Soundslides Module : Tutorial

Summary

The Soundslides module allows the users to upload the soundslides project via media browser(provided by media module) in the form of a zip file and provides media formatters to render them.

Configuration

• Install Soundslides module (and the dependencies).
• Select where the soundslides project should be extracted. Goto admin/config/media/file-system and click Save Configuration.
• Verify whether a new file type SoundSlides have been created. Click manage file display or visit admin/config/media/file-types/manage/soundslides/file-display and configure the filter.
• Download and enable WYSIWYG module.
• Install any WYSIWYG library and install it as per the installation instructions at admin/config/content/wysiwyg.
• Select the Editor for the profile. I have installed CKEditor by following the installation instructions as mentioned in the step above.
• After selection of the editor. Click on the edit button as shown in the screenshot.
  
  Or go to admin/config/content/wysiwyg/profile/full_html/edit
• Under Buttons and Plugins select media browser. Save
• Now add any content (e.g. node/add/article) and select the text format for which you have configured the editor.
• Click on the media button which in the editor:
  
• This will open the media browser. Select Soundslides. Upload the zip archive of the publish_to_web directory that was exported from the Soundslides application.
  
• Save the page. You should now see the Soundslides slideshow embedded in the content.

Note:

The current version of the module supports the slideshows which are exported with iOS_html5 shell. Please see the screenshot below to find out how to export the slideshow with iOS_html5 shell.