Attempting to use the VodPod Widget on a WordPress Hosted Blog
The VodPod widget has given me a very big headache over the last few days!
There are several videos in my pod on vodpod.com. I have the widget set to display 4 videos in the sidebar on my blog. If you click on one of the videos, it will play. No problem there.
There are 2 arrows located near the bottom of the video box. I assumed these arrows were suppose to let you browse through the videos that aren’t displayed, but evidentally it doesn’t always work. Sometimes if you click on the arrow pointing right, the video box shrinks, no videos are present, and the arrows remain where the bottom of the video box used to be. Yuk! What is wrong here? Sometimes it does work for about 5 clicks, then you guessed it. The video box shrinks again and no videos!
I tried moving the widget to the bottom of the sidebar and I still have the same problem but at least the arrows are not on top of anything.
I visited numerous blogs through links on vodpod.com. It seems that the widget works differently, depending on the blog host.
Could this be a theme problem? My theme supports widgets so I am not sure.
But my efforts to use this widget were not in vain. VopPod is another great site to follow and communicate with other bloggers.
I have come to the conclusion that this widget it much like a child. You never know if it will embarrass you in public.
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June 23, 2008 at 12:58 pm
I really enjoyed some of the videos you have in your VodPod widget – especially the cat and dog ones. That dancing dog is a hoot, isn’t it? Yes, I see what you mean about getting to the end of the collection and then the arrows are at the bottom of a smaller window. Hmmm, strange; but I just refreshed the window to get back to the start. Anyway, great collection. Thanks for sharing.
June 23, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Thank you. I plan to add more videos when time allows.