Create Flash XML Gallery and XML Slideshow

This tutorial is mainly about how to make flash XML gallery and XML slideshow with simple steps. First you should know something about XML knowledge. If you don't know much about XML, please try an easy-to-use flash slideshow software to help you. It needs no xml skills and can make XML flash slideshow or photo gallery for website instantly and easily.

Easy Way to Create Flash XML Gallery Without XML Skills:

Wondershare Flash Gallery Factory is an easy to use flash photo slideshow maker which provides a wide range of free flash slideshow templates and transition & motion effects for you. And you don't need to edit XML codes at all. All the processes are automatically and instantly, so you just need to move your fingers to click some buttons in the software.

Watch the following flash xml slideshow sample made by Wondershare Flash Gallery Factory:

Simple Steps for Making XML photo gallery with Flash Gallery Factory

Step 1: Add your digital photos & music to Flash Gallery Factory;

Step 2: Choose image gallery template or just custom your own template;

Step 3: Output and save the gallery as SWF or HTML format.

Create Flash XML Gallery with Free XML Templates:

Step 1: Download Free Flash XML Slideshow Source File

Download free xml flash slideshow source file and unzip it. The package should include images folder, xml.fla file, xml-gallery-slideshow.swf file, and images.xml file.

Open xml-flash-slideshow.swf file to see the original samples as below thumbnail:

Step 2: Add Your Digital Photos to Image Folder

Choose your favorite photos to add it to image folder. There is no quantity limitation for digital photos. However, in order to get a good presentation, the size of your digital photo should not exceed 300px*200px.

Step 3: Edit XML File for Adding Digital Photos

Open images.xml file with a text editor, such as Dreamweaver MX. You will notice that all images are described with the following XML tags located between the <pic> and </pic> tags. You can place as many images as you want by copy and paste the content between the <pic> and </pic> tags. You just need to revise the red content according to your own requirements.

<pic>
<image>http://www.wondershare.com/flash/images/1.jpg </image>
<caption>First </caption>
</pic>

Step4: Upload Your XML Flash Slideshow to Website

Copy and paste the following HTML codes to your website, such as Blogger. So long as your website supports HTML codes, you can put it anywhere as you like. Don't forget to revise the red URL blow to your own URL, but first you need to upload your xml flash slideshow to wesite so as to get the real URL address.

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="internal" height="264" width="550" data="http://www.wondershare.com/samples/demo/christmas-card.swf">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" />
<param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" />
<param name="movie" value="http://www.wondershare.com/samples/demo/christmas-card.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
</object>

Step 5: Create a New Category for Flash XML Slideshow

You may found that there are some different categories in the sample xml gallery. If you also want to create new category to grouping your photos, just copy and paste the content between <category> and </category> tags and revise its name. Then the flash xml gallery will be made. You can open the gallery.html or gallery.swf file to enjoy it.

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