How to put media in your posts

This page introduces several useful tips for SISATSpace bloggers. For more tips and/or FAQs, please go to Wordpress FAQ site.
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How to put Flickr pictures on your blog post
Once your pictures are online you can cut and paste the link into your blog posts like this:
<img height="222" src="http://static.flickr.com/44/138839148_eec9a5c235_d.jpg" width="341" />

You can use services like flickr or photobucket to put your photos online.

How to put Flickr slideshow on your blog post
Once your pictures are on flickr.com you can cut and paste the following code into your blog posts and change the user id and tags instruction.
<iframe align=center src=http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?user_id=12345678@N00&tags=foo frameBorder=0 width=400 scrolling=no height=400></iframe>

Place the code somewhere within your blog post. Change user_id from 12345678@N00 to your flickr id, which you can find out with this idgettr. Also replace foo with the tags of the photos you wish to display. Other parameters include “contacts=”, “text=”, “tag_mode=”, “favorites=”, “group_id=”, “frifam=”, “nsid=”, “single=”, “firstIndex=”, “set_id” and “firstId=”. If you want to use one of these extra parameters just add it after your user_id with a separating &. Then the slideshow will be embedded on your blog automatically.
For more information about this plugin, go to: Embedded Flickr Slideshows.

How to put Youtube or Google video on your blog post.
First, find the video you want to post on your blog on YouTube or Google Video. As an example, we'll use the video in the screenshot below. Next, get the code for the video. It is in the URL, as highlighted in the picture below. In this case, the code is "Il4mrJ2U91o".



When writing posts, you can click on the "YouTube" button (highlighted in red in the screenshot below) to insert the video into your post without having to write any mark-up code.




A window will pop up, asking for the video's code ("Il4mrJ2U91o" in our example).




Clicking "OK" automatically inserts the mark-up code into your post.




When you publish your post, the video will be in your blog:



How to put external MP3 on your blog post.
First, find the MP3 file you want online. Then click the "link" button and put the URL of the MP3 file into post like this:



Publish your post and it will show like this MP3 player on the published post:



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