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Google Audio Widget not displaying correctly in Internet Explorer
I'm trying to use the Google Audio Widget (http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/mp3) on my blog. It looks fine when I view the pages using Firefox, but not in Internet Explorer (7). Is there a plug-in I need to update? I just updated the Flash player for IE, and that gets me closer, but the right side of the widget still doesn't display correctly.
The main concern I have is that I get an error for the page (object missing) which reveals the URL of the original audio file, something I'd prefer not be available to the reader.
I also have not been able to install the html panel for Blogger. The code that Widgetbox gives me for the blogger set-up is the same as for the actual post, so any html panel I add to the sidebar ends up just being another copy of the widget I want to include in the post.
I'm running Windows XP, not Vista, but I noticed the problem on a Vista machine today.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance,
WRE
The main concern I have is that I get an error for the page (object missing) which reveals the URL of the original audio file, something I'd prefer not be available to the reader.
I also have not been able to install the html panel for Blogger. The code that Widgetbox gives me for the blogger set-up is the same as for the actual post, so any html panel I add to the sidebar ends up just being another copy of the widget I want to include in the post.
I'm running Windows XP, not Vista, but I noticed the problem on a Vista machine today.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance,
WRE
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Here are the two options for Blogger:
1. Add to blogger - You click a button, we add a page element. You can drag and drop it wherever you want in Blogger's layout UI.
2. Add to blogger post - If you don't want the widget in your sidebar, but you want to use it in your post, you can use this option. People often do this if there's (for example) a financial widget that relates to something that they're blogging about.
The two options are not related to eachother. It's just two different ways to add a widget to your blogger page.
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For your issues with the widget, you can contact the developer: widgets@serverboy.net
Regarding the code being the same for the sidebar as a post, I'm not sure what you'd want to be different. The widget code snippet is the same wherevr you'd like to install it. If you don't want it on the page twice, then you can just install it to one location instead of two on your page.
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Inappropriate?For your issues with the widget, you can contact the developer: widgets@serverboy.net
Regarding the code being the same for the sidebar as a post, I'm not sure what you'd want to be different. The widget code snippet is the same wherevr you'd like to install it. If you don't want it on the page twice, then you can just install it to one location instead of two on your page.
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Thanks for the reply Dave.
I have emailed the developer - hopefully he'll get back to me.
Regarding the sidebar aspect, according to the Blogger instructions from Widgetbox, my understanding was that there was a bit of code (presummably not visible on the page) that needed to go into the sidebar, as a part of your template. Once that was installed, you would use a separate script (the "Blogger post" version) that would go into an individual post.
Thus, my understanding was that there needed to be 2 parts - the part in the sidebar and the part in the individual post(s).
FYI, I updated Flash, Java, and anything else I could find and it still doesn't appear correctly in IE7.
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Inappropriate?Here are the two options for Blogger:
1. Add to blogger - You click a button, we add a page element. You can drag and drop it wherever you want in Blogger's layout UI.
2. Add to blogger post - If you don't want the widget in your sidebar, but you want to use it in your post, you can use this option. People often do this if there's (for example) a financial widget that relates to something that they're blogging about.
The two options are not related to eachother. It's just two different ways to add a widget to your blogger page.
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That clears it up. Might be helpful to preface the Blogger instructions with a blurb about this. Might also help if I weren't trying to do this with a prolonged sleep deficit.
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Well to be fair, we'll take both under consideration ;)
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Inappropriate?Hey, I'm the dev for that widget. That problem's my bad. Should be fixed now. Sorry for the inconvenience!5 Comments Add a comment
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THAT's what I'm talking about...
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Looks great! Working correctly in all my posts now. Thanks for the update.
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the widget still does not display correctly in IE 8...:(
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thanks Matt! the widget looks great now on IE 8...thanks for the fix! :D
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Inappropriate?HI Matt
I am still getting the same message:
Message: Object required
Line: 11
Char: 1
Code: 0
URI: http://widgets.serverboy.net/googleau...
Again, working fine in Chome and Firefox on XP.
Many thanks Matt - great widget BTW.
Dominic
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Hi Dominic!
I've been having some server troubles lately, so that may be the issue. Also, check which version of Flash you're running. Older versions (or Lite versions) may not work with the widget.
Matt
