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by MR.MOE
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I need your help. I wanna upload some videos to my blog but I want the video to show. As of May 2009 you have to pay $60 for each blog in order for the video to actually show and not a link. I was wondering is there anyway you can play with the html code so that it shows the video. I played with it and it only shows it in Internet Explorer but is blank in Firfox and Google Chrome.


So can anyone help me get around this. Is there something I should add to the html code or take out? I don't mind buying it, but you have to buy one for every blog you make and its gonna be a little costly.


Thanks
Moe
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  • Profile picture of the author fred67
    Why not do what everyone else does?
    Upload it to YouTube and then just embed the link into your blog.
    It couldn't be any more simple could it?

    Good luck, Pete.
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  • Profile picture of the author RebeccaL
    Yes, use Youtube.

    Who exactly is trying to charge you $60 for this?
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  • Profile picture of the author MR.MOE
    Wordpress is. Here is the link: http://en.support.wordpress.com/videopress/

    I don't wanna upload it to youtube because its some unique content that I want to only have on my site. So youtube isn't an option.
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    • Profile picture of the author iwantmore
      get a flikr account and upload it there, then link to that.

      you have the option with flikr to make content private
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    • Profile picture of the author wwalkerbout
      I am not a WordPress guru by any stretch of the imagination, but I think you might have trouble doing such a thing through a WordPress Blog that is actually hosted by WordPress. They will likely control closely what you are able to do on Blogs that they are hosting.

      You might need to sign up for a website hosting package with an ISP (I use HostGator), and then set things up a WordPress Blog yourself. That is much easier than you would think, as you can do it through the web admin panel (CPanel --> Fantastico Delux) that the hosting company provides. It is just a matter of a few clicks and it is there.

      It will probably set you back around $5 per month (plus a Domain Name registration fee of around $10 per year). But you'll find that it is much better to have your Blogging site, as you can then drive web traffic there, rather than to the WordPress hosted site.

      Once you have your own site, then you can make sure that a video player is available to play your video content through any web browser. You get to fully control who the video playback is handled.

      Hope this helps.

      Cheers,


      Wayne
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  • Profile picture of the author VegasGreg
    If you are referring to Wordpress.com, it is their site and not yours so it really doesn't matter if it is also on youtube or not.

    If you are referring to Wordpress.org, the site is your own, so just upload the video to your server and embed it into your page/post. This is free (except the cost of your hosting) and you own all the material.
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  • Profile picture of the author InternetMarketingIQ
    You're hostage to their hosting and rules. So your options are limited. Self hosting gives you additional options, but additional costs as well.
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    • Profile picture of the author sirtom
      I believe you can set videos to private with Viddler too, and embed them on your blog, unless I'm mistaken?
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  • Profile picture of the author seoguy1
    To save bandwidth upload your video to a video sharing site like youtube and embed it in your blog.
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  • Profile picture of the author Houcem Rihane
    Definitely go with youtube.
    There is an option to make the video private so only those who know the url or in your case those who see it on your blog can see it.
    If people would make a search on google or youtube they wouldn't be able to find it.
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    • Profile picture of the author jig
      Originally Posted by houcemtrigun View Post

      Definitely go with youtube.
      There is an option to make the video private so only those who know the url or in your case those who see it on your blog can see it.
      If people would make a search on google or youtube they wouldn't be able to find it.
      This is what I would go with.
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  • Profile picture of the author MR.MOE
    LOL. Thanks for all your answers guys even though none of them was a solution to my problem. I think I should have rephrased my question. Anyways thank you for all of your help. It just came to me and I got it all solved.


    Thanks
    Moe
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  • Profile picture of the author duncanb
    And if you really are not the best at wordpress and are having trouble in embedding your link, ther are youtube videos on utbe outlining the procedure and how to do it.
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  • Profile picture of the author jrod014
    I would agree with everyone else and upload your vid to youtube.

    But, if you really want to host your video, there are plenty of video plugins that can assist you.

    Here is a link to some popular WP video plugins that are free.

    WordPress › WordPress Plugins

    Hope it helps,

    Jerry
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