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Trying to embed bandcamp.com player in a blog post

  1. timtfj
    Member

    I'm trying to embed a bandcamp,com player for this track in a blog post. The share/embed link on the bandcamp page generates this code for wordpress.com:

    [bandcamp track=1234984057 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB size=venti]

    and this code for wordpress.org:

    <iframe width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1234984057/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"><a href="http://mariancall.bandcamp.com/track/got-to-fly">Got to Fly by Marian Call</a></iframe>

    Neither succeeds in embedding the player. The wordpress.com version doesn't get displayed in the post at all, and the wordpress.org version is just converted into a link to the bandcamp,com page, ignoring the iframe tags.

    Any suggestions?

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

  2. timethief
    Member

    I'm sorry but iframes are not supported here for security reasons so the software is stripping the code out. http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/

    audio player > http://en.support.wordpress.com/audio/
    Alternative audio players > http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/alternative-audio-players/

  3. timtfj
    Member

    And the shortcode? That's supposedly generated for wordpress.com—unlike iframe it isn't being stripped out of the post, but neither is it displaying anything.

  4. timethief
    Member

    Wow! I just placed the code you have for wordpress.com in my test blog in the HTML and it's working fine.

  5. timethief
    Member

    Try it again because I don't see why I can copy and paste the shortcode into the HTML editor and have it work and you can't.

  6. timtfj
    Member

    I'll try again in my test blog—could it be theme-dependent?

  7. raincoaster
    Member

    Are you putting it in the Visual editor or the HTML editor? Whichever it is, try the other.

  8. timtfj
    Member

    It's a browser problem. I've just tried switching browsers. The player is visible in Firefox 3.6, but doesn't appear in Opera 11.11, which is my usual browser.

  9. timethief
    Member

    Ahhh ... that explains it.

  10. timethief
    Member

    BTW you can upgrade any browser here > http://browsehappy.com

  11. timtfj
    Member

    Thanks for the link! I seem to be one version ahead of them (Opera 11.11 as opposed to 11.10) but I've bookmarked it for future use when I finally try out Chrome. :-)

  12. timethief
    Member

    You're welcome and happy blogging. :)

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