Re: [videoblogging] Re: using josh's pop up thing.

2006-01-20 Thread andrew michael baron
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Re: [videoblogging] Re: using josh's pop up thing.

2006-01-20 Thread Andreas Haugstrup
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:32:39 +0100, Pete Prodoehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can't you supply the real url but use an onclick handler? Then clients > without Javascript can still get to it: > > http://foo.com/"; onclick="window.open('http://foo.com/');return > false">http://foo.com/ That would

Re: [videoblogging] Re: using josh's pop up thing.

2006-01-20 Thread Joshua Kinberg
> Can't you supply the real url but use an onclick handler? Then clients > without Javascript can still get to it: > > http://foo.com/"; onclick="window.open('http://foo.com/');return > false">http://foo.com/ Yep. This is the reason I wrote the popup generator like this. No hidden links. > Take

Re: [videoblogging] Re: using josh's pop up thing.

2006-01-20 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Andreas Haugstrup wrote: > On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:48:38 +0100, David Meade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>I do something like this one my site as well >>(http://www.davidmeade.com) and I like the effect ... I've got it >>working with quicktime, windows media, and audio files. > > But you're

Re: [videoblogging] Re: using josh's pop up thing.

2006-01-20 Thread David Meade
Maybe for IE we could rewrite the HREF value to "#" ??? On 1/20/06, Andreas Haugstrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:48:12 +0100, David Meade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > ok so I really liked the way Andreas' script worked so I started > > tweaking it a bit. I'm no cod

Re: [videoblogging] Re: using josh's pop up thing.

2006-01-20 Thread Andreas Haugstrup
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:48:12 +0100, David Meade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ok so I really liked the way Andreas' script worked so I started > tweaking it a bit. I'm no code wizard but I believe I have it working > for QuickTime, Windows Media, MP3s, and will resize the player > according to t

Re: [videoblogging] Re: using josh's pop up thing.

2006-01-20 Thread David Meade
ok so I really liked the way Andreas' script worked so I started tweaking it a bit. I'm no code wizard but I believe I have it working for QuickTime, Windows Media, MP3s, and will resize the player according to the size of the still image used to represent it. It doesn't work in IE however. my st

Re: [videoblogging] Re: using josh's pop up thing.

2006-01-20 Thread David Meade
> But you're using javascript: links, which is troublesome (doesn't degrade > gracefully). Then you also have to create additional download links for > Feedburner and other spiders. Yeah the "play" links on my site are JavaScript links, but so far that hasnt been a reported problem. My site gener

Re: [videoblogging] Re: using josh's pop up thing.

2006-01-20 Thread Andreas Haugstrup
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:48:38 +0100, David Meade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do something like this one my site as well > (http://www.davidmeade.com) and I like the effect ... I've got it > working with quicktime, windows media, and audio files. But you're using javascript: links, which is t

Re: [videoblogging] Re: using josh's pop up thing.

2006-01-20 Thread Michael Sullivan
yeah, Andreas has the right approach herei also take a similar approach with same end result on vlogdir.com.example:http://vlogdir.com/permalink/594 when chris added the entry, he filled out a form to include an image and a video. the end result works as if the image were a quicktime poster

Re: [videoblogging] Re: using josh's pop up thing.

2006-01-20 Thread Michael Sullivan
yeah, nice job David.  I've noticed this before.  great example.  maybe ellaborate on how you use _javascript_ to achieve this... and if you could spent time making a wordpress plugin or something ??sull On 1/20/06, David Meade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1/20/06, Eddie Codel <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [videoblogging] Re: using josh's pop up thing.

2006-01-20 Thread David Meade
On 1/20/06, Eddie Codel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Awesome script Josh. Thanks for that contribution to the vlogosphere. > I'm wondering if you or anyone else has basically done the same thing but > embedded the video within the image area of the blog post. I see Steve > Garfield's vlog has exact

Re: [videoblogging] Re: using josh's pop up thing.

2006-01-20 Thread Andreas Haugstrup
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:02:55 +0100, Eddie Codel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Awesome script Josh. Thanks for that contribution to the vlogosphere. > I'm wondering if you or anyone else has basically done the same thing but > embedded the video within the image area of the blog post. I see Steve >

Re: [videoblogging] Re: using josh's pop up thing.

2006-01-20 Thread Eddie Codel
Awesome script Josh. Thanks for that contribution to the vlogosphere. I'm wondering if you or anyone else has basically done the same thing but embedded the video within the image area of the blog post. I see Steve Garfield's vlog has exactly what I mean. To accomplish that, there is some javascrip

Re: [videoblogging] Re: using josh's pop up thing.

2006-01-19 Thread Joshua Kinberg
Also, to point something out... the popup script I wrote still makes a direct link to the media file so that spiders and services like FeedBurner are still able to access the media. Check the code. I wrote it for exactly this purpose... interoperability. It is not used as a tactic to "control" the

Re: [videoblogging] Re: using josh's pop up thing.

2006-01-19 Thread Joshua Kinberg
NO, popup blockers do not block popups that you explicitly click to activate. Popup blockers only block popups that launch on the page load, but not upon clicking a link. -Josh On 1/19/06, LeanBackVids.com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, pop-ups are no longer assumed reliable. Firefox and Saf