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Firefox Toolbar widget sucks. I'm desperate, please help.
Yes, I'm desperate.
My Firefox Toolbar Vodpod widget for loading slideshows to Wordpress almost never works. Ie it says it can't find the code, I copy it into the box, but no preview, nothing to send to the blog. But twice this process has randomly worked - Still, I'm sick of it. If over a period of months and hundreds of tries it is going to randomly successfully go through the process, I'm not interested!! Is there anything I can do about this???? I've tried posting on wordpress but my post is ignored. I've tried posting here too and it has been ignored. No information I've found on Vodpod helps.
My Firefox Toolbar Vodpod widget for loading slideshows to Wordpress almost never works. Ie it says it can't find the code, I copy it into the box, but no preview, nothing to send to the blog. But twice this process has randomly worked - Still, I'm sick of it. If over a period of months and hundreds of tries it is going to randomly successfully go through the process, I'm not interested!! Is there anything I can do about this???? I've tried posting on wordpress but my post is ignored. I've tried posting here too and it has been ignored. No information I've found on Vodpod helps.
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cathyc -- our Firefox extension is for sharing videos from YouTube and other sites that offer an embed code for their videos. That's why it's called the Share Videos button.
It is not designed or built for sharing slideshows or other similar, embeddable objects on Wordpress.com blogs. Yes, it does work for that purpose occasionally, but it's not designed for that. And, because we're a small team and focused totally on helping people to collect videos (or to post them to their blogs) we just don't have the resources or time to handle support this kind of use.
Sorry your frustrated and you think the button sucks, but you're trying to use the Share Videos button for something it is not designed to do.
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Inappropriate?cathyc -- our Firefox extension is for sharing videos from YouTube and other sites that offer an embed code for their videos. That's why it's called the Share Videos button.
It is not designed or built for sharing slideshows or other similar, embeddable objects on Wordpress.com blogs. Yes, it does work for that purpose occasionally, but it's not designed for that. And, because we're a small team and focused totally on helping people to collect videos (or to post them to their blogs) we just don't have the resources or time to handle support this kind of use.
Sorry your frustrated and you think the button sucks, but you're trying to use the Share Videos button for something it is not designed to do.
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Inappropriate?So prove it ! Make a wiki or guide to use this tool. Thanks -
Inappropriate?@Philip Barton -- they already exist, in lots of (contextually appropriate) places.
Some examples:
Firefox Extension install page
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fire...
Button Help Page (linked to from the Firefox page)
http://vodpod.com/vpbutton/help
A number of posts on the FAQs section of our blog:
http://blog.vodpod.com/frequently-ask...
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Inappropriate?I have looked at those solutions already. But what I get is a blank box in the preview, and a message saying vidio missing and a button to get help with the community forum, which helps me NOT ONE BIT!!! That's why I'm desperate. The doodad would be so wonderful if it worked.
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@cathyc -- did you see my previous response to your issue? i think the problem you're having is that you're trying to use our tool for a purpose it's not designed to handle. the vodpod button sucks at embedding slideshows because it's not designed to be used with slideshows. -
Inappropriate?Let me see if I understand now. I can expect it to randomly work now and then - I have 2 successful slideshows to prove it - but that is all??? It is a random act of a nice God which is giving me a couple of slideshows but mostly disappointing me?! I don't mean this to sound rude, I'm just trying to understand....
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Inappropriate?I have tried reinstalling the widget and seems to have worked. Thanks, it is certainly a good product.
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