Powerful Plugins: Embedding Videos and Creating a Light Box for Your Images
August 2, 2010
Another great post from guest blogger D’vorah Lansky:
Continuing with our guest blogging series, today we are going to talk about two WordPress plugins that can enhance your site for showcasing your videos, graphics and media.
WordPress plugins not only enhance your site’s functionality, they can also enhance your ability to build relationships online. There are thousands upon thousands of plugins to choose from in the WordPress directory.
Take care as you don’t want to use too many plugins as they can slow down your site and in some cases even interfere with your blog being displayed properly.
EmbedIt Plugin
If you have ever tried to pop audio or video code into the html section of your video post, only to find that your video either doesn’t show up or that it disappears after one viewing, you will want to know about the EmbedIt plugin for WordPress.
This is a simple plugin that allows you to embed any audio or video code into a post or a page. What you do is paste the code into the “custom field” section, down the page below your post. In the “Custom” field, assign (type in)any key from HTML1 through HTML9 to your audio or video code.
Then scroll back up to your post and type in the corresponding key (example – , into your post in the location where you want your video to be displayed. You can post up to nine audios and/or videos per page or post. Just take care to assign each audio or video its own code, placing each code snippet into a different custom field.
If you want your video to be centered, simply enter “
” (without the quotes) before the audio or video code and “” (without the quotes) at the end of the video code. Have fun with this plugin and enjoy the ease with which you can now add audio and video to your blog.
To download the plugin – visit the following site. Scroll down and provide them with an email address where you’d like them to send the download link to the plugin. They will not add you to a list and they don’t send out any email aside from this. Enjoy! http://www.matteoionescu.com/wordpress/embed-html/ J Query Colorbox One way to strengthen relationships and keep people on your site longer is to set up a light box for your images that share more about who you are, what your interests are and what services you are offering to others. I’ve been researching light box plugins for close to a year, this one is “my new best friend” and is “stupid simple”. Simply install and activate the plugin. When uploading images, leave the url to the image intact. Then, when someone clicks on any of your images, they will pop out in a gorgeous light box. What Colorbox Offers: · 10 themes to chose from · Works out-of-the-box with WordPress galleries · Images are grouped as galleries when linked in the same post or page. Groups can be displayed in an automatic slideshow. For a live example, visit this post and click on the image: Powerful Plugins Please note that as part of the Blog Tour, there is a Commenting and Tweeting contest. You get points for each comment and each tweet about this post – using the hashtag – #blogworldtour . Visit the Blog Tour site (link below) for full contest details. Thanks again Lon for having me as a Guest Blogger on your site! All the best, D’vorah Lansky 
http://powerfulplugins.com/jquery-colorbox-lightbox-pluginI am a raving fan of WordPress and of WordPress plugins and love discovering new and amazing powerful plugins. Do you have a favorite WordPress plugin that you use and highly recommend? Are you looking for a WordPress plugin to accomplish a specific task? Share your comments below and let’s learn from one another.
Dvorah
Relationship Marketing Wizard | Author | Speaker | Educator
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