Widgets not accepting code

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  allmycreativework · Member · Feb 26, 2013 at 7:42 pm

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  Hi, I have wasted a couple of hours trying to embed a code into the ‘text’ widget and then the ‘image’ widget. Both of these widgets refuse to accept the code, even though it’s been designed for blog widgets. The code comes from the ‘Spoonflower’ website. I have pasted it below for your reference. Can you please help?

  <div id=”portfolio”> </div>
  <script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://www.spoonflower.com/javascripts/portfolio.js”> </script>
  <script type=”text/javascript”>portfolio(“shop”, “small”, “freshtastic”, “3”, “5”, “426891”) </script>

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Feb 26, 2013 at 8:14 pm

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  There are some codes which are forbidden as security risks on WordPress.COM and will be stripped out by our software.
  From your example:

  script type=”text/javascript”

  a quick search of the very good wp.com Support documents brings up these details:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/?s=code
  specifically:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/

  WordPress.com is a type of shared environment, where all users are running off of the same software. This is great because it allows us at Automattic to update millions of blogs at the same time with a single click. It means we can fix bugs or offer new features very quickly, which is a win for you as users. Having all users running on the same software can also be dangerous. If we aren’t careful, one user has the potential to take down the entire site. So this is why we need to limit some of the things you post on your blog.

  See here:

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