A New Way to Showcase Your Video Content

This month we added a new feature to our

Video Gallery widget that makes it even easier to showcase single videos.

The Slideshow format is our newest display type for the Video Gallery widget. Along with our existing Filmstrip, Gallery, and List display types it allows you to easily display your video content in a professional-looking widget. The Slideshow format gives you the option to showcase your video content one video at a time without any thumbnails appearing. In true slideshow fashion, the new format allows viewers to click through your video content by clicking "next" and "previous".

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Accomplish More For Your Business With the Slideshow Widget

Here at Widgetbox we’re always looking to help brands and businesses accomplish more professionally with widgets. One of the widgets that's most helpful in helping brands showcase and share their business offerings is our Slideshow widget

The Slideshow widget allows you to easily turn your content into a professional looking slideshow. Simply upload images from your computer, and in just 5 minutes you’ll have a personalized slideshow to showcase your business offerings to potential customers.

Make a slideshow to show off your company's new line of products, featured services, customer use cases, or just about any other slideshow you can think of.

With just a few clicks you can install your personalized slideshow to your brand's website, blog, or any other web page of your choosing.

As with all of our Pro widgets, all users can make a Slideshow widget, but Pro users get even more customization options for their widget. Additional features include multiple slideshow settings, advanced styling and design choices, and the option to go ad-free.

Not currently a Pro user? Try Widgetbox Pro for free with a 7-day trial and start adding Pro features to your widgets.

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Our Popular Slideshow Widget is Better than Ever

Here at Widgetbox we’re always looking to improve our widgets to make them even more fun and useful for you. We recently made some cool improvements to our popular Slideshow widget that will make it even easier for you to share your images.

The Slideshow widget allows you to easily turn your content into a professional looking slideshow—simply upload images from your computer, and in just 5 minutes you’ll have a personalized slideshow to share with friends.

Make a slideshow to show off your new puppy, the office Halloween party, your last vacation, or just about any other slideshow you can think of.

Install your personalized slideshow on MySpace, Twitter, a blog, or any other web page of your choosing.

Pro account users get even more customization for their slideshows, including: 16 themes, multiple slideshow settings, and advanced stylings of fonts and colors. As with all Pro widgets, Pro users can also opt to remove the Get Widget button.

Not currently a Pro user? Try Widgetbox Pro for free with a 7-day trial and start adding Pro features to your widgets.

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Creating Great Slideshow Widgets with Blidget Pro

The Blidget Pro makes it easy to turn RSS feeds into great-looking, customizable slideshow widgets. Here's a step by step tutorial and, as you build your own, add links to them in the comments... we will do our best to highlight the most interesting and innovative versions!

Grab an RSS Feed with Great Images

Lots of websites and blogs are filled with great photos - and if you are using services like Flickr or Wordpress, you can easily grab RSS feeds with your images. For example, Flickr users have image-rich RSS feeds for their photostreams. At the bottom of user photostreams (see jryrob's here), you can grab RSS feeds of the latest photos and geo-tagged photos. Once you've found the ideal RSS feed for your slideshow, you can get started using the Blidget Pro! Remember- using the Blidget Pro's new tab features, you are able to add multiple photostreams or feeds the slideshow.

Select a Great Background Image

Using the Blidget Pro's custom "Full Background" layout, you can set any background image for your slideshow. The image we've decided to use here is a Polaroid picture, which works perfectly as the body for our new images:

Set Up "Slideshow" Layout

In the Blidget Pro editor's "Choose Default Appearance" settings: - Select "Full Background" layout for your Blidget Pro - Input the URL of your image's asset (gif, jpg, png or swf) - Optional: input a Link URL where you want the background to link to - Set the "Padding" for where you want the slideshow / images to appear atop the background In the editor's "Customize Blidget Content" settings: - Choose "Slideshow" for the Layout Mode - Make sure that "Include Images" is checked - Optional: Check include summaries if you want text below or beside the images - Optional: Add a label for your photos - particularly if you intend to have additional tabs

Grab Your Widget & Go!

This is what our sample looks like:

Learn more about the Blidget Pro and read other Tutorials

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