Slide.com is a really really really awesome tool for managing and improving your open source world. Slide.com gives people to the ability to express themselves (to the max) by offering a variety options for personalizing photos and videos. Learn more about Slide.com here.
Although there are many things you can accomplish through Slide.com, the following is a brief tutorial about how to create and embed a slideshow using Slide.
- Go to www.slide.comand create an account. Note: You don’t have to “Sign up” or “Sign in” in order to create a slideshow. However, if you don’t sign up you will not be able to save or change your slideshow.
- Click on “Make a Slideshow.”
- Now you need to add the images you wish to include in your slideshow. This can be done several ways. For one, you can upload images from your computer; in that case, simply click the “Browse” button and locate your images. Also, you can add images from other open source programs you may have like facebook; in this scenario, you would click on the “Facebook” icon and log in to facebook allow slide to access your information.
- Click on the images you wish to import. These images will then appear at the bottom of the screen.
- At this point, you can change image size, the captions and delete any images you don’t want to appear in your slideshow.
- Now you can really customize your slideshow by clicking on one the preset designs or creating your own. If you create your own design, you can manipulate “Styles,” “Skins,” “Themes,” add “Music/Video,” “Background,” “Effects!!!,” ”Size” and “Privacy!!” settings.
- Once finished, click “Save (get code)” at the bottom of the screen.
- Next, click “Skip Signup.”
- A text box filled with code will appear. Copy and paste this code into an html compatible part of your open source site.
- Save and enjoy!!!
