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The excellent work of Scott Shelton, developer of the popular Slide Press plugin for SlideShowPro, was featured  in two articles. The first as part of a Smashing Magazine feature, the other an interview atLostInTechnology. If you are both a WordPress and SlideShowPro user, but haven’t checked out Slide Press yet, check it out.

The SlidePress plugin makes publishing rich image and video content easy. It provides total customization, control and integration of SlideShowPro from within WordPress. After helping create your SlideShowPro slideshow, SlidePress manages embedding the presentation within the posts or pages of your site, handling all of the necessary code to make publishing simple.

Check out the screenshots here.

Its features include:

• Manage multiple SlideShowPro galleries with unique styling options.
• Support for styling presets with design templates.
• Support for launching slideshows in thickbox windows.
• User level management for multiple user environments.

The Q & A

Why is SlidePress Unique?

The plugin is unique because it provides a great interface for WordPress users to use SlideShowProflash galleries. SlidePress chose to work with SlideShowPro because of their amazing quality and feature set – we wanted to make it easier for users to embed SlideShowPro galleries in their WordPress site.

Until now, a user was limited to embedding a published .swf file using Kimili or something similar, and if they wanted to make changes to the gallery appearance, behavior, etc. they would need to go back into Flash, make the changes, and re-publish.

We have streamlined the work flow and keep users in the WordPress Administrator dashboard, where they can manage all of their slideshows in one place and re-publish changes on the fly.

How Has the Feedback from Users Been?

They have been surprised and excited by the feedback we get from other SlidePress users. The response has been tremendous and we really appreciate all of the feedback and suggestions we get from users who work with SlidePress and WordPress.