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1. hesspartacus
   Member
   Jul 14, 2010, 1:13 PM

   I am trying to embed the following code into a wordpress.com blog post:

   <object width="466" height="138"><param name="movie" value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/external/player.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><param name="FlashVars" value="playlist=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ebbc%2Eco%2Euk%2F6music%2Femp%2Fxml%2Fnews%2Faudio%2Fjohnlydon2%2Exml&config_settings_skin=silver&config_settings_displayMode=audio&config_settings_showFooter=true&"></param><embed src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/external/player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="466" height="138" FlashVars="playlist=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ebbc%2Eco%2Euk%2F6music%2Femp%2Fxml%2Fnews%2Faudio%2Fjohnlydon2%2Exml&config_settings_skin=silver&config_settings_displayMode=audio&config_settings_showFooter=true&"></embed></object>

   I have tried pasting the code directly in the post, and using the add media from URL option. Neither is working. Can anyone help?

   Cheers.

   The blog I need help with is hesspartacus.wordpress.com.

2. andrewspittle
   Happiness Engineer
   Jul 14, 2010, 3:29 PM

   Sorry but that embed code will not run on a WordPress.com blog. We remove JavaScript, Flash, and iFrames for security reasons.

   We have full details on this at:
   http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/

3. hallluke
   Member
   Jul 14, 2010, 7:44 PM

   If you view the XML file the code points to you can easily embed just the MP3 file using the audio shortcode.

   The link is http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/6music/emp/news/audio/johnlydon2.mp3

   lh

4. hesspartacus
   Member
   Jul 16, 2010, 4:03 PM

   Fantastic! That worked a treat!

5. hesspartacus
   Member
   Jul 16, 2010, 4:10 PM

   One other question, hallluke:

   Where did you find the URL for the link? It isn't in the code.

6. hallluke
   Member
   Jul 17, 2010, 3:36 AM

   It is in the code you just have to replace some of the character codings, for example %2f is a /slash/ %3a is a :colon: and %2e is a .period. The URL is in the code twice, following the word "playlist" each time.

   lh

7. thesacredpath
   Member
   Jul 17, 2010, 4:03 AM

   You might also see if the you can embed it through vodpod button for wordpress.

   http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/vodpod/
   http://vodpod.com/wordpress/

   I don't know whether it will work with BBC videos or not, but it might be worth a try. It works with virtually everything else.

8. thesacredpath
   Member
   Jul 17, 2010, 4:04 AM

   Actually, I was thinking video rather than audio. Just ignore me.

   :-)

9. hallluke
   Member
   Jul 17, 2010, 12:58 PM

   Just to make it clear, the link will be for an xml file which points to the mp3. You can safely ignore everything after the &ampersands& as they aren't important. Here's the link so you can see:

   http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/emp/xml/news/audio/johnlydon2.xml

   lh

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