adding slideshare to blog

That code is for wordpress.com blogs. (Actually says that on their page) Not regular wordpress blogs. Try using the “embed into your blog” code.

thanks for your reply. i don’t know the “embed into your blog” code. where do i use it?
thanks!

Sounds like you are in the Visual edit mode, not the Code edit mode.

From /***/wp-admin/post-new.php , click on Code tab (moving from the default Visual WYSIWYG mode, if there)

Cut and paste code from SlideShare ‘Embed in your blog’

Note: as noted by drmike above, not the ‘Embed (wordpress.com)’ code unless you are using WordPress for hosting.

Caveat: If you go back to Visual mode, (seen in WP 2.3.1) behind the scenes, WordPress messes with the code, typically moving the “/object” tag up in the code block

What I do, which saves considerable frustration:

1. Write the complete post without the embed code, leaving myself a placeholder note as in “[insert slideshare here]”
2. After all previews and any editing, go to Code tab if not already there, replace the placeholder note with cut-and-pasted code from SlideShare
3. Click on ‘Publish’ (never going into Visual mode)