Add video comments with seesmic for WordPress

Video startup seesmic has released a terrific conversational tool – a plugin for WordPress that enables you to create and post a video comment.

Not only that, it also enables a blogger to create a post that includes a video comment, just as I have done here:
{seesmic_video:{“url_thumbnail”:{“value”:”http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/PWI3WOgceG_th1.jpg”}”title”:{“value”:”Be seen and heard “}”videoUri”:{“value”:”http://www.seesmic.com/video/uw4bcBMVLf”}}}

So if you want more than just the written word, seesmic video commenting is for you.

Get the plugin and try it out.

Installing the plugin is straightforward. I had a couple of difficulties with it post-installation, but a Skype troubleshooting conversation with Johann Romefort at seesmic resulted in a fix. Thanks, Johann.

While the plugin is only for WordPress at the moment (version 2.1 and above), seesmic plans to release a version for Movable Type. Maybe other platforms, too.

To create and leave a video comment, you just click the link beneath the text comment area in any post. That opens up a recording window. If you have a seesmic account, sign in. If you don’t you can still record a video as I’ve set the option in the plugin to enable that.

What do you think? Adds to the conversation?

Go ahead – leave a video comment!

Neville Hobson

Social Strategist, Communicator, Writer, and Podcaster with a curiosity for tech and how people use it. Believer in an Internet for everyone. Early adopter (and leaver) and experimenter with social media. Occasional test pilot of shiny new objects. Avid tea drinker.

  1. JoeG

    testing seesmic – cool! {seesmic_video:{“url_thumbnail”:{“value”:”http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/uCask13NAg_th1.jpg”}”title”:{“value”:”testing seesmic – cool! “}”videoUri”:{“value”:”http://www.seesmic.com/video/vHhG0ncBPq”}}}

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