Video comment plugin 1.0 for Wordpress
Back in late January, we asked you to test an idea we had for a video commenting plugin for Wordpress.
Since that time we’ve privately released nearly nine versions of the plugin to about 50 beta testers. From their feedback, we’ve been hard at work creating what I’m excited to be able to release to you today: The first public version of our plugin called the Video companion plugin for Wordpress.
Not just for comments anymore
Commenting with video on any Wordpress-powered blog is a lot of fun, and more and more people are trying it out each day. But, our plugin isn’t limited to only enabling video comments. After the first few versions were released, we saw an immediate need for the same functionality to be available from within the Wordpress administrative area - directly on the Write post page. Now you’re able to record with your webcam or include a video that you’ve already uploaded to Viddler, right from our blog’s administrative area, into a new post with speed and ease.
Talk about a time saver! We think you’ll really like it.
Test it out!
Want to kick the tires? You can download a copy for yourself from our wiki page for this plugin, or - you can try it out on a few of the blogs that already have this plugin installed. Here is a short list of only some of the great web sites that have already installed and tested our plugin for us.
- cdevroe.com
- leoville.com
- mattbrett.com
- robertsandie.com
- dangerouslyawesome.com
- indyhall.org
- thesirdanny.com
- marialanger.com
- edwinvillanueva.com
- idoitdigital.com
Want to show off your installation of the plugin? You can do that by adding your site to the growing list of web sites that have installed. All you have to do is edit this page. Aren’t wikis great?
Thanks to our beta testers!
I’d like to personally thank all of the beta testers that helped us get to version 1.0 of the plugin. I had a great time working until the wee hours to get it setup correctly for your site, and releasing a few versions a day sometimes. It has been fun.
So - go grab the plugin (you may download it here too)!
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chrisclark says
February 26, 2008 - 7:26 pmcongrats on the release.
Colin Devroe says
February 26, 2008 - 7:45 pmChris Clark: Thanks!
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jasontucker says
March 5, 2008 - 8:33 pmI’m hosted on Dreamhost and im getting this error:
Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated; If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of xml_parser_set_option(). If you would like to enable call-time pass-by-reference, you can set allow_call_time_pass_reference to true in your INI file. in wp-content/plugins/viddlercomments/phpviddler/xmlparser.php on line 63
Colin Devroe says
March 5, 2008 - 8:44 pmJason Tucker: Thanks for reporting the error. My first guess is that your account on DH is set to run PHP5 only? Can you confirm that this is true? If so, see if you can run PHP 4.x as well, and you should be all set.
Otherwise, if you’re savvy enough, you could change the code to use a PHP5 xml parser.
Meantime, I’ll see if I can include a way to fix this in the next release of the plugin, so that people have the choice.
jasontucker says
March 5, 2008 - 10:01 pmSorry to gum up the comments here. I feel that speaking about things like this in the public will ease up your support staffs allowing people to do google searches to answers to these sort of problems.
Heres some info from phpinfo();
http://www.tuckertales.com/phpinfo.php
PHP Version 5.2.3
Directive
allow_call_time_pass_reference Off
Since I’m running php 5 it looks like that along with not being able to set allow_call_time_pass to be turned on.
As a side note:
” allow_call_time_pass_reference boolean
Whether to warn when arguments are passed by reference at function call time. This method is deprecated and is likely to be unsupported in future versions of PHP/Zend. The encouraged method of specifying which arguments should be passed by reference is in the function declaration. You’re encouraged to try and turn this option Off and make sure your scripts work properly with it in order to ensure they will work with future versions of the language (you will receive a warning each time you use this feature). “
Colin Devroe says
March 5, 2008 - 10:14 pmJason Tucker: It is fine to use the comment area for support, that is why they are there! It looks like it is just as we suspected!
jasontucker says
March 5, 2008 - 10:33 pmSo I’ve cleared that up by adding “allow_call_time_pass_reference = on” to php.ini using the following info:
http://wiki.dreamhost.com/PHP.ini
Now the problem I’m having is when I click on “choose” to select a video to post I get this error:
Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array in /wp-content/plugins/viddlercomments/viddlergateway.php on line 138
Also I’m unable to record a video since I get an error stating:
Invalid security token - try refreshing the page.
