coachdebra

Actually in my previous wordpress incarnation, we did use a custom field. My designer coded his own plugin. But when I switched from aMember to Wishlist Member that would no longer work.

See, I didn’t want to hide the entire post, like I had to with aMember. The advantage of Wishlist Member is that you can have member’s only information hidden on an otherwise public post. But you need to sandwich the information between 2 bits of code. And putting the sandwich code into the custom field didn’t work, believe me I tried!

So, I had to have the audio acrobat <iframe> code in the body of the post. Hence the issue with the code disappearing and the solution with the [iframe] plugin.

And that’s working – so you may want to add that possibility into your support documentation.

BTW – I love audio acrobat!

Since that whole conversation went so far above my head – I think I’ll stick with my plugin ??

Did you download and activate the plugin first? Beyond that, ya got me..

You’re always welcome to contact me via my website https://artists-edge.com

The codes I’m talking about are in your posts/pages. Just as a way to make the iframe code work with the plugin, but replacing html with css (I think – but I’m not a coder)

When you paste in an iframe code it starts with <iframe…. And ends with ></iframe>

As I stated above:
I was advised to replace 2 pieces of their code as follows:
1) at the beginning of the string:
<iframe
Is replaced with
[iframe_loader

2) At the end of the string:
></iframe>
is replaced with
]

coachdebra – you are quite correct. I can’t tell you why I posted that late last night – things look different in the morning!

LOL – they say that sleep deprivation is as bad as being drunk….

No worries ??

Right – TinyMCE – they mentioned that at the WP Genius bar.

I’ve fixed the issue for myself – see my post above with my solution – and thanks again to the SXSW WordPress Genius bar! They rocked this non-techie’s world!

Debra

Alexis403 – As long as you have validation errors like this, https://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3a%2f%2fwww.findinghopewithin.com%2f your site will never function perfectly with all browsers.

coachdebra – You might want to validate your site also. I did not have a url to do so.

I have no idea what that means – or how it pertains to this issue. This is not a browser issue at all. It’s a glitch within wordpress itself.

My url is https://artists-edge.com

OK folks! I return from SXSW with an answer to this problem! I stopped at the Exhibit WordPress Genius Bar and worked with 2 people there to solve this issue.

First, what exactly is happening. It seems that there is both a bug and a feature that is causing this issue. It is basically a misunderstanding in how the visual reader is reading the html code. So, it’s all in the wysiwyg viewer interface with the html viewer.

The result is that the wysiwyg viewer deletes code it doesn’t know how to show.

But there is a solution:
Install the plugin “Easy iFrame Loader” and activate it.

Now, there seems to be some complicated formatting that it’s asking you to do. I use AudioAcrobat and they do all the formatting on their end. And, frankly I don’t know html or code, so didn’t want to touch that.

I was advised to replace 2 pieces of their code as follows:
1) at the beginning of the string:
<iframe
Is replaced with
[iframe_loader

2) At the end of the string:
></iframe>
is replaced with
]

Very simple. It works and conserves the formatting done for me.

HTH
Debra

hey folks – I’m at SXSW – and just met a developer that says he has a plugin solution for this – but couldn’t find it at that instant. I’ll follow up with him after the conference and share what I learn.

Warm regards,
Debra

In the previous form of my website, I used a custom field to contain the iframe and that maintained it through editing. However, I use wishlist now and the custom field doesn’t support the codes to hide the content from non-members.

So, you may find a custom field solves the issue for you. But it’s still an issue for me.

Forgive me Otto – but your argument is a bandaid. The power of WordPress is the ability to use the html and the wysiwyg visual editor. To say, just don’t use the visual editor because wordpress is broken is like saying to someone with a broken leg – just don’t walk.

This is a wordpress design flaw and as such WORDPRESS DESIGNERS should fix it.

I too use the visual editor more than the html editor. I’m not a coder – that’s why I USE wordpress….

This is clearly a problem – it needs to be fixed – wordpress – you guys listening?

I’m having the same issue – I use audio acrobat to host my audio and they use iframes for accessing their site. WordPress simply doesn’t like iframes (this according to audioacrobat’s website) and will simply erase the code. Very annoying.

I do find that if I enter the code as the very last thing I do, save it and close the page or post – the iframe code is still there and works. But if I have to reopen the post – for ANY reason, even just to add a comma or correct spelling. The next save deletes the code. I’ve been going to older saves and copying the code from there – but this is a real pain in the butt.

Is there a plugin or workaround? I can create a download link for the mp3, no problem. But I want to give people a way to just play the audio recording while in the post.

Looking for a good workaround for this. And ideally not one where I upload the mp3 to the site and use a player plugin – but if that’s the only fix, I can do that.

This happened last week too, when I was working on a similar post. So if it happens again, I’ll take it live and let you know.

Hey Esmi – yeah, I deleted it without taking it live. It was showing up in the previews while in draft.

OK, third time of deleting post and reentering it from scratch, and I finally got it to accept pictures w/o the weird echo.