Tutorial 7: Youtube & Flickr

Embedding YouTube Videos on to your blog



Embedding You Tube Videos:

Step 1: Find the You Tube video that you want to embed into your Blog.

Step 2: On a separate page, Log into your Blog.

Step 3: Click on "New Post"

Step 4: Add a title for the You Tube video in the "Title" box.

Step 5: Click back to the You Tube page.

Step 6: At the bottom of the video, Click the "Embed" button. The address highlight in blue.

Step 7: Now go up to the address bar at the top of the page and click (the address will highlight in blue) and click to copy.

Step 8: Go back to your Blog page. Click in the posting area so that the curser is flashing.

Step 9: Go up to the Edit button, drag down to Paste and click.

Step 10: Then click on "Publish Post."

Hot to upload your FlickR Badge to your Blog


FlickR Badge

Flickr is a site where you can store all your photos online. It is an easy way to share your photos with all your friends and family.

To create a Flickr Badge on your Blog, follow these instructions:

1. Go to www.flickr.com and follow the prompts to create your account.

2. Load your photographs into your Flickr account from a file or email account.

3. Enter www.flickr.com/badge.gne

4. Choose an HTML badge or a Flash Badge. A Flash Badge requires you to have Adobe Flash, otherwise choose HTML which can be viewed on all home computers.

5. Choose the photos you want to include in your Blog.

6. Click on Layout.

7. Choose how many photos you want to display at one time, the orientation and the size of the photos.

8. Font - personalise your text style, border, background and links....there is lots to choose from!

9. Copy and paste the code for your Flickr account into your Blog.

10. Well done, you can now access your Flickr photos from your Blog.