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Problem with playing in widget

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  • Christine Goyette 14 years ago

    Hi,

    Awesome player. Works beautifully in a post.

    Now I want to put the player in the side widget. If I just put the shortcode in it, it doesn’t play. What do I need to paste in there to make it work?

    Thanks so much!
    Christine

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  • zdenka 14 years ago

    Hi Christine,

    if you’re using the text widget, then you need just the normal shortcode to be placed there.

    If you want to place the video in the sidebar directly in the template you’ll need to wrap in into a php code, see our FAQ How do I insert flowplayer object outside the post, for example to a sidebar? for details.

    Zdenka

    Christine Goyette 14 years ago

    Thanks so much Zdenka! I had placed the shortcode in there just like you said and it had shown up (box with splash immage and button) but wouldn’t play. Now I realize that may have happened because I had left the video to be replaced in there. Maybe that created some conflict? Anyways, when I re-did it and deleted the other code, it worked beautifully.

    Thanks so much for a great and easy to use player AND for this AWESOME support with the user guide, FAQ, super fast responses. And all of it FREE. Really: THANKS!!

    Christine

    Alec Kinnear 14 years ago
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    Hi Christine,

    Glad we could help you.

    It’s not really free. It costs me a ton of money every month.

    If you have found FV Flowplayer and our help useful, there is a nice donation button right here: http://foliovision.com/seo-tools/wordpress/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer

    Making the web work for you, Alec

    Christine Goyette 14 years ago

    I’ll nudge my client to donate! Really appreciate your work!

    zdenka 14 years ago

    Thanks Christine!

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