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ellaella on "Adding a badge"

ellaella — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:28:01 +0000

We're just in synch, cj -- a good thing!

cjwriter on "Adding a badge"

cjwriter — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:12:22 +0000

Sorry ellaella, didn't see you there... and why's that darn edit button still there if you can't click it? Must be just to torment me. :)

cjwriter on "Adding a badge"

cjwriter — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:10:29 +0000

No, it looks like the code uses flash which is something we can't embed on WordPress blogs for security reasons. As a rule any badges which are dynamic (that change or keep updating) usually won't be able to be used on our blogs as they require scripts we can't use; something which is static is usually okay and has a shorter code.
http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/10/23/can-i-add-flash-video-embed-other-media/
http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/javascript-can-i-use-that-on-my-blog/

You could try taking a screen shot when you're on their site, then add the image to your blog; it won't change but you can link it to the site, so anyone who clicks it will still get there. Hope that helps.
http://faq.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/how-do-i-make-a-screenshot/

ellaella on "Adding a badge"

ellaella — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:08:24 +0000

That's shockwave flash, which is indeed not allowed here, along with javascript and iframes. If there's an HTML version, you could use that.

lisajt on "Adding a badge"

lisajt — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:00:39 +0000

I am trying to add a badge to my site from sixdegrees.org . I'm assuming it contains code that I'm not allowed to upload? It doesn't look anything like the badge example on the WordPress help pages.