Comments on: Add a SlideShare Presentation to Your WordPress Site

By: bijane

bijane — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:07:10 +0000

Hi Craig,

I’ve done all this and have the slideshare in my posts, but one problem.

Do you know how can I make it a responsive slideshow window in my WordPress post? When I resize my browser’s window and don’t have it maximized, I can’t see the slides change their sizes proportionally to my browser. I want the slides to become smaller as well!

Would really appreciate it if you could help me.

Thanks,

By: Lane Lester

Lane Lester — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:56:55 +0000

I did the best I could, as described in my December 18th, 2012 @ 9:41 am post above. I think it’s time for me to move on to problems that don’t have a current solution. :-)

My solution for this one is to activate Yoast’s plugin.

Thanks to all for the conversation and suggestions.

Lane

By: Craig Grella

Craig Grella — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:49:23 +0000

Lane,

See PC’s comment about where the shortcode should go. It looks like you might be having trouble with placement.

By: Lane Lester

Lane Lester — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:56:43 +0000

I regret that is happening. I’m using a plugin to restrict access to registered members, and I forgot to make this page publicly visible while working on this plugin.

It should show up now.

By: Craig Grella

Craig Grella — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:59:09 +0000

Tt’s just showing a message below the post title: Sorry, but you do not have permission to view this content.

That’s a function of a plugin restricting the content view (like a membership or restrictive content plugin). It could also be the post has been set to private.

that’s not a function of the slidehare short code.

By: Lane Lester

Lane Lester — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:41:10 +0000

Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I do know to add shortcodes in the Text (stupid new WP 3.5 name for HTML) tab, but to be sure, I did these steps:
1. Disable Yoast plugin.
2. Switch to edit page in Text tab.
2. Delete shortcode and Update.
3. Paste shortcode and Update.

Still all I get is the shortcode printed at http://www.learninglane.net/chapter-1-raw-materials-of-life/
I’ll leave the page that way for now, in case anyone wants to see it.

As far as other plugins or codes interfering with this function, if it’s true it will remain true. I’d rather use Yoast’s plugin than go through the headache of trying to track down the culprit. Been there, done that. :-)

By: Craig Grella

Craig Grella — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:09:21 +0000

Thanks, @pc. @Lane – let us know that it works, or post a note if you have further issues.

By: PC

PC — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 06:18:26 +0000

Hey Craig, thanks for the superb post :)

@Lane @all : You would just need to paste the embed code in the HTML Editor and not the visual editor and it would work without any issues. I just tested it successfully on my self hosted lab site.

Cheers :)

By: Craig Grella

Craig Grella — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:03:48 +0000

Lane,
The site you’re reading now is a self-hosted site, and, as you can see in this post, i’ve used the shortcode to embed the slideshare player.
It’s possible there is a plugin or other code on your site interfering with the oembed functionality. It’s also possible you’ve entered the code incorrectly.
If you post how you’re trying to use it, we might be able to troubleshoot.

By: Lane Lester

Lane Lester — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:48:47 +0000

I discovered the hard way this doesn’t work with self-hosted sites. As Shea Bunge suggested, a plugin is needed. I installed the one by Yoast, and now all is well.

So I’m grateful for the post, but I think an update is in order.