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Sharing: Show off
Show off

Love to flaunt your photos on the internet? How about a badge to tempt curious viewers to your site? As a SmugMugger you can configure your own slideshow or badge and snag the code to post on websites, blogs, or forums.

If you have the Easy Sharing option set to "yes" in your gallery settings, you'll see a Share button on your gallery pages. Click that and you'll see the Show Off option under the Owner Only section.

Gotcha: For your slideshow and badges to work, the site to which you're posting should allow HTML. Additionally, viewers must have Flash to see the goods.

Wait, can anyone share my photos like this?

No. Don't worry about visitors being able to use these features to post your images without your consent. These features are only visible to you as the logged-in account holder. Even if you have Easy Sharing turned on in your gallery settings, visitors can only see the top four options.

Create Slideshows

By default the flash slideshow will be fairly small and the images in it will display in random order. Look at the preview and if you like it, you can skip to Copy Embed Code and paste it into your website right away.

If you feel like tweaking, click the Configure Options button to see what else you can do. This will bring up a window with lots of customizable parameters. What do those mean?

When you're ready to preview your changes, click the Update Slideshow button and watch your new presentation appear. Copy Embed Code will grab it to your clipboard so you can post it into the site of your choice.

Get a Badge

Like slideshows, badges are little animated teasers for your gallery. We'll start you off with 12 small tiles and fit your photos as best they can within the frame. The photos will load from the current gallery, but you can make a badge for your Most Popular Photos or your Recent Photos stream by clicking the links under the badge preview. We give you four preset styles to use if you have a specific shape or size in mind.

Feel free to click Configure Options and play with the background color, grid spacing, timing, order, and much more. Need more help?

View your changes by clicking Update Badge. If you're satisfied, hit Copy Embed Code and you'll be ready to post it into your website or blog.

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