Today I am doing something a little different for PCMech. I am releasing a WordPress plug-in.
To those not familiar with it for some reason, WordPress is blogging software. It is open source and free, which has resulted in it being VERY popular. We use WordPress to power PCMech itself.
PCMech is now running LIVE on PCMech Live, using the platform provided by the fine folks at Ustream.Tv. When I went to implement Ustream on this website, I wanted the ability to switch between more than one show. See, I want flexibility to show somebody else’s Ustream show here on PCMech in the event that I am offline for awhile. Ustream does provide code to embed the live feed into a website, but it is not dynamic.
So, I created the WP-Ustream WordPress plug-in. Here is a short video showing the plug-in in use. You can view out new page on WordPress and check out the page on WP-Ustream.
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has it been tested with word press 2.8.2?
I’m running a fresh install of WPMU 2.8.2 and it doesn’t work. Ran great on WPMU 2.7.1, but no luck on 8. Looking for a workaround right now
Will there ever be an update to make this compatible with new versions of WP?
seems like no one is following us on here
we might be SOL.
Hi, the problem is the hooking with the admin panel. In the file wp-ustream.php change the lines 122 – 129 in this way:
function wpustream_add_options_page()
{
add_options_page(‘Ustream Options’, ‘Ustream’, 5, ‘ustream/options-ustream.php’, ”);
}
/* Action calls for all functions */
add_action(‘admin_menu’, ‘wpustream_add_options_page’);
add_filter(‘the_content’, ‘wpustream_callback’, 7);
I hope this help you
That code is slightly wrong, here is the fixed code:
function wpustream_add_options_page()
{
add_options_page(‘Ustream Options’, ‘Ustream’, 5, ‘ustream/options-ustream.php’);
}
/* Action calls for all functions */
add_action(‘admin_menu’, ‘wpustream_add_options_page’);
add_filter(‘the_content’, ‘wpustream_callback’, 7);
Also, watch for curly quotes if doing a copy/paste.