Comments on: Using Slideshows on WordPress.com

By: bobthenatureguy

bobthenatureguy — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 04:55:29 +0000

Jesse,

Does this same technique work for inserting a slideshow into a website page rather than a blog?

Bob

By: LD

LD — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:31:56 +0000

Hi Jesse,
Is it possible to add captions to the pictures?

By: Amalphi

Amalphi — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:00:25 +0000

For people with a self-hosted version I would suggest to download the NextGen Gallery plugin and the JW Image rotator. This is really great stuff. Please check out the sidebar of my website to see the result.

By: Michael Pick

Michael Pick — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 05:01:17 +0000

Sounds like you might be running a self-hosted version of WordPress, rather using WordPress.com (which this video was made about). It’s worth heading to the Plugins> Add New menu, where you’ll be able to search from some slideshow alternatives

By: Isaac A. Jeldes

Isaac A. Jeldes — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:47:39 +0000

Hi Jesse, thanks for the video.

I have the Modularity Lite theme, and I am trying to make a slideshow like the one WP published http://modularitylitedemo.wordpress.com/. However, I cannot make my pictures looks wider (complete width of the page). Can you help me with that?

Thank you very much

By: Dona Halliday

Dona Halliday — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:29:07 +0000

Hi this seems like great info and it seemed so easy, but since we don’t have an insert slideshow option when weI insert images do you have any other suggestions?
Dona

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:30:57 +0000

Do you know of another tutorial that show how to make a slideshow when a blog is not hosted on WordPress.com? thanks.

“No, but your blog does need to be hosted on WordPress.com. This feature is only available on WordPress.com at this time.”

By: David

David — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:55:24 +0000

Hi jesse, I’ve tried to set up a slideshow on my blog and the slideshow works well but I have thumbnails appearing on my blog posts aswell as the picture I’ve inserted in my post. How do I get rid of the thumbnails and just have the pictures on the post and main page slideshow. (As extra info my slide show is a part of my blog theme I don’t know if that makes a difference)

By: jesseluna

jesseluna — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:36:44 +0000

Hi ileaneb, the process is the same for the Visual and HTML editors. I just tried it to be sure. Glad you enjoyed the photos. – Jesse

By: ileaneb

ileaneb — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:55:38 +0000

Hi Jesse, thanks for the screencast. By the way, I love the photos too. My question is does it matter if you are in the visual editor or html mode. I noticed that you weren’t using the visual editor during the screencast.

By: Ryan Markel

Ryan Markel — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:32:02 +0000

The slideshow feature in this tutorial is currently only available on WordPress.com.

By: ppchsmediacenter

ppchsmediacenter — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:46:51 +0000

Okay, thank you. I had a feeling that the options were limited, but wanted to check to make sure that I wasn’t missing anything. Thank you for the help!

By: FlSue

FlSue — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:56:19 +0000

Jesse – how can you insert a slideshow when your site is not hosted by WP ?
I’m guessing that this is the problem since when I upload pics, save and then scroll down to find the slideshow button – it’s not there – I find only ‘insert gallery’ – that works but only gives me a series of pictures, not a slideshow.
Thanks
Sue

By: Ryan Markel

Ryan Markel — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:41:15 +0000

It will eventually be released as a plugin.

By: Ryan Markel

Ryan Markel — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:22:12 +0000

There aren’t any options that can be selected yet in the slideshow shortcode – it always uses all images attached to the post.

By: ppchsmediacenter

ppchsmediacenter — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:02:15 +0000

Thank you! The only problem I’m having now is that I already had two photos on the post so when I added the slide show photos and clicked “insert slide show.” I ended up getting those two photos included in the show. Is there anyway to deselect photos that are already in the gallery and only select certain photos for the slide show?

By: R Twomey

R Twomey — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:32:32 +0000

Any idea when this will be added to .org self hosted blogs? I thought it would have been on 3.0?

By: Mizpa Uzman

Mizpa Uzman — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:59:25 +0000

Great. Exellent. Really really thank you, easy to understand and easy to use.

By: jesseluna

jesseluna — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:18:35 +0000

Ananth- Glad the image slideshow worked for you. If you want to keep more of a “Power Point” feeling, you can upload your presentation to Slideshare.net then embed that presentation into your WordPress.com blog. Here’s a link with info on embedding Slideshare presentations: http://en.support.wordpress.com/slideshows/slideshare/

Hmm, I think this will make for a good video tutorial.

By: Ananth

Ananth — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:09:43 +0000

Great idea. Thank you so much Jesse. I was at sixes and sevens trying to upload presentations into my blog – but the only method was a download link!! Now, it just makes it easy to save a presentation as images and move the PPT into the blog as a slideshow!! – Ananth

By: Ryan Markel

Ryan Markel — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:32:50 +0000

Currently, only one slideshow can be used per post.

By: funladyjewelry

funladyjewelry — Wed, 26 May 2010 00:18:02 +0000

Thanks for the tutorial. It was very helpful.

Is there a way to have two different slide shows on the same post?

By: drlorax

drlorax — Mon, 24 May 2010 13:02:05 +0000

Thank you! This was very helpful.

By: leon

leon — Thu, 20 May 2010 10:39:20 +0000

Thanks..
so simple and very useful.

By: 230446alex76

230446alex76 — Mon, 17 May 2010 23:44:01 +0000

Thank you, it’s easy to follow and understand.

By: Skin care

Skin care — Thu, 13 May 2010 09:47:36 +0000

I was successfully able to create my first wordpress slideshow today using this tutorial

By: The PMP Guru

The PMP Guru — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:46:48 +0000

Thanks,
I am daily learning something new in here.

By: jesseluna

jesseluna — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:44:12 +0000

You’re welcome Jeffrey!

By: jesseluna

jesseluna — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:41:14 +0000

You’re welcome Creativepotager. Good note on the “Flash Uploader”.

By: Amalphi

Amalphi — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:23:53 +0000

Thanks for letting me know. My WordPress blog is hosted on my own website that’s why the button doesn’t show up. I hope this feature will be soon available for other environments than WordPress.com.

By: Ryan Markel

Ryan Markel — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:18:26 +0000

No, but your blog does need to be hosted on WordPress.com. This feature is only available on WordPress.com at this time.

By: Amalphi

Amalphi — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:07:49 +0000

I only see a gallery button, do I have to add a plugin to make it work?

By: Ryan Markel

Ryan Markel — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:44:40 +0000

Not yet, but we hope to add some options in the future.

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:10:33 +0000

Thanks for the great tips Jesse!

By: Eric Hegwer

Eric Hegwer — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:35:02 +0000

Great tutorial. Are there any configurable options available for the slideshow?

By: creativepotager

creativepotager — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:05:17 +0000

I was successfully able to create my first wordpress slideshow today using this tutorial.

Note: The only information that is missing from the step-by-step presentation is when you click on the photo icon, make sure you then are using the “Flash uploader” not the “Browser uploader.”

Thank you so much Jesse. I would never have know or tried this tool if I hadn’t discovered your instructions.