I’m in the process on recoding Viper’s Video Quicktags and am looking for input.
If there’s a feature or a video site that you would like to see supported in the next version, the comments section of this post is the place to post it. Please note that in order for a video website to be supported, the URL in your address bar must have something in common with the embed code. What I mean is the URL can’t be this:
http://videosite.com/videos/my-cool-video/
while the embed HTML looks like this:
<object width="400" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://embed.videosite.com/files/52asdf7f43j753v32465" /></object>
Notice that there is no way for my plugin to figure out the embed ID from the video’s URL.
Perhaps in a future version I’ll add the ability for you to paste in the HTML embed code and the Javascript powered button will figure out the video ID before inserting it into the post (just inserting the HTML itself into the post would defeat the purpose of this plugin), but not for now.
Oh, and here’s a sneak preview of my work in progress configuration screen:
EDIT 8/29: Here’s a newer screenshot:
August 21st, 20082008-08-21T19:54:15ZF jS, Y - 12:54 PM2008-08-21T19:54:15Zg:i A
great work. you might want to add the property “scale” with value “tofit” in order to display quicktime movies correct when resizing. See also http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/embed2.html#scale
August 23rd, 20082008-08-23T23:10:58ZF jS, Y - 4:10 PM2008-08-23T23:10:58Zg:i A
I would like to suggest adding support for http://www.livevideo.com
August 28th, 20082008-08-28T23:15:16ZF jS, Y - 4:15 PM2008-08-28T23:15:16Zg:i A
Interesting. I wondered why the interface I was seeing in my console didn’t look at all like the screenshots here or at the plugin repository… in fact, I have only one quicktag button even in the visual editor and it doesn’t at all resemble the ones shown in the screenshots for this plugin, but it works just the same.
Looking forward to the new version, too.
August 28th, 20082008-08-29T03:12:45ZF jS, Y - 8:12 PM2008-08-29T03:12:45Zg:i A
Aine on August 28th, 2008 at 4:15 PM2008-08-28T23:15:16ZF jS, Y \a\t g:i A wrote:
The screenshots on the repository are old and were taken on an old version of WordPress which used an old version of TinyMCE (the rich editor). The configuration screen should look nearly identical to the ones there though.
August 29th, 20082008-08-29T19:30:09ZF jS, Y - 12:30 PM2008-08-29T19:30:09Zg:i A
I’ve been using your plugin for a while now on my blog. I’d really like the ability to embed YouTube playlists in my Wordpress posts. Many thanks for all your hard work.
August 29th, 20082008-08-30T02:51:18ZF jS, Y - 7:51 PM2008-08-30T02:51:18Zg:i A
Pete on August 29th, 2008 at 12:30 PM2008-08-29T19:30:09ZF jS, Y \a\t g:i A wrote:
Yep, the next version will support that.
September 2nd, 20082008-09-02T13:20:05ZF jS, Y - 6:20 AM2008-09-02T13:20:05Zg:i A
Support for http://oembed.com/ might solve some of your problems
September 2nd, 20082008-09-02T17:56:23ZF jS, Y - 10:56 AM2008-09-02T17:56:23Zg:i A
Please try not to ignore WPMU while developing this baby. Thanks.
September 2nd, 20082008-09-03T02:39:56ZF jS, Y - 7:39 PM2008-09-03T02:39:56Zg:i A
Andy Beard on September 2nd, 2008 at 6:20 AM2008-09-02T13:20:05ZF jS, Y \a\t g:i A wrote:
That is very slick, although it requires that the server be able to make a remote connection (not all can). Plus it’s list of supported sites isn’t that long and the next version of my plugin already supports quite a few on that list via URL parsing.
I have plans for using the HTTP API that will be in WordPress 2.7 though to add support for sites that don’t have a URL in common with their embed code.
Marko on September 2nd, 2008 at 10:56 AM2008-09-02T17:56:23ZF jS, Y \a\t g:i A wrote:
I’m actually developing this with WPMU in mind (gonna submit it to a WPMU plugin competition). Although honestly a properly coded plugin doesn’t actually need any changes to be made WPMU compatible. Installing my plugin for WPMU will just involve installing normally and then moving just the main plugin file to the
mu-pluginsfolder.Although my UI does do some WPMU checks to hide features designed for regular WP users (such as custom CSS).
September 3rd, 20082008-09-03T07:22:07ZF jS, Y - 12:22 AM2008-09-03T07:22:07Zg:i A
Most important is for admin to be able to allow or disallow users to use it. It is better (for me personally) to use it inside
pluginsin combination with Plugin Commander. You won’t make a mistake if you ask for advice back at WPMU forum.September 3rd, 20082008-09-03T07:33:56ZF jS, Y - 12:33 AM2008-09-03T07:33:56Zg:i A
One more thing. In your opinion, will your plugin give me headache if I use WordTube plugin (because of Jeroen Wijering’s player) on same installation?
September 3rd, 20082008-09-03T09:51:51ZF jS, Y - 2:51 AM2008-09-03T09:51:51Zg:i A
Marko on September 3rd, 2008 at 12:33 AM2008-09-03T07:33:56ZF jS, Y \a\t g:i A wrote:
Yes, my plugin uses Jeroen Wijering’s player but only for FLV files. YouTube videos for example are played back via YouTube’s player.
JW’s player is the most widely used player for FLV playback for a reason — it’s damn good. Plus if you want to use it on a commercial website, the license is only 20 Euros.
September 4th, 20082008-09-05T04:18:25ZF jS, Y - 9:18 PM2008-09-05T04:18:25Zg:i A
6.0.0 has been committed and available for download soon, so I’m closing this post.