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  sarahelliott · Member · Feb 25, 2009 at 9:32 am

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  Hi, I have been trying to copy and paste the links to some youtube videos on my blog on new categories, but the links are not appearing. Some of the videos are> http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=988833d42619038c0363
  http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=d9fe611d5a8e90fefdc9

  I copy into the URL box and click on insert but then they dont appear anywhere.

  Please help!!!

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

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 25, 2009 at 9:42 am

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  We need a link to your blog, starting with http, in order to let you know. Also, those are TEACHERTUBE videos, not YouTube videos.

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  hanni · Member · Feb 25, 2009 at 9:57 am

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  Try using Vodpod to post the videos. Let us know if you’re still stuck.

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  sarahelliott · Member · Feb 25, 2009 at 10:08 am

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  yes, am stuck, how do I do that? I dont know how to use vodpod… my blog is at> http://sarahelliott.wordpress.com/

  thanks

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  sarahelliott · Member · Feb 25, 2009 at 10:10 am

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  but I really want to embed the video in the post so that I can write under etc. some videos have worked, but now none do when I paste in the url and click insert in post nothing appears

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 25, 2009 at 10:24 am

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  We need the link to the YouTube videos that are not working, then. Usually this is because they are set to private or embedding is disabled.

  Try the ordinary shortcode, [youtube=URL] and get the URL from the More box on the side of the video. That always works, except in the above circumstances.

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  sarahelliott · Member · Feb 25, 2009 at 10:28 am

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  ok, have worked it out. they work as youtube but not teachertube, why on earth cant we embed teachertube videos?

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 25, 2009 at 12:51 pm

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  For security reasons, same as all other unapproved Flash applications.

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  amisimms · Member · Mar 24, 2009 at 1:58 pm

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  This worked for me.

  I played my YouTube video on YouTube.com. I copied the EMBED CODE from YouTube and pasted it into my WordPress blog post in the HTML side. I updated the post and it worked! The day I created the YourTube video it would not work. Nor the day after. Third day was the charm. Don’t ask me why.
  Ami :)

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  thesacredpath · Member · Mar 24, 2009 at 2:47 pm

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  @sarahelliot, Use the vodpod wordpress button to embed other video types: http://support.wordpress.com/videos/vodpod/

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  newsaura · Member · Mar 25, 2009 at 11:11 am

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  I am trying to to have a “Video of the Day” on my Side bar under the calendar so that I can use some videos from youtube.com. I tried the vodpod but did not help me much. Can anyone guide me through this? Thank you!

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 25, 2009 at 11:12 am

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  We need a link to your blog, starting with http, in order to let you know.

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  newsaura · Member · Mar 25, 2009 at 11:49 am

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  http://newsaura.wordpress.com

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  arcadata · Member · Mar 25, 2009 at 1:56 pm

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  Just curious – what was wrong with vodpod?

  As far as I can tell, you should be able to place a Vodpod button on your sidebar (and this can show your youtube video if you collect it with vodpod). I’ve got the Vodpod widget on my sidebar and I’m very happy with it.

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 25, 2009 at 2:06 pm

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  Vodpod is the only way I know of to use a video in your sidebar. You need the vodpod WIDGET code, not the BUTTON code.

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  arcadata · Member · Mar 25, 2009 at 2:45 pm

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  Yeah, what I meant was get the Vodpot widget – it has a widget style called button that newsaura can use for the Video of the Day.

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  newsaura · Member · Mar 25, 2009 at 3:04 pm

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  cool! i figured it out finally! Cheers

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  onemorecup · Member · Apr 2, 2009 at 2:37 am

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  H-E-L-P!

  Just a while ago I decided to start featuring videos on two of my blogs here at WordPress. At first everything was just fine. I mean embedding was easy as pie. Seriously, the folks at WP should be given Kudos in the highest for just how accurate and easy the process was.

  Just this morning I was going through some of my posts and noticed that I was unable to see, play, operate or otherwise any of the previous videos placed on:

  http://americanage.wordpress.com

  http://onemorecup.wordpress.com ~AND~ here is a link to the most recent video.

  http://americanage.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=543

  Any advices are greatfully appreciated. CHEERS!

  OMC

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  thesacredpath · Member · Apr 2, 2009 at 2:42 am

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  We cannot use the last link since that is from within your dashboard and we do not have access to your dashboard. Is the post published? If so, give us the link to the post on the blog.

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  onemorecup · Member · Apr 2, 2009 at 7:08 pm

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  Hey there ‘thesacredpath’

  Here is the exact link to the published post. http://americanage.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/not-endorsingbut-an-awesome-lesson/

  At the time of embedding it ran for I think about two weeks; then stopped. Please have a look, thanking you in advance I remain,

  yours faithfully,

  onemorecup