SSP/LR & Kimili Using the Code Editor
This post shows you how to embed your SlideShowPro for Lightroom slideshow into your WordPress blog using the Kimili plug-in.
The Kimili plug-in is used to embed Flash objects. We’re going to use it to embed our slideshow.
Install the Plug-In
The first thing you need to do is to install Kimili. That’s pretty simple. You can get the plug-in by going to the “Add New” option in your Plugins panel. Just search for Kimili Flash Embed.
Create The Slideshow
Nothing special here. Create the slideshow however you want. It doesn’t matter. Go nuts. Just write down the final dimensions (add some to the height if you’re using the Wet Floor).
For this example, let’s assume that I’ve set my width to 500 and my height to 400. I’m using the Wet Floor, so I’m going to write down 500 for my height.
You may want to make considerations for you blog (colors, sizes, etc).
Upload the Slideshow
Upload the slideshow somewhere on your site. I prefer to keep all of my albums in a directory called /my_galleries.
- I’ve exported my slideshow to a local folder named
gallery3 - I’ve uploaded my exported folder to my website so I now a folder called
/my_galleries/gallery3 - To the outside world, my slideshow object is located at /my_galleries/gallery3/loader.swf (you can click on it and see it)
- Write that down
Create The Post With The Slideshow
- Create the post like normal
- Switch to the Code editor
- Modify the following line to suite your needs (please don’t embed my slideshow!):
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[ kml_flashembed movie='/my_galleries/gallery3/loader.swf' height='500' width='500' base='.' allowfullscreen='true' wmode='transparent'/]
you must remove the space between
[andkml_flashembed) - Insert that code into your post
Preview The Post
If you've done everything correctly, you will be rewarded with a post and a slideshow that looks something like this:
September 24th, 2009 at 7:57 am
Publishing with WordPress wouldn’t it be easier to use the WP plugin Slidepress from http://slidepress.net ?
September 30th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Slidepress doesn’t currently support the slideshow exported from Lightroom. Not sure why… never looked at it myself. You need SSP/FL (they say the standalone version). *shrugs*
October 5th, 2009 at 7:21 am
I am a newbie to plug-ins and web creation. I have a prophoto blog by WordPress and I just purchased slideshow pro for lightroom. I created a slideshow that I want to embed in a page (rather than a post) on my blog.
I don’t understand where to save my slideshow to upload it so I can embed into my blog. Once I click “upload” where does my slideshow go and how do I retrieve it?
October 5th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
You have to upload the folder to your website.
November 12th, 2009 at 6:27 am
[...] En wordpress te instalas un plugin, llamado kimili, que es para facilitar el embebido de objetos flash. Te subes al servidor los archivos exportados y ya solo te queda incluir el el post el objeto flash. Los detalles más técnicos los encontraréis aquí. [...]
December 18th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Thanks your site helped me out.
December 24th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Great tutorial got this up and running in just a few ticks! Much appreciated!
January 14th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
When I tried to use this using WP 2.9.1, I was unable ro get all the files to upload in Media Library. With either the Browser or Flash uploader.it only stored the esspressInstall, the 2 pop files, loader.swf, slideshowpro & index files but none of album, notes, js, or resourse files. Since I tried to load them up on my hosted service and not locally, I’m not sure what to do? Any help will be very much appreciated. Ben
January 14th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
I’ve never used the WP uploader. I’ve always used FTP. I highly recommend using FTP. I like FileZilla (which is free)
http://filezilla-project.org/