Getting the Most out of Multiply

Here is a great tip for adding high resolution images or any other kind of file you want to use on your pages: create a private blog entry and attach a file using the paper clip found in the toolbar when you are editing the post. You can add many files to a single blog entry, so you don't have to create a blog entry for each file you want to use. If you need another file, go back to the private blog entry, edit it and add a new attachment. The old ones will have the same URL, so don't worry, it won't break anything. The file has a 20MB size limit, what's good enough for even attaching some music you may want to embed on your pages. It also works with Flash files (.swf) and other files that can be displayed on a browser using the EMBED command.

If you don't know how to attach a file to a blog entry, please take a look at this entry on the Multiply Official blog: http://multiply.multiply.com/journal/item/105

After attaching the file and saving the post, you can right click on the download link for the attachment and get its URL, just like what you'd do for an image. Then you can use the URL to add the pic to your posts (if the attachment is a picture, of course) or embed the file on your posts, with a plus: the URL is smaller than the ones you get from images from album entries (Photo section). For instance, I've added an attachment to this post (it's a small GIF file). Its URL is:

http://images.lfom.multiply.com/attachment/0/RX0B7AoKCqgAAFYQT3Q1/banana.gif

If you've attached an image, you can add it to any post using the IMG command as explained in my previous post (http://multiplynewbie.multiply.com/journal/item/46) or even use it in your Custom CSS.

If it's not a picture, you should use the EMBED command. Here is an example for embedding a music file on your page:

<embed src="URL_To_Your_File" autostart="true" loop="true" volume="50" height="30" width="144">

and for embedding a Flash file:

<embed src="URL_To_Your_File" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="420" width="420">

You may want to adjust the values of width and height to fit your needs, and maybe remove the wmode='transparent' part if the Flash animation looks oddly on your page.

Have fun! =)