TEDBlog

« TEDTalks holiday comment roundup | Main | Celebrating the scientific experiment: Kary Mullis on TED.com »

02 January 2009

TEDTalks' great embed swap

OldEmbed.jpg

If you've embedded a TEDTalk in the past on your own site or blog, today you may have noticed a new message in the embed player window: "Click here to view this video on TED.com. (Webmaster: Click through to embed our new player in your site)"

The backstory is, VideoEgg, the longtime host of TEDTalks embeds, has gotten out of the embed hosting business. This was a great excuse for us to write our own embeddable video player, adding a few improvements such as easier sharing.

We've been testing the new player on the TED Blog for a few weeks, and thanks very much to those who wrote in with feedback. Now we're officially making the switch to our new embed player.

ShareThisTalk.jpgYou'll also need to swap in new code on your own site. Clicking through the embed window will take you to the Talk page for the video, where you can find and copy the new embed code.

You'll find the embed code in the "Share this talk" area below the player window -- see detail at right. Copy the new embed code, paste it over the old code on your site, and you're in business.

And while you're looking at the old embed window, if you see a black screen instead of the speaker image, would you drop an email to contact@ted.com and let us know? Title it "embed code" and it'll be swiftly addressed. In fact, send all your questions, comments and observations on the new player to contact@ted.com.

Bookmark and Share

Loading Comments...

This comment will be attributed to name. Not name?

Characters used: 0 (1000 max.)

TEDBlogobig_forblog.gif

Read our exclusive Q&As with TED speakers -- like these:


Wolfe_QA_144x150.jpg Mesquita_lens_144x150_3.jpg
Haidt_lens_144x150.jpg Godin_ASK_144x150.jpg

See 500+ TEDTalks in a spreadsheet:


spreadsheetscreen.jpg

Spot a glitch on TED? Report a bug



TED on Facebook

Become a Fan of TED
on Facebook


@TEDTalks on Twitter

Follow TED on Twitter:
@TEDNews | @TEDTalks


RSS

Subscribe to TED RSS feeds:
TED Blog | More RSS Options


News from TED


Learn about TEDIndia conference >>
Find all our posts about TEDGlobal 2009 >>
Follow the TED Fellows blog >>
Throw your own TED-style event with TEDx >>


TED takeaway


TED ringtones:
TEDTalks Classic tune in [mp3] [m4r]
TEDTalks Phase II tune in [mp3] [m4r]


Get the latest news on the TED Prize on TEDPrize.org >>

by topic

Archives



TED Bloggers

Chris Anderson | Curator
June Cohen | Director of TED Media
Amy Novogratz | TED Prize Director
Tom Rielly | Community
Bruno Giussani | TED European Director
Jason Wishnow | Director, Film + Video
Emily McManus | Editor, TED.com
Matthew Trost | Assistant Editor, TED.com
Shanna Carpenter | Writer and Community Organizer, TED.com
Diego Rodriguez | Guestblogger
Jane Wulf | TED Scribe

Blogs we watch

+ TEDPrize.org
+ TED Fellows blog
+ Thomas Dolby | TED Musical Director, blogging at ThomasDolby.com
+ Emeka Okafor | TEDAfrica Director, blogging at Timbuktu Chronicles and Africa Unchained
+ The indispensable Global Voices

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license.

Powered by Movable Type