Images, gifs and animated gifs

To create an animated slide show

This involves using the animation feature in Google Photos. The procedure is explained by Peggy K, a top contributor in the Blogger forum. You can find her post about this in Google+. She explains about using it in Blogger but as you can see it also works in Google Sites. You should view her detailed instructions but here is my condensed version:

In Google Photos click the + icon at the top (on mobile click the 3-dot icon)

Select Animation

Click to select each image you want to include

Click the Create button

Click the more actions icon (3 dots) and add the animation to a shared album

Right-click the animation and copy the image URL

In your site click Insert, select Image and then Web address (URL)

Insert the URL you copied in step 6

To make a slower animation you can use an editor like LunaPic. You can upload your fast GIF, change the speed, save the image and upload it to Google Photos, get its URL and insert it into your page. (Don't forget to move it into a shared album)

You can insert an animated GIF image as a banner image.

Google Slide - - Under Google Embeds >>Slides

The presentation must be shared. I set mine to Public on the Web. You can select to auto start, loop playback and change the delay time. I think these options are new. Click the slide then click the settings icon (gear).

Note that on a mobile device the presentation will not auto-start. The viewer must click on the presentation to bring it up and then click the play icon.

Also see photo-gallery-from-drive

You can insert an animated GIF image (see below) or as a banner image (see above).

This image was made using the animation feature in Google Photos.

Create your animation in Google Photos and upload the animation to your Drive. Make sure you have made the animation public.

Select your background from the preset images at left.

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