How to Create a Slide Show for a Website
A website slide show can be a great way to display multiple pictures all at once. You can use these slide shows on popular social networking websites, such as Facebook and MySpace. Slide shows can also be placed on personal blogs as well as company websites. The best part about making the slide show is that you don't have to know anything about HTML or computer programming in order to make one.
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Instructions
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Log onto the Slide website. Slide allows you to upload photos and create your slide show through the website.
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Click the yellow "Make a Slide Show" tab found on the Slide home page. This will take you to the "Create Slide Show" page.
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Click on the "Browse Tab" on the bottom of the "Create Slide Show" page to add pictures to your slide show. Search through your computer for different pictures that you wish to add to the slide show. Continue doing this until you have uploaded all of the photos that you wish to be in the slide show.
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Scroll down to the bottom of the page and change the captions of any pictures if you wish to do so. To change a caption, simply click on the text found underneath the picture. You can change the size of the captions as they appear in your slide show by clicking on the "Size" drop box found directly above where you change the captions.
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Select the "Styles" tab to the left of the "Customize your Design" heading to choose how your pictures will appear during the slide show. If you don't like any of the 15 options on the page, click the "View More" link to look at more options. Click on one of the options to preview it on your slide show.
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Click the "Skins" tab to select a border for your slide show. You can choose one of the 15 available options or select "View more." You can even make your own border by clicking the "Make Your Own" link.
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Choose the "Themes" tab to pick animated effects for your slide show. Examples of these are snowflakes falling or little flying hearts going over your pictures. Again, you can click the "View More" link to find more themes.
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Add music to your slide show by clicking the "Music/Video" tab. You can choose from 10 different songs listed in the "Most Popular" box or click "View More Music/ Videos" to find other songs available on the Slide website.
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Click on the "Background" tab to change the background color of your slide show. Click on the black box underneath the "Slide Show Background color" heading to select browse through the different colors. You can also decide to keep the background black if you prefer.
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Click on the "Effects" tab to change the appearance of the pictures found in your slide show. You can choose from 12 different effects.
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Use the "Size" tab to change the overall size of your slide show. You may need to make your slide show smaller depending on what website the slide show will be on once you're finished. You can select either "Small," "Medium" or "Large" or enter the width and height size manually.
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Click on the "Privacy" tab to choose whether you want your slide show to be available to other users or just to you.
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Click the green "Save [get code]" tab in order to finish the slide show. You will need to enter an email and password on the next page in order to save the slide show. You can also click the "Skip Sign Up" link if you want to finish the slide show without signing up on the Slide website. If you choose this option, though, you won't be able to edit your slide show in the future.
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Click the "More" link on the left side of the final page to find embed links for many different websites. If you're not using any of those websites, you can still use the slide show for your personal website. Click the "Can't Find What You're Looking For? Try Here!" link on the bottom left portion of the website. Once you do, you will find an embed link and instructions for adding the slide show to your website.
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