Technical Description 7

Tutorial Seven: Posting You Tube Videos and Flickr Badges to Blogs: Explaining the process

Task One: Explain the step by step process required to embed You Tube videos into your Blog . Consider using screen captures to provide a visual representation of these steps. 1. Click on 'New Post' on the right hand side of your blog, at the top 2. Open a new tab under the 'file' toolbar in the top left hand corner of the computer screen, and type in www.youtube.com in the search bar 3. Search within youtube and when you have opened your chosen video, find on the right hand side of the page, and text box titled 'embed'. 4. Highlight the writing which is in the text box and click copy, from the file toolbar at the top 5. Return to you new post on your blog, and putting the cursor in the big box of the post, click 'paste' as shown below. 6. In the text box titled 'title' above the main white posting box, type in the title of the post with the youtube video, and then click 'save now' at the bottom of your posting, the blue box.

Task Two: Explain the step by step process required to embed a Flickr Badge into your Blog . Consider using screen captures to provide a visual representation of these steps. 1. Go to 'customise' on the right hand side of your blog, at the top 2. Click on 'add page element' 3. Click on HTML/Javascript - the blue box saying 'add to blog' 4. Go to www.flickr.com 5. You will now need to follow the steps to create a yahoo account, if you do not have one, but this is very self explanatory, and easy to follow the steps through. Otherwise log in with your current yahoo account. 6. You will then be asked to create an account with flicker, so follow those easy steps through 7. You will then be presented with a page with a link you can click on which says 'upload your first photo to flickr'. Click on this 8. We want to embed just the badge on to your blog, so scroll down to the small blue writing at the bottom of the current screen 9. Click on build a badge, which is highlighted in blue on the right hand side 10. Follow the steps through, choosing the look of your badge, choosing the content, by clicking on for instance, 'everyone's, and then by writing in a tag, of photos you would like, for instance 'Dunedin'. Follow through and get colours, and then click on the blue 'next' box which says 'preview and get code'. 11.Copy the writing in the 'this is the code you need' box, and return to the box that popped up when you clicked on HTML/Javascript, and 'add to your blog'. Paste the selected and copied information into the box that is titled 'content. Type in a title, for instance 'Dunedin student photos'. 12. Click on 'save changes'. Go to view blog, and your flickr photo badge will be in place on the right hand side of your blog