Embedded social media posts should be used for the purposes of critique or/and education in the context of the multi-media narrative assignment. They should be included only if they enhance the audiences’ understanding of the story being told.
FACEBOOK “Embedded Posts are a simple way to put public posts – by a Page or a person on Facebook – into the content of your web site or web page. Only public posts from Facebook Pages and profiles can be embedded.” (from Facebook’s Developers page)
Paste the embed code provided by Facebook into the text editor on your WordPress page.
example of embedded Facebook post:
INSTAGRAM “You can embed your own content as well as photos and videos from public profiles. As always, people own their Instagram content, and embedded posts give the proper attribution by showing the username and linking back to the original content on Instagram.” (from Instagram’s website)
Paste the Instagram URL into the text editor on your WordPress page.
- Embedded Instagram Overview (from Instagram)
example of embedded Instagram
TWITTER “You agree that this license includes the right for Twitter to provide, promote, and improve the Services and to make Content submitted to or through the Services available to other companies, organizations or individuals for the syndication, broadcast, distribution, promotion or publication of such Content on other media and services, subject to our terms and conditions for such Content use. Such additional uses by Twitter, or other companies, organizations or individuals, may be made with no compensation paid to you with respect to the Content that you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through the Services.” (from Twitter’s Terms of Service)
By embedding Twitter content in your website or app, you are agreeing to the Twitter Developer Agreement and Developer Policy.
- Embedded Tweets Overview (from Twitter)
- More Twitter Embed Info (from WordPress)
Paste the embed code provided by Twitter into the text editor on your WordPress page.
Example of embedded Tweet:
Find Jack while he’s still candy-coated! #wlufindjack @wluLex @wlunews pic.twitter.com/ohUVg9jVLi
— W&L Library (@WLULibrary) October 31, 2018
GIFS
Make your own gif with Photoshop and add as Media (change size to “full” before inserting gif).
Animated GIF files from Wikimedia Commons
Click on “Use this file on the web” and copy and past “File URL” into your web page. Be sure to give proper attribution to gif creator (copy and past “Attribution” info below gif).
Articular tubercle of temporal bone-skull
By Polygon data generated by Database Center for Life Science (DBCLS)
Polygon data are from BodyParts3D
CC BY-SA 2.1 jp
via Wikimedia Commons
