Flickr Slideshows

A common question I am asked is "How do I link a Flickr slideshow to my Blogger post?" Here is my attempt to list instructions to complete such a link. If you have questions, please leave a message in the comment section and I will do my best to explain. It's well worth the effort! If you haven't already created a Flickr account, you will need to do this first. Creating a Flickr account is free; however, you are very limited by the amount you may upload each day. It's worth the small amount of change to expand your account if you're going to use Flickr often.

• Upload Photos or Video


• STEP 1: Choose Photos and Videos


• Select the photos you want to upload (usually from your hard drive)


• Allow the default “Public” if you want your photos to appear on Blogger


• STEP 2: Upload Photos and Videos


• STEP 3: When your photos have finished uploading, click on “add a description”


• Either Add To A Set or Create A New Set (typically you are going to create a new set)


• Name your new set; click on Create Set


• Your set isn’t saved until you scroll all the way to the bottom; click Save This Batch
• At the top of the screen under Your Photostream, click Sets


• Click on the new set you just created


• In the top right corner, click Slideshow


• Highlight the entire address that is the URL for your new set; right click then Copy. The address of your Flickr set has been saved to Clipboard


• Return to your blog


• Create a new post or edit one you've already created


• To link to Flickr, you may either say “click here for a photo slideshow” or upload a photo into your post and link the photo to your Flickr set. To do this, highlight the word “here” or click on your uploaded image and click the link button


• In the pop up box, right click and paste the address to your Flickr set


• Save your post; view blog


• Congratulations! You’ve linked your Flickr set to your post. Woo hoo!

To demonstrate linking a slideshow set to an image, click on the photo below to view a slideshow of my scrap room. To view additional photos of my scrap room, click here. Enjoy!