Lately I wanted to embed a Flash video in a blog post. Unfortunately, the Wordpress editor seems to break the HTML code unless you disable the visual editor.

So for those who want to add Flash animations to their post, here’s how to do it:

1. Download the Kimili Flash Embed plugin for Wordpress.

2. Upload your Flash file (.SWF) manually to your web server using an FTP client like Filezilla.

3. Insert the following code in your post:

[kml_flashembed movie="http://yourdomain.com/pathto/video.swf" height="250" width="400" /].

Of course you can set the dimension to whatever suits your needs. And while the full URL to your SWF file isn’t necessary, it’s better to include it otherwise people who read your posts through an RSS reader won’t be able to see your Flash movie.

If you are using the sitemap plugin for Wordpress from Arne Brachhold, you may have the need to add additional pages which are not generated by your blog. If you’ve got a handful of pages, the sitemap plugin gives your the possibility to add them manually through the option page. There is also an option that allows the plugin to build the sitemap based on requests sent to your web server.

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If a picture is worth a thousand words then a video is worth millions of words. Sometimes it easier to get your idea to your readers on video than with words.

Making a video does not only benefit your visitors, it benefits your website as well: publishing your video through a high-traffic site like YouTube.com can bring loads of traffic to yours.

This tutorial will show you how to create a video for your website / blog.

Get A Screen Capture Software

Techsmith makes their available screen capture software, Camtasia, available for free at http://download.techsmith.com/camtasiastudio/enu/312/camtasiaf.exe. Now before you go through the installation, get your free registration key here: http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/pcpls.asp.

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