Trouble adding a Widget from another site

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  bpcurry89 · Member · Dec 18, 2010 at 10:37 pm

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  Ok, I’m trying to add one of these Widgets from this ESPN site, http://espn.go.com/community/widgetcenter.html#nba , to my NBA blog.

  I tried sticking the embed code it gives into a Text/HTML widget and it isn’t working.

  Any suggestions? Or what am I doing wrong?

  Thanks

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  airodyssey · Member · Dec 18, 2010 at 11:33 pm

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  Hi. It looks like those widgets use Flash. “Embed” tags are not allowed on WordPress.COM, however a workaround is to convert them into a Gigya shortcode as explained here:

  The gigya shortcode 1 – inserting videos

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  bpcurry89 · Member · Dec 19, 2010 at 4:21 am

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  Ok, I put this on to my blog trying to get the NBA Top story, but I keep getting the MLB Top Story, can someone help me figure out what Im doing wrong?

  Here’s the code to the widget im trying to put on my site:

  <object width="300" height="387" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://a.espncdn.com/community/widgets/swfs/topstory.swf"><param name="flashVars" value="sport=nba&pid=espntopstory_1292732362968379843&espn=false&share=embed"><param name="movie" value="http://a.espncdn.com/community/widgets/swfs/topstory.swf" ><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"></object>

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  airodyssey · Member · Dec 19, 2010 at 4:24 am

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  Did you take a look at the link I gave you? It says what information to use in order to convert the code you are trying to insert (which is forbidden) into a Gigya shortcode (which is allowed).

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  bpcurry89 · Member · Dec 19, 2010 at 4:26 am

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  Yeah, I tried plugging it in, but must be doing something wrong.

  When I plug the one I want in (NBA Top Story), it gives me the MLB Top Story. Stared at the code for about an hour now and can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong..

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  airodyssey · Member · Dec 19, 2010 at 4:29 am

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  Okay. I think I got it sorted out for you this time. Compare the data from the original code with the new code below to see where each information fits.
  [gigya src="http://a.espncdn.com/community/widgets/swfs/topstory.swf" width="300" height="387" quality="high" wmode="transparent" flashvars="sport=nba&pid=espntopstory_1292732362968379843&espn=false&share=embed"]

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Dec 19, 2010 at 4:37 am

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  Instructions here:

  The gigya shortcode 3 – inserting Flash

  @Sergio: You got the post wrong but the shortcode right!

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  airodyssey · Member · Dec 19, 2010 at 4:40 am

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  @panos: Thank you for pointing me to the right post.

  @leftybc21: Sorry for the confusion!

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  bpcurry89 · Member · Dec 19, 2010 at 4:40 am

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  Awesome!

  I see where I was messing up at now.

  Thanks for the help!