Dressing Up the TPT Quote Area: Rotating Banner

In my original post on Dressing Up the TPT Quote Area, I talked about how to add just one image to the area. In Part 2, I'm going to give you some directions for adding several images to your quote area that will rotate.

First, create your images that you would like to add to your quote area. The size should be about 450 pixels by 150 pixels (1.5 inches by 0.5 inches at 300 ppi). **If you are using Powerpoint, see directions below.** The matching background gray color is #f1f1f1.

I chose to start with 3 images but will probably add a couple more. Here are my images:

Upload the images to an online GIF maker. I used GIFMaker.me.

☞ In GIFMaker.me, click the UPLOAD IMAGES button and choose your images.

☞ On the control panel, be sure your size is set to 100%. Mine is 100% and 450 px by 150 px as that is the size I used.

☞ Also on the control panel, you will set the speed. Mine is set at 5000 milliseconds (5 seconds). You don't want it too slow or too fast.

☞ Click on Create GIF Animation.

☞ Under the black buttons, click Download GIF.

☞ Upload the GIF to a site that supports GIF or upload to a Pinterest secret board.

Go to My Account

Click on Store Profile and then Edit

Change or add in the Personal Quote box

☞ Get the link from your photo site or Pinterest pin. You are only allowed 120 characters in the Personal Quote box, so you need to put your link into a link shortener such as bit.ly. {YOUR IMAGE LINK}

☞ You can link this image to new products in your store, a custom category, or a specific product. The rotating banner only allows for one link. Also, use a link shortener for this links URL. {YOUR LINK}
☞ In your Personal Quote box, you will put this HTML code replacing with your links from above.

<a href=YOUR LINK><img src=YOUR IMAGE LINK></a>
If you have trouble with this, try adding a space and / after your image link.

Click Save and you are finished! Now you have a rotating banner in your quote area.

***If you are using something like Powerpoint, your dpi is not going to automatically be 300 dpi. When you are creating in Powerpoint, set your page size to 6 inches by 2 inches. When you are saving in Powerpoint, click on Options and change the width to 450 and the height to 150.***

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!