Flick-A-Day

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  ssechaud · Member · Oct 27, 2007 at 11:09 pm

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  http://www.flickaday.com/

  Flick-A-Day is a site I use daily. It has a cool embeddable widget but it don’t work on wordpress!?! Why? I am aware of the security issue of allowing javascript on the site but can’t you just verify that this particular piece of code is safe and let it be accessed as a widget?

  Flick-A-Day widget:

  It’s too cool not to have on your blog… really!

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  thesacredpath · Member · Oct 28, 2007 at 1:26 am

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  It could happen in the future, but at this time, javascript, flash, and iframes are not allowed at wordpress.com.

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  ssechaud · Member · Oct 28, 2007 at 3:49 am

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  Thanks, getting to grips with the restrictions here on wordpress.com now. I’m surprised at how limited it is in terms of ‘widgets’. Can only hope at some point down the line a proper solution to securing a webpage with javascript or flash embedded in it can be implemented rather than prohibiting it completely.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 28, 2007 at 4:17 am

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  There are two wordpress options and some of us actually have hosted wp.org installs as well as wordpress.com blogs. Maybe the other option would suit you better :) http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/wordpresscom-vs-wordpressorg/

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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 28, 2007 at 5:56 am

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  I agree, particularly since this is a proprietary type of code, it seems. WP.com generally takes a very cautious approach to adding services to the “approved” list, and this will be waaaaaay down on the priority list, well behind things like GodTube, etc. With an independently-hosted blog, you can start using whatever widgets you want immediately.