I have been using my Real Estate Shows before and after show as a sidebar widget for some time now. It plays in mini version right in my sidebar on the right hand side of my blog under my picture. I have been asked by several people how I got my tiny RES widget so I figured I'd write up a tutorial.
1. Go to your AR homepage and click on MY SETTINGS. You will see your blog title then blog description.
2. In the blog description paste the following code wherever you want your RES widget to appear.
<embed bgcolor="#FFFFFF" scale="scale" swliveconnect="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.realestateshows.com/show/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" flashvars="flashshowid=XXXXXX&baseurl=http://www.realestateshows.com&mode=embed" height="200" wmode="transparent" quality="high" width="220"></embed>
3. In the code after the word 'Flashshowid= I have six XXXXXXX this is a place holder for the six digit code of your show. So open up your RES management page and look up the six digit code for the show you want to use as a widget. Replace the x's with your 6 digit code.
4. Now hit update and view your blog. You should see your super cool teeny tiny RES show widget complete with music and all. It is really the coolest thing since sliced bread.
*When you are done please post a link to your blog in the comments so we can all see your sidebar widget. I'd love to see them!!!
Wow, a four step tutorial - I think that is a new record!
A note about the HTML code. You can't just take the HTML code provided to you by RES because I did have to make some modifications to the code to resize and scale it. So copy the above code exactly or else your show will not look right.
OK you are ready - go ahead and try it now, it's so easy. You know you want to....... Still afraid of HTML code? This is the perfect place to start. There are only 4 steps!!!! If anyone has any problems you can send me an email and I'll walk you through it.
Here is a RES I made recently for a Local Shop:
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