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 videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Show" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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"; > 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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/ > > > > David > > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "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 > > " > > > /> > > > <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 > > " > > > 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 <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
