Postcasa Shortcode
There are a lot of great plugins for using Picasa based photos on your blog. So, why write another one?
Most don’t allow you to actually add a simple, inline slideshow – rather, they add all the images to the post and have whizbang slimbox integration, etc.
This humble plugin does nothing of the sort. All it does is add the standard Picasa EMBED slideshow, without needing any of the fancy code. It is designed for simple, but flexible use.
All you need to do is use the [postcasa] shortcode around the RSS feed URL for your Picasa album, and the plugin does the rest.
Example: [postcasa]http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/miloandrew/albumid/5273127970894080577?alt=rss&kind=photo&authkey=VWY2bThuIvM&hl=en_US[/postcasa]
It supports all of the standard Picasa embed options.
Other Notes…
If you need help with this plugin, browse over to the plugin home page (http://blog.miloco.com/postcasa) and leave a comment there. I’ll do my best to answer any questions that you have.
If you like the plugin, consider dropping a buck or two at the above URL to say thanks and help with future versions.
Thanks very much to planetOzh for the excellent shortcode tutorial (http://planetozh.com/blog/2008/03/wordpress-25-shortcodes-api-overview/). Without that article, my plugin would have taken a lot longer to make.
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.