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There are a lot of great plugins for using Picasa based photos on your blog. So, why write another one? Wordpress Tutorial
Noted That:
  • To install correctly this postcasa.zip .
  • Fisrt Download the postcasa.zip to your computer
  • Extract/Open postcasa.zip to Your Computer.
  • Then, Find readme.txt file inside postcasa.zip and Open readme.txt .
  • Now, Read the Requirements of this plugin. Which Wordpress Version and PHP Version are required to run this Plugin in Your Wordpress Site.
  • Then, Follow the Tips Below.
Start the Tips:

Step-1 : Download " postcasa.zip " to Your Local Computer.

Step-2 : Then, Login to your " yourdomain.com/wp-admin " Dashboard.

Login to Wordpress Postcasa

Step-3 : Then, Click on " Plugins " + " Add New " from left Side Menu of Dashboard.

Go to Plugin Install Postcasa

Step-4 : Now, Click on " Upload Plugin " button.

Click Upload Button Postcasa

Step-5 : Now, Browse " postcasa.zip " Downloaded plugin from your computer, Where you downloaded " postcasa.zip " According to Step – 1 Above then, click on " Install Now "

Upload Plugin Postcasa

Step-6 : Now, Click on " Active Plugin "

Activate Postcasa

Step-7 : Then, See left Side Menu. " Postcasa " folder is added on left Side Menu. Now, Click on " Postcasa " folder.

Noted that: If you do not see " Postcasa " folder on left Side Menu then, see at left Side Menu " Settings " or " Tools ".

Step-8 : Now you configure yourself oR Watch video tutorial below about Postcasa Configurations and Settings or How to work " Postcasa " in your WordPress site.

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After Activated Plugin According to Step-6 then,

  1. Go to " Plugins " + " Installed Plugin " from Wordpress Admin Panel Leftside Menu.
  2. or Direct go to: https://yourdomain/wp-admin/plugins.php
  3. Then, Find " Postcasa Shortcode " Activated Plugin from Plugin List.
  4. Then, Click on " Settings " from Plugin that is Postcasa Shortcode
  5. Now, Edit/Add/Config the setting and Click on " Save Changes " button,
WP Plugin Setting



Guide
  1. Unzip and copy the postcasa folder to your wordpress /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Using the WordPress Administration Plugin panel, activate the Postcasa Shortcode plugin.
  3. You can now use the shortcode in your posts, e.g. [postcasa]http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/miloandrew/albumid/5273127970894080577?alt=rss&kind=photo&authkey=VWY2bThuIvM&hl=en_US[/postcasa]

Usage

In a nutshell: Defaults are in BOLD and do not need to be specified

[postcasa width= height= size=(small, medium ,large,xl,xll) bgcolor=(hexvalue, 000000 ) align=( left ,center,right) showcaptions=(yes, no )] RSS Link [/postcasa]

Example:

[postcasa]http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/miloandrew/albumid/5273127970894080577?alt=rss&kind=photo&authkey=VWY2bThuIvM&hl=en_US[/postcasa]

Tutorial:

  1. Copy the RSS link for your Picasa album directly from the Picasa website (Screenshot 1)
  2. Edit your post.
  3. Open the shortcode by typing: [postcasa] (Screenshot 2)
  4. Paste your Picasa RSS URL (Screenshot 3)
  5. Finish out the tag by typing: [/postcasa] (Screenshot 4)
  6. Publish your post.
  7. View the post to see the results. (Screenshot 5)

Shortcode Options

The plugin supports a number of optional settings, which are listed below:

size

The Plugin has a number of preset sizes that correspond to the Picasa presets.

Settings:

  • small (144×96 pixels)
  • medium (288×192 pixels) (This is the default if no size/height/width is used)
  • large (400×267 pixels)
  • xl (600×400 pixels)
  • xxl (800×533 pixels)

Usage Example:

  • [postcasa size=large]http://MyRSSurl[/postcasa]

Any value in the size parameter overrides explicit height and width settings.

width and height

You can directly specify both width and height parameters if you prefer. Values in these parameters are ignored if you have specified a size preset with the size parameter listed above.

Usage Example:

  • [postcasa width=200 height=100]http://MyRSSurl[/postcasa]
  • [postcasa width=200]http://MyRSSurl[/postcasa]
  • [postcasa height=100]http://MyRSSurl[/postcasa]

align

You can explicitly specify an alignment of where you want the slideshow to be placed. If you do not specify an alignment, it will default to align=left.

Settings:

  • left (This is the default.)
  • right
  • center

Usage Example:

  • [postcasa align=center]http://MyRSSurl[/postcasa]

bgcolor

You can explicitly specify a hex background color for the slideshow player. Usually this is seen when you have portrait oriented pictures. If you do not specify a bacground color, it will default to black.

Settings:

  • any hex value, e.g. 000000, ffffff, f0b1c2, etc.

Usage Example:

  • [postcasa bgcolor=ffffff]http://MyRSSurl[/postcasa]

showcaptions

This option overlays each picture’s caption on top of the slideshow. By default, captions are off. You only need to specify this parameter to turn it on.

Settings:

  • yes

Usage Example:

  • [postcasa showcaptions=yes]http://MyRSSurl[/postcasa]

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