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I had some issues getting the code to render the video on the how-to page itself. For now I have the video "hosted" in a code block on a page on my site. I'll dig into this later. It seems like a caching issue, but clearing my cache didn't solve the problem. Copying the code block to a different page did the trick.
In spite of my difficulties, it really is simple to set up and embed!
-Ed
Community Admin
> clearing my cache didn't solve the problem
> Copying the code block to a different page did the trick
As I never seem to be able to avoid those caching issues by clearing the FF cache, I'm using the following when updating code blocks to be iframed: I add an empty [[code]]/[[/code]] block before my code block and increase the iframe URL from …/code/n to …/code/n+1
When finished, I copy the final code into the first (empty) code block, wait an hour or two and then change …/code/n to …/code/1 and delete all code blocks except the first.
That's the only way for me to avoid caching issues.
I found an easy way to fix caching issues.
Simply make changes to a code block, save the page, then merely view the admin:manage page.
Apparently the ManageSite module recaches all code-blocks, just in case you are about to import one into a custom CSS theme.
These are both good tips. Thanks guys. I'm filing them in the back of my brain right now…
-Ed
Community Admin
> save the page, then merely view the admin:manage page
I had read and tried that when you had posted it some time ago. Didn't work for me either. (And I'm very suspicious why viewing a certain page would invalidate the local FF cache.)
I just stumbled upon this older thread. Does anyone know if this helps for sure? I suppose it can't hurt put it in.
-Ed
Community Admin
But I think it's something that belongs in the Wikidot Snippets. The reason being, the community how-tos should be a collection of howto essentials, or how to do things IN Wikidot rather than embedded stuff.
I mean, Cornify is awesome, but it's a snippet, not a how-to.
I was really struggling with where to post this. One thing that's always bugged me a bit is that there are too many places for help/tips/how-to/. Plus, snippets.wikidot.com is not referred to as "snippets" on most of the public links. It's "Code Solutions" in the footer menu on wikidot.com and simply "Solutions" under the Help & Doc menu here on the community site. If I'm looking for the snippets site, it can be confusing if I don't watch my status bar while hovering over the links.
I think the line between "how-tos" and snippets is very fuzzy. There are a number of "how to embed (something)" on both sites.
Because snippets are on a separate wiki, it can be hard to find things unless you know where to look. When I'm trying to reference something I recalled seeing in the past, I have a hell of a time tracking it down if I can't remember where I saw it. It can be frustrating to search multiple sites.
Sorry, I'm rambling here. At some point, I'd like to see the community help and how-to stuff all rolled up into one wiki to make find things neater, cleaner and easier to find.
I'll move this over to the snippets site later. It seems that site has the lead in the number of "how to embed (something)" race.
-Ed
Community Admin
i have my FF set to dump every thing (history- cookies etc) on closing.
so for times like this i just shut it down and fire it up again
seems to do the trick.
I do almost the same, but i like to hang onto my cookies so I don't have to keep logging back in to Wikidot. For some reason the Animoto page wasn't cooperating. I'm going to try Erich's and James' tricks the next time.
-Ed
Community Admin