Test of Embeded Slideshow

Test #1, using the standard "embed slideshow" code from Picasa Web Albums:



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May 11, 2008:

Test #2, using the instructions posted by WindsorSean at the Picasa Help Group here, to get the slideshow to use photos from all albums:

1 - Go into any album and click on "embed slideshow"
2 - Set it up so it looks the way you want and then copy the "embed" code it gives you
3 - Paste in notepad or any text editor
4 - Find this code and remove it (up to the next % sign): %2Falbumid%2F
5 - Add this code to the end of the flashvars string if you want to restrict it to your public photos: %26access%3Dpublic

So your final code would look something like this (I took out my userid):

[embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="288" height="192"flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&RGB=0x000000&
feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi
%2Fuser%2FS[your user id]%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss%26access%3Dpublic" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"][/embed]

This is a test

This is a test of the Photos - In - Blogger - Get - Saved - In - Your - Picasa - Web - Album feature. Please DO NOT PANIC. This is only a test.

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• Test, part the first
  Rhubarb used the Blog This! button in Picasa to upload new photo & blog:
  

RESULT: Photo gets added to the "blogger" Web Album named "rhubarb" (the same name as blog is named).

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• Test, part the second
  Rhubarb added a photo to this blog using the "embed" link on a photo already in a Web Album:
  

RESULT: Photo does not get added to any "blogger" Web Album.

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• Test, part the third:
  A photo was added to Rhubarb's profile page HERE.
  

RESULT: The photo shows up in a NEW Web Album named "Blogger Pictures."

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• Test, part the fourth:
  Rhubarb added a "page element" to the blog layout, adding a photo to the sidebar.
  

RESULT: The photo gets added to the "blogger" Web Album named "rhubarb" (the same name as blog is named).

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• Test, part the fifth:
  Rhubarb deleted the photo "page element."
  

RESULT: Not yet determined. As of this posting, the photo that had been added in "Test part fourth" still remains in the "rhubarb" Web Album.

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FINAL TEST RESULT: It would seem that photos added to the actual blog -- that is, as part of the page layout, or part of a blog post -- will get added to a "blogger" Web Album that has the same name as your Blogger Blog's name. And photos added to your Blogger *account* -- such as to your profile page -- will get added to the "blogger" Web Album named "Blogger Pictures." I'm guessing that there are different blogger albums created because a person could have more than one Blogger Blog, so each Blog probably gets its own album with that Blog's name, as well as a separate album for photos that affect your Blogger account in general.

Thus endeth the test. Please resume your normal activities.

Rhubarb

Test of Picasa's BLOG THIS button.

Rhubarbs

Rhubarbs

Test of Picasa Web Album's "Embed in Blog/MySpace" feature.