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Aaron McMasters
1,951 PointsWordpress embed
I am researchign best practices for embedding files like .swf and flv in wordpress.
3 Answers
Mark Flavin
10,199 PointsAre you looking for a plugin or tool? Or are you asking how to do it via the wp-editor or via your own code?
Aaron McMasters
1,951 PointsCode is fine - I haven't tried yet - but I have a number of flash banners and videos (.flv and .swf) I want to show off in my wordpress portfolio.
I can add swf to my server or import to the /uploads (media library) so that's cool - I used a plug-in to allow files to be added to the media library from the server and I edited the functions.php to allow .swf uploads (also to the media library).
I thought the easiest way is to upload all my .swf files to a directory /uploads and use an absolute path in the embed code. In the past I have had issues with relative paths and javacript/sourcing .flv files.
1) Is there a native video player in WP) 2) Is there a short code/embed code I can use?
Aaron McMasters
1,951 Pointsso I'm putting my embed code inside the "code" tag and it seems to work fine. I'm pleased because I didn't know what html/css was allowed (some code works?), and now it doesn't matter.