Videos in Sidebar

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  tobyelliottuk · Member · Jul 17, 2012 at 3:24 pm

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  Hi there,

  Now that vodpod has seemingly disappeared, is there a way of displaying videos in the sidebar at all? YouTube or other videos.

  Many thanks in advance,

  Toby
  http://www.tobyelliott.com

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  justpi · Member · Jul 17, 2012 at 3:33 pm

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  You can insert any YouTube video by pasting the Youtube shortcode in a text widget:
  [youtube=VIDEO URL HERE&w=NNN]

  Replace NNN with the width that’s right for your sidebar – see here:
  http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/sidebar-width/

  You can also insert any video that provides a flash embed code, by turning that code into a gigya shortcode. See here:
  http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/gigya-shortcode-3-widgets/

  The gigya shortcode 3 – inserting Flash

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  tobyelliottuk · Member · Jul 17, 2012 at 3:46 pm

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  Thanks justpi – really useful!

  Toby

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  justpi · Member · Jul 17, 2012 at 3:52 pm

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  You’re welcome!

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  drlorax · Member · Jul 21, 2012 at 5:59 pm

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  Thank you both!