By "custom" we mean XML that has either been hand-coded by you or compiled through other means. The two XML Type options that are considered custom include "Default" and "OPML". We recommend that only web developers with experience coding XML and creating markup use these XML Type options. If you're comfortable however, this page contains tips on how to integrate a SlidePress gallery using these options.
Because you purchased SlideShowPro Player SWF to use with SlidePress, you can build and test your content locally. Open the "Samples" folder that's inside the SlideShowPro Player SWF ZIP you downloaded from the Account Center, and inside you'll see an images.xml file. You may use this file as a template for creating your own slideshow content.
When you have a local version of your slideshow running, upload your slideshow content to any directory at your web site (where WordPress is installed). Doesn't matter if you upload inside or outside your WordPress installation (though for maintenance purposes it would probably be better to keep it outside).
Once you have your content online, open your XML file and edit all the relative paths to absolute. For example...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gallery>
<album lgpath="path/to/my/">
<img src="image.jpg" />
</album>
</gallery>
You would change it to this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gallery>
<album lgpath="http://mydomain.com/slideshow_content/album1/images/">
<img src="image.jpg" />
</album>
</gallery>
With your XML file updated, upload it to the same place you uploaded your slideshow content to. Then, assign to your SlidePress gallery an absolute URL to the XML file, like "http://mydomain.com/slideshow_content/album1/images.xml".
Beyond slideshow content, you also have the option of loading thumbnails in the navigation, link previews, video previews, album thumbnails, and audio files as background sound. For more information on including any of these, we recommend checking out the of the :stapi: section of this wiki.
OPML is a special type of XML markup that allows you to load more than one XML file as a single data source. For instructions on how to create an OPML document, see the Loading multiple XML documents instructions in the :stapi: section of this wiki.