Interactive Crossword Puzzle

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  ifdc1974 · Member · Sep 15, 2015 at 3:15 pm

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  Is there a way to add an interactive crossword puzzle to my site?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  doncharisma · Member · Sep 15, 2015 at 3:58 pm

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  Now there’s a first … Searching this forum, I can’t see anyone’s asked that question before !

  Someone will correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the answer is No, sadly … The reason is that additional functionality can’t be added to WordPress.com, because what you’re asking for would either need a plugin or the ability to embed javascript into your blog/site.

  I notice this site provides free interactive crosswords – http://www.boatloadpuzzles.com/dailycrossword , however it’s a javascript “widget” and wouldn’t work on WordPress.com …

  I did manage to embed a weather widget on my own blog ( http://DonCharisma.org ) in the sidebar, but that was a link to a “swf” file provided by a third party ( YoWindow.com )

  So sorry I don’t think it’s possible, but, I’m happy to be proved wrong if anyone else knows how to do this …

  Cheers

  Don Charisma

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Sep 15, 2015 at 4:21 pm

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  Interactive means a script must be used and we cannot post JavaScript on WordPress.COM blogs. The software strips the code out for security reasons. https://en.support.wordpress.com/code/

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  doncharisma · Member · Sep 15, 2015 at 4:22 pm

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  @timethief – exactly :)

  Cheers

  Don Charisma

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  ifdc1974 · Member · Sep 15, 2015 at 4:31 pm

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  Thank all. I know that it does but I was so hoping someone had a brilliant work-around.

  Thanks!

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  doncharisma · Member · Sep 15, 2015 at 5:16 pm

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  I couldn’t see a way on cursory investigation, and @timethief agrees … so would’ve been cool, but sorry not possible …

  Of course a self-hosted blog would be a different story, but that’s separate from WordPress.com … and you’d need to pay for hosting package and set it up yourself …

  Cheers

  Don Charisma

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  ifdc1974 · Member · Sep 15, 2015 at 6:45 pm

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  Thanks @doncharisma. Yes there are plugins there. Who would you suggest to host? GoDaddy?

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  doncharisma · Member · Sep 15, 2015 at 6:52 pm

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  We’ve just moved away from Greengeeks in favour of DigitalOcean, because of a DDOS attack on Greengeeks that they wouldn’t help us with. Within that DigitalOcean might be more technically involved than you want.

  I think WordPress recommend Bluehost and Dreamhost, I’ve heard some pretty good things about both, slightly favour Dreamhost. GoDaddy I’ve only used for domains, and they are, well, OK, I guess.

  Anyway, we’re drifting off WordPress.com support – so I’ll wish you good luck with it :)

  Cheers

  Don Charisma