideshow is saved, on the right hand

side of your Home Page you will see 
"share this album"

and you will click on the "HTML Link" button.

It will automatically say "saved" so you don't have

to highlight it and right click it.

Now open your dashboard and open "Design".

Click on "Add a Gadget" where you want your

slideshow to appear on your blog.  I wanted

it under my header so I picked the "Add a Gadget"

under the header.  Then I went to 

"HTML/Javascript" and clicked on it.  Then I "pasted"

the HTML Link that I had gotten off Photobucket,

previewed it, then saved it.  

At first I didn't like 

the slideshow

 because it didn't fill the whole header

space so then I went back to Photobucket and edited

my slideshow and changed it from "medium" to "large"

and now it filled the whole width of my post page.

Have fun giving this a try!

Posting with Metamorphosis Monday