How can I add a badge from another website into my sidebar?

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  lidazea · Member · Aug 19, 2013 at 2:03 pm

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  I’m trying to display a badge in my sidebar (Forever theme) using the Text and/or Image widget, but it isn’t reading the code. When I copy and paste the code and save it, most of it disappears. How can I get the badge to display properly. I’m not able to save the badge as an image and add it as new media. Thanks for the help.

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 19, 2013 at 2:18 pm

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  What is the badge code?

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  lidazea · Member · Aug 19, 2013 at 2:21 pm

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  I’m wondering if it is the Flash.
  Here’s the code:
  <embed wmode="opaque" src="http://static.ning.com/socialnetworkmain/widgets/index/swf/badge.swf?xn_version=124632088" FlashVars="backgroundColor=0xFFFFFF&textColor=0xA30C46&config=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shewrites.com%2Fmain%2Fbadge%2FshowPlayerConfig%3Fxg_source%3Dbadge%26size%3Dmedium%26username%3D0iqiy7podip0z" width="206" height="174" bgColor="#FFFFFF" scale="noscale" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"> </embed><br /><small><a href="http://www.shewrites.com">Visit <em>She Writes</em></a></small><br />

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 19, 2013 at 2:24 pm

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  Yep, it is. You can possibly convert it via this workaround:

  The gigya shortcode 3 – inserting Flash

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  lidazea · Member · Aug 19, 2013 at 2:48 pm

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  Great! I’ll try the workaround and see what I can do. Thanks so much for the help.