When I started using Visual Tour 5 years ago, we didn't have Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. Recently I was solicited to switch from VisualTour to Previsite --- but I can't bring myself to switch.
Can we post Visualtour on Facebook?
You are in luck! VisualTour recently added a way to share your VisualTours to many different social network bookmarking sites right from the VisualTour viewer. Here are the steps below to use the built in bookmarking tool to networks like Twitter, Facebook, and more.
1. Go to www.VisualTour.com and log in using your username & password.
2. Click on My Tours.
3. Locate the tour you wish to share and click on the Thumbnail Preview to run it.
4. Click on Share Tour, and choose Bookmark.
5. When the new page opens, click on the site you wish to share the tour on.
Note: You should already have an account with each site prior to attempting to share the tour. You will be prompted from each site to log into your account with them.
6. Read & Follow the on screen instructions to complete the post.
For ActiveRain.com, you can blog the tour using an embed code provided by YouTube. You would need to create a video for your VisualTour using our software. Then, upload it to YouTube, and grab the embed code. Paste that code into your blog on ActiveRain.com
Which raised the question: how to convert VisualTour to video for YouTube?
In case you are unsure of how to create a video and upload it to YouTube, here are instructions.
You will need to have VisualTour Studio 6 installed. To check your version click on Help > About VisualTour Studio. If you do not have version 6 installed, you can click on Help>Check For Updates to download it.
Please note you should create your account with YouTube prior to uploading. You have the option to create the account during the process, but it's easier if you have an account already.
1. Create the VisualTour as you would normally.
2. Click on the "Create Video" button on Tour Tasks menu on the left hand side.
3. Choose the option for "Video Sharing Websites", then click "Next."
4. You should see a preview image of the video, you want to click on "Next" on this screen.
5. You will want to check the boxes to the left of the sites you wish to link to. Please note when you click in the box for the site you will need to enter in the username & password you have created for that particular website (ie. YouTube). You can also choose to create an account at that point.
6. Click Next to begin to send the tour to the site(s).
7. Once the video has been uploaded the History box will be displayed, and you will see the hyperlink(s) to your new upload.
8. Copy and paste the links if needed, and click on Finish.
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