Do you have Wordpress 2.5 or above installed on your Web site?  Interested in helping us beta test the latest version of our plugin?  First of all, thank you!

Downloading and installation

You can download the latest beta version, 1.1 beta 1, from the wiki page for this plugin.  For anyone not using Wordpress 2.5 or above, version 1.0 is still there for you to use.

Installing Version 1.1 Beta 1 is simple.  Just unzip the file and upload the entire viddlercomments directory to your /plugins/ folder within Wordpress.  Then, go to your plugins page and click Activate on our plugin.  If you are upgrading please be sure to delete the old directory and upload this new one.

What’s new in 1.1 Beta 1?

Here is a quick list of the changes between version 1.0 and version 1.1 of our Wordpress plugin.  We plan on keeping these features locked until 1.1 is completed, only fixing bugs between now and official release.

  • Dashboard widget You can now watch, and help promote, our daily featured videos right from within the Wordpress administration dashboard.  There is a preference in the options panel to turn this off.
  • Viddler videos in Add Media pop-up One of Wordpress 2.5’s flagship features is the new “Add media” pop-up window when writing posts and pages.  Now, you can add Viddler videos in several ways.
    • Featured videos Like on the dashboard widget, you are now able to embed featured videos quickly.
    • Your videos One quick search for your username, and you can page through every public video you have on Viddler and embed them in your posts.
    • Search! The search features lets you find, and embed, any video on Viddler by searching by tag and/or username.
    • Record Using your webcam, or any camera attached to your computer, you can use Viddler’s recorder to quickly record a brand-new video and embed it in your post, all without leaving your Wordpress admin.
  • Fixed Wordpress 2.5 jQuery conflict Both our plugin and Wordpress use jQuery, the state-of-the-art Javascript framework, and version 1.0 of our plugin causes conflicts with Wordpress 2.5.  Now that is fixed!
  • Several other bugs fixes and enhancements.

Video demonstration!

We wouldn’t be Viddler if we didn’t have a quick video demonstration of this version of our plugin.  Now, remember, this is still in Beta so some things may change between now and the official release.

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This video was embedded using our latest beta version, nifty!

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