John Johnston

Category: howto

  • gist embed

    I just noticed that you can embed gists by pasting the url to the gist into the post editor on a line of its own. This uses the shortcode module of the Jetpack plugin so you need to Active the plugin and then the shortcode module. this example is an applescript that creates auto-complete gifs…

  • Scratch

    Scratch

    Glow Blogs now support the embedding of scratch, just paste in the URL to a project.     Here is a gif showing how I added this. It is so quick you don’t see the URL I paste in. Scratch is becoming more popular in Scottish classrooms all the time, now glow users can display their projects…

  • Multiple image uploads on iOS

    It is now possible to upload multiple photos on iOS using Mobile Safari to Glow Blogs. I am not sure when this change happened and if it is due to upgrades to iOS/Safari or the recent WordPress upgrade on Glow Blogs. Here is a gallery uploaded from my iPad. And here is another one showing…

  • Embed Slideshare Example

    I used the embed code copied from slideshare:   This is a quick example of how to use the slideshare embed code. You can upload PowerPoints and other presentations to slideshare.net to share. These can then be embedded. To find the code to embed a slideshare slideshow: Visit the page on slideshare. Click the Share…

  • Adding a Word Doc

    Uploading a word doc to you blog will let visitors download it. Example Word Doc    

  • Talking to Eastmuir

    I had a quick meet with Eastmuir to demo podcasting.

  • Flickr Video

      A test of flickr oEmbed, just paste the url to a flickr video into the post editor.   Or usingthe Jetpack embed feature lets you set a height and /or width:    

  • Example Embed from the podcast server

    Chapelside+Animation.m4v Here is a pdf that show how: podcast server to glow blog.

  • Flickr Slideshow

    How to:

  • Example Gallery

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