For some months now I’ve neglected my faithful users with absolutly no updates and/or bug fixes. For me the widgets have been a leisure project with no plans to use them commercially nor as a career change.
I’m still uncertain whether I’ll get any spare time to pick up where I left in the forseeable future. On the other hand it is comforting to know that the code is out there for anyone to improve and develop further.
Look at this as a small sign of life from me, and an open invitation to those of you feeling tempted to carry on where I left. It is actually fun if you have the time and very rewarding to watch the download numbers just ticking away.
I will continue to write, and keep the site running so let’s just keep in touch.
In addition there is a pot-file included for other enthusiasts to translate it into their languages. Please send me a copy of your .po and .mo files if you do so for inclusion in the official download. And don’t hesitate to report any problems…..
This is basically a test of the amazing service provided by Mogulus. They let the users produce their own live/recorded video channel including clips from YouTube. You can include collaborators and run a multi camera show from multiple location with total control over the broadcast right from your browser. This is simply fantastic.
This is my channel where I show you some clips from the youtube archive of some of the best Saami artists:
I’ve updated the Daiko’s YouTube Widget with support for “Post in Category(-ies)” conditional testing. That means that you will be able to specify that the widget will only display on certain posts belonging to certain category (or categories). The widget will also display on the respective Category archive pages.
Please enjoy and report any problems with it. Since this widget actually includes two widgets (the videoplayer also), make sure you test the flexibility of being able to change the way you display the video’s from the various YouTube widgets you have running.
I’ve been trying hard to find a good CSS solution to the play button issue in IE with limited luck. That is why I’ve now decided to provide you all with an update that will work on all plattforms (I guess). I’ve decided to put the video thumbnail in as a background image and use a transparent gif play button on top. The only problem with this solution is that you loose control over the size of the background image, thus just get a cropped view of the thumbnail when using the small and medium size thumbnails.
The other update is that I’ve made sure that the widget doesn’t display any before and after widget code on pages you don’t show the widget using conditional tags. It still displays comment code to assist users in debugging.
Tell me what you think and if you css freaks out there have a better solution, give me a shout.
Google has launched a couple of YouTube videos of the Gphone, or Android platform. This looks really promising. And to the developers out there; Don’t forget the $10 million Android challenge.
It now produces valid XHTML code - Sorry for not doing that right away
It will now also show the video if you only insert 1 single video - I didn’t even know that until I got noticed by one of my users since it was always meant to show many.
So go grab your very own copy of the widget and have fun!
I just wanted to let you know that Daiko’s YouTube Widget just reached 1000 downloads after it’s first month in the public domain. You can follow the download development at Wordpress.org. You can of course also download it there. And don’t worry I keep the same versions here if you’ve downloadet it at daikos.net.
Enjoy the widget and keep those bug reports and feature requests coming.
I learned that the widget didn’t play well with installations where wordpress was installed in a different folder than the home page. I tried to fix that and thought I had solved it in version 1.1.10. Well that wasn’t exactly true. Now it should be alright though. Give version 1.1.11 a spin instead. Go download the latest version of Daiko’s YouTube Widget here.
I’ve just updated Daiko’s YouTube Widget with a fix to address the ever returning conflict between plugins/themes/widgets using prototype.js and mine that uses jquery.js. In addition I’ve used WPs built in script loader to prevent jquery.js being loaded more than once. This means that the widget is only compatible with WP 2.1+ so make sure to upgrade your Wordpress installation at the same time.
