Wp-plugin
From Seesmic
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Description
The Seesmic-wp-plugin allows you to:
- Record one or more Seesmic video's to a post.
- Accept authenticated or anonymous video comments.
- Moderate video comments exactly like text comments.
Blogs using this plugin
See the video comments in action on the TechCrunch announcement comments and add your site to the list of over 200 blogs using the Seesmic Wordpress plugin
Requirements
- WordPress 2.1 or later
- In Comment Moderation options, "Hold a comment in the queue if it contains x or more links" must be set to 3 or more.
Common Issues with Custom Themes
- The default tag id <textarea id="comment"> must be included. It should already be included in most standard themes.
- <?php wp_head(); ?> must be included in your header template in between the HEAD tags. Otherwise the JavaScript includes will not be defined correctly and you will not be able to record or play videos.
Plugin Compatibility Issues
- In order to use threaded comments, we recommend using the wordpress thread comment plugin. Other threaded comments plugins may not work.
Installation
- Download the plugin
- Unzip the file to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory. If you are uploading to your plugins directory, be sure to upload the entire seesmic-wp-plugin directory (not simply the individual files).
- Enable the plugin in your dashboard.
- If you would like to allow people to post a video reply w/out creating a Seesmic account, visit Settings > Seesmic Comments and check Allow anonymous video comments.
Usage
Intro Video
To post a video
- Visit Write > Post > scroll past the post box and click Add a video to your post with seesmic.
- A video recorder window will open asking for seesmic username and password. Once you login, you will be able to record a video. Otherwise, you can register for a Seesmic account, or (if selected) post anonymously.
- Once you have recorded for at least 5 seconds, you will be able to save and Post it' or Record again.
- The video will be posted in the content area of your post. You can add text, tags, categories, etc before publishing.
To post a comment
- Users will go through almost precisely the same process to post a comment.
- Note: If you have any required fields, i.e. "name" and "email", those fields will still be required for a Seesmic video comment.
To moderate a comment
- If you have moderation turned off, your reader's Seesmic comment will be posted immediately.
- With moderation turned on, you will moderate the video comment the same way you would moderate a text comment.
Uninstallation
- To uninstall, simply disable the plugin in your dashboard before removing the plugin files from your plugins directory.
- NOTICE: If you uninstall the plugin, the code for displaying the video will still be displayed in posts and/or comments. At this point, those will need to be deleted/moderated manually.
FAQ
If you have any questions, ideas, or need to report a problem, we would love to hear about it. We will list the most common questions/solutions here.
