Everything should work even without plugins if:
– you don’t use the dumb wysiwyg editor
– search for correct examples in the forum
I just copied the code from here and pasted into a test blog (wysiwyg is always killed on my blogs!) and it works perfectly.
That code works but won’t validate. Try this code:
<object width="480" height="360">
<param name="movie" value="http://voicethread.com/book.swf?b=3227" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
</object>
Your main problem though is the visual editor, as stated above. Use the code editor, or disable “rich text” editing entirely.
(Ok, I didn’t try to validate it, just pasted into a local xampp install 🙂
Well, I didn’t actually validate it either, I just know that embed won’t ever validate in anything, anywhere. embed is not a valid tag in any flavor of HTML or XHTML.
Thread Starter
deanm
(@deanm)
I want to thank both of you for taking the time to try to help me out . . . unfortunately it’s still not working.
I have the Visual Editor off, I tried it in two different browsers, I tried it an external application (MarsEdit). I tried them all with the original version and the version Otto42 provided. Each time nothing comes up and, when I go back to edit it, the code I pasted in isn’t there anymore.
I’ve searched for the answer, and I’ve seen this problem mentioned. However if a solution was provided, I didn’t understand. So I apologize in advance for my ignorance, but if anyone knows how I can fix it, I would appreciate it.
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deanm
(@deanm)
I’ve tried installing the “Disable wpautop Plugin” but that didn’t work. It still strips out all the code I pasted in.
I also found this:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/106009?replies=10
The “correct invalid XHTML” in the options area is turned off, but it did mention something about editing the formatting.php file. Except that was 5 months ago and is referring to something in 2.1. I’m running 2.2.1, do you think that this applies? Isn’t that going to do what the “Disable wpautop Plugin” was supposed to do?
Then you are doing something wrong.
Without editing any core files and other tricks it should work if the wysiwyg is turned off. NOT switching between Code and Visual but completely turned off!
Thread Starter
deanm
(@deanm)
Just to be sure we’re talking about the same thing, when you say “the wysiwyg is turned off,” do you mean the box in front of “Use the visual editor when writing” in the Profile is unchecked? Or do you mean something else?
Thread Starter
deanm
(@deanm)
Okay, I figured out the problem. My blog is on a WordPress MU install which has tighter restrictions than a regular WordPress install. There’s a hack here. After I followed those directions, it worked. Although WPMU developers will tell you you’re opening yourself up to problems if you do that, so use at your own risk.
