Hi Richard, sorry, haven't read the whole thread but if you are interested in posting flv files you can use my Video Blog Recorder on http://stars-of-the-web.net/shows/blogtalk . The only thing you need is a webcam and each posting comes with a code snippet to include the flv into your blog.
Greetings, Chris Richard Show wrote: > David, > > I click on manage posts and then click on edit by the post and the post > comes up in a rich text editor and I don't see any buttons that say flv. > > When you say "with html editor off", I'm not sure if I need to change an > option or that just means that I don't click on the html button to bring > up the html code. > > ... I may be misunderstanding something basic about wordpress, of course > ... thanks for your help, and working with me on this ... I appreciate it! > > ... Richard > > On 3/22/06, *David Howell* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Oh no worries. You arent bugging me :) > > Your code would look something like this... > > --------------------------------------------- > <flv href="http://path/to/your/flash_video.flv > <http://path/to/your/flash_video.flv>" width="320" > height="240" autostart="false"> > <br /> > <br /> > My name is Richard and this is my first Flash video post. > ---------------------------------------------- > > That would pretty much be what your post is. With the HTML editor off, > you should see a button there above your post window that says "FLV" > on it. Click that to enter the info for your flash video. It will ask > you a couple questions once you click it before embeding the code > for you. > > Let me know if you have any questions. More than happy to help :) > > David > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com <http://www.davidhowellstudios.com> > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>, "Richard Show" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > David, > > > > Not to keep bugging you ... but ... how could I add that line of > html if the > > html editor is off? > > > > On 3/22/06, David Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > You didnt do anything wrong. With that certain plug-in, you have to > > > turn off HTML editing for it to work properly. I dont use the HTML > > > editor so it's no matter to me. > > > > > > If you do want to use the HTML editor and have the embed work, > another > > > plugin is Extreme Video Plugin. > > > > > > http://www.rossgerbasi.com/2006/01/21/extreme-video-plugin-20/ > > > > > > David > > > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com > > > > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>, "Richard Show" <richard@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I followed the directions to upload the plug in and the .swf > file > > > and the > > > > plug in showed up in my plug ins and I activated it and > changed the > > > settings > > > > to make sure it properly referenced the .swf file. > > > > > > > > Then I go into a post and click on the html button and insert > the > > > following > > > > colde > > > > > > > > <flv href=" > > > > > http://richard.blip.tv/file/get/Richard-RichardsWifesBirthdayWMV360.flv > <http://richard.blip.tv/file/get/Richard-RichardsWifesBirthdayWMV360.flv>" > > > > autostart="false" /> > > > > > > > > I click update on the html (nothing shows in the preview), then > I click > > > > save, then I look at my post and there's nothing there where I > thought a > > > > video should be embedded, and in experimenting I find out that > the <flv> > > > > code is never saved in when I click on update in the html, so it > > > just acts > > > > as though I didn't update anything ... > > > > > > > > ... any ideas on what I did wrong? > > > > > > > > ... Richard > > > > > > > > > > > > On 3/22/06, David Howell <taoofdavid@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I use the WP-FLV plugin to embed Flash video on my site > > > > > (http://www.davidhowellstudios.com). It makes it rather > painless to > > > > > say the least. > > > > > > > > > > > http://roel.meurders.nl/wordpress-plugins/wp-flv-video-player-plugin/ > <http://roel.meurders.nl/wordpress-plugins/wp-flv-video-player-plugin/> > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>, "Richard Show" > <richard@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I have been playing around trying to embed flash video on > my web > > > > > page, so, > > > > > > visitors could just click on that and play it (as an > alternative > > > to my > > > > > > feed). > > > > > > > > > > > > I created a flv file, and used dreamweaver 8 to embed it in > a web > > > > > page, and > > > > > > it seems to work on a test page I created (though it > takes some > > > time to > > > > > > load) > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.richardshow.com/flash_test.html > > > > > > > > > > > > I tried lifting the code that dreamweaver generated and > put it > > > in a word > > > > > > press post, but the page did not show anything. > > > > > > > > > > > > The code I used looked like this > > > > > > > > > > > > <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" > > > codebase=" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0 > > > > > " > > > > > > width="342" height="291" id="FLVPlayer"> > > > > > > <param name="movie" value="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf" /> > > > > > > <param name="salign" value="lt" /> > > > > > > <param name="quality" value="high" /> > > > > > > <param name="scale" value="noscale" /> > > > > > > <param name="FlashVars" > > > > > > > value="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Halo_Skin_3&streamName= > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://richard.blip.tv/file/get/Richard-RichardsWifesBirthdayWMV360&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=false > > <http://richard.blip.tv/file/get/Richard-RichardsWifesBirthdayWMV360&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=false> > > > > > " > > > > > > /> > > > > > > <embed src="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf" > > > > > > > flashvars="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Halo_Skin_3&streamName= > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://richard.blip.tv/file/get/Richard-RichardsWifesBirthdayWMV360&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=false > > <http://richard.blip.tv/file/get/Richard-RichardsWifesBirthdayWMV360&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=false> > > > > > " > > > > > > quality="high" scale="noscale" width="342" height="291" > > > name="FLVPlayer" > > > > > > salign="LT" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" > pluginspage=" > > > > > > http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"; /> > > > > > > </object> > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, I moved two .swf files that dreamweaver generated > to the > > > same root > > > > > > directory of the site, which is where I think the wordpress > > > > > pages/posts go. > > > > > > > > > > > > These were > > > > > > > > > > > > FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf > > > > > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > > > > Halo_Skin_3.swf > > > > > > > > > > > > (I guess I should note that dreamweaver also generated > some java > > > > > script in > > > > > > the header and something inside the body tag which is > onLoad, but > > > > > I'm pretty > > > > > > sure that had to do with checking to see if the right > player was > > > > > available - > > > > > > I tried adding that to the main index page template too > and that > > > > > didn't seem > > > > > > to change anything, though I didn't think it would ... but > FYI ... > > > > > you can > > > > > > see all this in the source of the file that dreamwever > generated > > > > > that works > > > > > > flash-test.html) > > > > > > > > > > > > ... any ideas on what I did wrong would be appreciated ... > thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > ... Richard > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Richard > > > > > > http://www.richardshow.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Richard > > > > http://www.richardshow.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Richard > > http://www.richardshow.com > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > -- > Richard > http://www.richardshow.com <http://www.richardshow.com> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > YAHOO! 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