what happened to ThickBox?

[Cheryl Colan]

I just installed the latest version of vPIP into the latest WordPress.
I am using the media entry interface.

On the Options > vPIP Config page there is a checkbox for "Enable
ThickBox?" - I have it checked.

My videos do not play in a ThickBox.

I don't see anywhere else, either in the vPIP Config or on individual
posts, that would tell vPIP to play my videos in ThickBox.

Am I missing something? What?

Thanks in advance.

Cheryl Colan

[Enric]

ThickBox is not yet implemented through the Media Entry of videos.  It works by directly inputting the vPIP HTML code on a post (also using the vPIP Code Generator to do that) or through automatically generated vPIP entries (like the comments with video links that automatically become vPIP Thickbox entries.)

  -- Enric

[Cheryl Colan]

Thank you. I thought I remembered differently. Looks like I'm mistaken. Now I wonder how Robert Croma makes his videos play in ThickBox at http://robertcroma.com? They play in thickbox the first time you click the poster image. If you close the video and click again, they play in place on the page.

Cheryl

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[Enric]

Good question, I'd also be curious how he switches from ThickBox to regular vPIP embed.

  ;)

[Robert Croma]

Cheryl,

I've always used the manual vPIP code generator instead for each entry
since I switched to WordPress. Enric had said Thickbox wouldn't work
with the Vlogsplosion or the Media Entry interface and Thick Box was
something I'd wanted.

I was having problems with Thick Box initially. After viewing then
closing the Thick Box video the thumbnail would disappear. Enric
pointed out my vPIP code was messed up:

"The code for vPIP is messed up. On the first entry there is:

<div class="hVlog" style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<p class= "hVlog" style="text-align: center"> <a href= "http://blip.tv/
file/get/Croma-ElvisWasADream886.mov" onclick="vPIPPlay(this,
'width=480, height=360', '', 'active=true'); return false;"
class="hVlogTarget" type="video/quicktime">< br />
<img src=" http://panther2.video.blip.tv/Croma-ElvisWasADream322.jpg" /
></ a></p>
<p align="center">< a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Croma-
ElvisWasADream886.mov" onclick="vPIPPlay(this, 'width=480,
height=360', '', 'active=true'); return false;" type= "video/
quicktime">Quicktime</a></p>

There should be only a <div class= "hVlog" ...> containing the code
and not <p class="hVlog" ...>."

He suggested I used the Text Control plugin: http://dev.wp-plugins.org/wiki/TextControl

and that I set it to "No Formatting" for Posts & Excerpts. That way
the HTML code for vPIP won't be modified.

Worked great after that except for some reason I got one play in Thick
Box and the second play embedded. I've no idea why this is occurring
but I'm certainly fine with it. The best of both worlds and at least
now I retain my thumbnails!

On Mar 16, 10:44 pm, Enric <enric.me...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Good question, I'd also be curious how he switches from ThickBox to regular
> vPIP embed.
>
> ;)
>

> On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Cheryl Colan <cheryl.co...@gmail.com>

> wrote:
>
> > Thank you. I thought I remembered differently. Looks like I'm mistaken.
> > Now I wonder how Robert Croma makes his videos play in ThickBox at

> >http://robertcroma.com?They play in thickbox the first time you click the

> > poster image. If you close the video and click again, they play in place on
> > the page.
>
> > Cheryl
>

> > On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Enric <enric.me...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > ThickBox is not yet implemented through the Media Entry of videos. It
> > > works by directly inputting the vPIP HTML code on a post (also using the
> > > vPIP Code Generator to do that) or through automatically generated vPIP
> > > entries (like the comments with video links that automatically become vPIP
> > > Thickbox entries.)
>
> > > -- Enric
>

> > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Cheryl Colan <cheryl.co...@gmail.com>

[Cheryl Colan]

Hurray! Thanks for explaining what's going on, Robert. I wonder if Enric will be surprised to learn that vPIP is seemingly loading the second play "in place" instead of in thickbox all by itself...

Your solution isn't what I want for myself, but maybe thickbox will eventually get added to the Media Entry Interface.

Cheryl