I’m hoping that by fixing the former it will fix the latter. Any suggestions?
Colin Devroe says
March 5, 2008 - 10:38 pmJason Tucker: Can you give me a link to your site? Or, the site that you have this installed on? I went to your blog, and I don’t see it installed there. I’ll help you troubleshoot and fix the problem.
SMFV1 says
March 5, 2008 - 10:46 pmI am now using WordPress as of two days ago and I am going to give this baby a spin. I wish I could have been part of the testing but I shall report any bugs, if any. This is a GREAT idea. Thanks.
SMFV1 says
March 5, 2008 - 11:09 pmOMG! This thing is AWESOM! FANTASTIC.
I love how the video is not loaded until some one clicks view video. Who ever made this plug deserves big ups/kudos.
Colin Devroe says
March 5, 2008 - 11:26 pmSMFV1: Glad you like the plugin! Be sure to add your site to the list of sites that have the plugin installed!
BoxingHumor says
March 6, 2008 - 12:16 amI just got a cam and now I can record videos. The plug works like a charm.
BoxingHumor says
March 6, 2008 - 12:43 amHey Colin Devroe, is there a way to add someone else’s videos to my blog? Say a buddy of mine has some videos I want to add to my site/blog, is there a way to use the plug and add some of his videos, or can I only add videos I have upload to my viddler account only. Talk to me bro
Colin Devroe says
March 6, 2008 - 12:59 amBoxingHumor: Glad you like the plugin! Funny you should ask about being able to add your friends videos. Coming soon!
BoxingHumor says
March 6, 2008 - 2:08 amColin Devroe, another question is….
Is there a way to control or manage the way the viddler THUMBNAIL is displayed? The reason why I ask is..
I have two viddler videos up and yet the thumbnails are not even close to the same size
See for your self:
http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail_2_c709da79.jpg
http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail_2_455af877.jpg
This is how two of my thumbnails look.
I much rather have them small like the first one. I am assuming this is in proportion to the actaul video size we made right? If so, is there any way we can have control over the size thumbnail display of the image itself? I would much rather have them uniform if you know what I mean.
Sorry to be a pain in the buttocks but I thought I would just ask.
Thanks.
SMFV1 says
March 6, 2008 - 4:26 amIf you haven’t noticed by now, I am SMFV1 and BoxingHumor.
On my old account, I had 39 videos and when I went to browse my videos thru the plugin feature, only 36 videos would show and the videos I wanted to show were the last videos on that list but they were not showing up. I had to delete a bunch of videos anyway and now I can see the videos I wanted to add to my site. Now does the browse feature stop at 36? It looks like it does to me. What if other people have more than 36 videos?
BTW, I sent you a pm because my last post I made here was not/is not showing up.
Thanks.
Colin Devroe says
March 6, 2008 - 4:29 amSMFV1: You’re tricky!! The plugin only shows the PUBLIC videos that you have, not the private or shared ones. Private or Shared videos will not display correctly, so we simply do not include them in the list. The list does not stop at 36, I have hundreds of videos, and can see all of them.
Thanks for the questions!
nahnu says
March 6, 2008 - 10:37 ami have a same problem with jasontucker, my blog: http://www.nahnu.org
my blog is hosted on Dreamhost, I’m getting same errors with jasontucker when clicking both “choose” and “record” options.
is there any solutions?
Colin Devroe says
March 6, 2008 - 8:47 pmnahnu: I have a Dreamhost account, and have been able to use the plugin on my blog there. I’m wondering if there is some light that can be shed on this issue from Dreamhost themselves?
What type of account do you have?
nahnu says
March 7, 2008 - 3:55 amcolin: i think my problem is about “allow_call_time_pass_reference” configuration on my php core. it is “off”. is there a way for giving a directive to turn it on?
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