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Simplified HTML5 Video in WordPress using Degradable HTML5 Audio and Video and Advanced Custom Fields plugins

// July 7th, 2011 // Programming, Web Design, Web Development, WordPress

I was recently working on a WordPress site that needed HTML5 video. While researching plugins, I came across the Degradable HTML5 Audio and Video plugin. According to the developer, the plugin does the following:

1. If the user has an HTML5 support for video and audio, it will play the media natively in an appropriate format.
2. Otherwise, if the user has Flash, it will play the media in lightweight Flash players.
3. Otherwise, there will be a link for the audio or video files so that the user can still play them using their installed software players.

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Customizing your WordPress template to set images within blog post content as Facebook thumbnail

// May 25th, 2011 // Programming, Social Media, Web Design, Web Development, WordPress

Using the og:image meta property tag, Facebook allows you to manually set the thumbnail for the page. For example:

<meta property=”og:image” content=”http://www.widgetsandburritos.com/wp-content/uploads/154349_182859125063635_118277658188449_731837_4043510_n-300×231.jpg” />

This code would set the thumbnail to:

Resulting in:
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