I'd like to embed a widget from FoodBuzz

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  whateversleft19 · Member · Oct 12, 2011 at 8:06 pm

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  I’ve been trying to add the following widget from Foodbuzz :

  <div style=”padding:5px;”><iframe src=”http://www.foodbuzz.com/widgets/top9/small” width=”160px” height=”300px” align=”left” frameborder=”0″ marginwidth=”0″ marginheight=”0″ scrolling=”no” allowtransparency=”true”></iframe></div>

  But it’s not showing up correctly on my site. I’ve seen the same widget displayed on other wordpress hosted blogs so I don’t fully understand why it’s being removed from mine.

  Is there any way to add it?
  Blog url: http://whateversleftdotorg.wordpress.com/

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  designsimply · Member · Oct 12, 2011 at 8:33 pm

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  I’m sorry but adding an embed like that which uses an iframe is not allowed here at WordPress.com. Please see this page for more details: http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/#javascript

  What does that widget do? Could you add an image widget with a link instead?
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/image-widget/

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  whateversleft19 · Member · Oct 12, 2011 at 8:43 pm

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  Ok, however how come I’ve seen the widget on other wordpress hosted blogs? If I were to purchase & design my own theme would I be allowed to add the widget then?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 12, 2011 at 11:28 pm

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  They were probably on self-hosted WordPress.org blog, not WordPress.com blogs.

  Have you seen it on a WordPress.com blog?

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  whateversleft19 · Member · Oct 13, 2011 at 6:58 am

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  I was under the impression I was on a self hosted word press blog. If I’m not, how can I change my blog so that I am & I can add this widget?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 13, 2011 at 8:00 am

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  http://whateversleft.org/ is still a WordPress.com blog.

  First, you’ll need to install WordPress from http://wordpress.org/ on a hosting provider. We have some recommendations at http://get.wordpress.com/hosting/

  Then, you can direct your domain name to it by changing your nameservers: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/domain-management/#update-nameservers

  Once that’s done, you can move your content following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  To clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two different entities.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  WordPress.org has complete support and documentation sites for self-hosted/installed versions of WordPress at:
  http://wordpress.org/support/
  http://codex.wordpress.org/

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  whateversleft19 · Member · Oct 13, 2011 at 8:36 am

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  Thanks a bunch for the help guys, I’ll look into it later. My one last question (and I’m sorry if the answer is an obvious one) but ultimately even if I migrate my blog to wordpress.org, my address will still be http://www.whateversleft.org…. correct?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 13, 2011 at 9:00 am

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  Yes, that is correct.

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  whateversleft19 · Member · Oct 13, 2011 at 9:16 am

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  Perfect, thanks for all your help & the fast responses, much appreciated.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 13, 2011 at 9:37 am

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  You’re welcome!