RSS help
Ebro
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I have a few questions regarding RSS to my galleries.
Question 1) Can I create an RSS link that shows only the photos (no text)? I have downloaded the Google Photos Screensaver (which I LOVE). It allows me to specify an RSS feed for the photo source (which I also LOVE). The problem is that the Smugmug RSS feed contains lots of text (caption, photo title, link to my smugmug page). That text is of course displayed with the photo. I'd rather just have the photo (or photo+caption).
Question 2) How can I show the photo using RSS on an iGoogle page? I can add an RSS gadget to my page, but only the text is displayed (not the photo). If I expand the text I can see the photo. But I want to see the photo instead. I'd like to have it so that my family members can easily show photos from my gallery on their iGoogle page. This may tie into my first question (only showing the photo).
Thanks in advance!
E.
Question 1) Can I create an RSS link that shows only the photos (no text)? I have downloaded the Google Photos Screensaver (which I LOVE). It allows me to specify an RSS feed for the photo source (which I also LOVE). The problem is that the Smugmug RSS feed contains lots of text (caption, photo title, link to my smugmug page). That text is of course displayed with the photo. I'd rather just have the photo (or photo+caption).
Question 2) How can I show the photo using RSS on an iGoogle page? I can add an RSS gadget to my page, but only the text is displayed (not the photo). If I expand the text I can see the photo. But I want to see the photo instead. I'd like to have it so that my family members can easily show photos from my gallery on their iGoogle page. This may tie into my first question (only showing the photo).
Thanks in advance!
E.
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I'm not familiar with iGoogle pages and their feed readers, I'm sorry. Maybe someone else has a suggestion?
www.ivarborst.nl & smugmug
Hi Ebro:
There's a Google Slideshow Gadget for iGoogle, but alas, apparently SmugMug RSS feeds are not compatible with the slideshow. :{
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=64482
Here's a workaround to at least get random images from single galleries to show up:
You can combine the My Image iGoogle widget here: (http://www.google.com/ig/directory?hl=en&url=http://bashennekam.googlepages.com/google_gadget_image.xml)
With SmugMug's random photo script here:
http://smugmug.jot.com/WikiHome/Customization/SmugMugURLTricks
Basically, add the widget, and configure it with whatever text heading you want, and then for the URL use:
http://yoursite.smugmug.com/random.mg?AlbumID=XXXXXXX&Size=Medium
Where XXXXXXX is the album where you want photos picked from.
Lastly, you can specify the width of the image, which is how close to the edges of the Google "columns" the photo will be. I chose 100%.
You can also experiment with the Size -- try Small, and maybe use 80% width.
You can add that Image Gadget as many times as you want, for different galleries, etc.
--Darryl
I hacked the SmugMug feeds so that they'll work with the iGoogle Slide Show Gadget.
You would use the following Feed URL:
http://www.darryl.com/smugfeed.php/h...200&Size=Small
(Replace dgrin with your smugmug nickname, unless you just want to see photos from the dgrin.smugmug.com gallery.)
Any of the other SmugMug photo feeds (like recent or popular) should work with this hack. http://smugmug.jot.com/WikiHome/Cust...on/FeedsTricks
Oh, privacy notice -- not that I'll be looking, but all of the feed requests that the iGoogle slide show make will be going through my server. So I'll be able to see what galleries you're looking at. Not private ones though, so no real security issues. And no offense, but I really don't care about your photos. :-}
Full source of this hack is at http://www.darryl.com/smugfeed.txt