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Creating Photo Badges of Individual Photos

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Last Updated: September 15, 2008 10:41 AM

A photo badge is a single photo or multiple photos that you can share on other Web sites, such as your Blog, MySpace®, or Facebook® account. In Photo Album, you can create a photo badge using HTML or Flash photo badges.

For your photo badge, select from public photos that you tagged with a specific value or photos from one of your public galleries. Depending on the type of badge you create, you can also specify badge details, such as the layout, color, and number of photos to display on the badge.

After you create the badge, we provide the HTML code to copy and paste it into the Web pages where you want the badge to display. You can save badges and display the badge code or view badge details, such as the date saved, at any time. To view your saved badges, see Viewing Your Saved Badges.

NOTE: Photo badges use the first photo(s) in your gallery. You can change the photos that display in your badge by reorganizing the order in which they display in your gallery. For more information, see Organizing Photos in Photo Galleries.

To Create a Photo Badge of an Individual Photo

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Photo Album.
  3. In your Photo Album Account list, click Manage Account next to the account you want to modify.
  4. From the Tools menu, select Create Badge.
  5. On the Select a Badge page, select HTML Single Image badge, and then click Next.
  6. On the Select Photos page, select one of the following:
    Public photos from your gallery
    Indicates you want to use a public photo from a specific gallery and allows you to select the gallery.
    Public photos tagged with
    Indicates you want to use a public photo that has a specific tag and allows you to select the tag.
  7. Click Next.
  8. On the Set Layout page, specify the following:
    Display title
    Allows you to specify whether you want the site title to display on the badge.
    Photo size
    Allows you to select the size of the photos that display on the badge.
  9. Click Next.
  10. On the Select Background Color page, select the color from the palette or enter the color values, and then click Finish.
  11. From the Here is the code area, select and copy the code, and then paste it into the code on your Web page.
  12. To save the badge, in the Badge name field, enter the name, and then click Save.

To Create a Photo Badge of Multiple Photos

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Photo Album.
  3. In your Photo Album Account list, click Manage Account next to the account you want to modify.
  4. From the Tools menu, select Create Badge.
  5. On the Select a Badge page, select HTML Gallery Badge, and then click Next.
  6. On the Select Photos page, select from one of the following:
    Public Photos from your gallery
    Indicates you want to use public photos from a specific gallery and allows you to select the gallery.
    Public photos tagged with
    Indicates you want to use public photos that have a specific tag and allows you to select the tag.
  7. Click Next.
  8. On the Set Layout page, specify the following:
    Display title
    Allows you to specify whether you want the site title to display on the badge.
    Number of photos to display
    Allows you to select the number of photos you want to display on the badge.
    Arrange photos by
    Allows you to determine the order in which photos display on the badge.
    Turn paging on
    Allows you to specify whether visitors can advance through the entire gallery to view photos or only view the number of photos you selected to display from the Number of photos to display list.
  9. Click Next.
  10. On the Select Background Color page, select the color from the palette or enter the color values, and then click Finish.
  11. From the Here is the code area, select and copy the code, and then paste it into the code on your Web page.
  12. To save the badge, in the Badge name field, enter the name, and then click Save.

To Create a Flash Photo Badge

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Photo Album.
  3. In your Photo Album Account list, click Manage Account next to the account you want to modify.
  4. From the Tools menu, select Create Badge.
  5. On the Select a Badge page, select Flash Gallery badge, and then click Next.
  6. On the Select Photos page, select one of the following:
    Public photos from your gallery
    Indicates you want to use a public photo from a specific gallery and allows you to select the gallery.
    Public photos tagged with
    Indicates you want to use a public photo that has a specific tag and allows you to select the tag.
  7. Click Next.
  8. On the Set Layout page, specify the following:
    Display title
    Specify whether you want the site title to display on the badge.
    Number of photos to display
    Select the number of photos you want to display on the badge.
    Shuffle Speed
    Set the frequency with which the photos cycle.
  9. Click Next.
  10. On the Select Background Color page, select the color from the palette or enter the color values, and then click Finish.
  11. From the Here is the code area, select and copy the code, and then paste it into the code on your Web page.
  12. To save the badge, in the Badge name field, enter the name, and then click Save.