Twitter Flash Widget

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  warchildmun · Member · Oct 2, 2010 at 6:39 pm

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  So we wanted to add a flash twitter widget to our side-bar!
  Instead of the original “twitter widget” on here!
  The original is kind-of bland & boring, so we wanted a flash one,
  Like this: http://bjfletcherprivateeye.com/blog/blog-images/fletcher-twitter-widget.jpg

  But when we put the code into the “text” widget & pressed save, it transformed into a smaller code!
  this smaller code didn’t create the flash twitter widget!
  But instead only came up as a linked sentence!
  Can anyone help us with this issue???

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  airodyssey · Member · Oct 2, 2010 at 7:22 pm

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  Sorry, but WordPress.COM does not allow Flash, which is why the code in question was automatically removed when you tried to paste it into a text widget. Explanation here:

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  airodyssey · Member · Oct 2, 2010 at 7:24 pm

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  I just remembered… Does someone know if a Gigya code would be a suitable workaround?

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  airodyssey · Member · Oct 2, 2010 at 7:43 pm

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  It’s me again… Where did you get the code for that Twitter Flash gadget?

  All I can find are JavaScript versions on the official Twitter site:
  http://twitter.com/widgets

  They may have pulled the plug themselves for the Flash version:
  http://status.twitter.com/post/347863101/flash-widget-disabled

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Oct 2, 2010 at 8:25 pm

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  See here:
  http://shongjog.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/how-to-show-updates-from-your-twitter-account-in-a-wordpress-com-blog/

  Specimen shortcode here:

  The gigya shortcode 3 – inserting Flash