How to embed a Voki into your blog
John Sutton on January 5th, 2008
Voki is a nice website that allows you to create custom avatars that speak. Simply register for free at the site and create your avatar. Once finished you can add a voice either by typing and using the voice engines built into the site, or by using a USB microphone and recording it. Alternatively you can use another recording made elsewhere and upload it to the site.
- Poetry
- Class News
- Welcome to our blog
- Story reading
Embedding into the blog is simple:
1) Select Javascript from the “Embed in” dropdown menu;
2) Choose a size for the Voki;
3) Click “Get code” and copy the code in its entirety;
4) In your blog post, click on the HTML tab and paste the code in. Publish
Hi John
I’ve just been trying to embed a voki to my blog. Went through all the steps above but only ended up pasting a link to voki website on my blog- any suggestions!
Thanks
Mike St. Andrews
Hi Mike, did you get the quote mark at the end of the path? Check carefully, if that didn’t work, send me a link to your voki and I’ll have a look.
Thanks John,
I followed each step but didn’t get a quote mark. I don’t know if after step 7 my voki should appear on my web page or if I need to do something else. Do I need to publish the full code? I have only published the path as shown above.
Thanks
Hi Mike, can you send me a link to your blog and to your Voki? I’m assuming that You’ve got the Flash plugin mentioned in step 5?
Please help…
In my Text widget I cannot make anything work… anything but text. Not even embed codes.
Also, there is no flash button in my editor. How can I have it, any suggestions?
Hi, for most of the things mentioned you need to install “plugins” to your Worpress installation to extend functionality. I’ve already done that bit for my users.
There is a library at: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ but you need to have access to your server to install them correctly. Good luck
Hi John,
I have a free account at wordpress.com - that means I cannot install the plugins, I suppose… Is that so?
JL
I guess that’s the case. Can you send me a link to your blog? If you are an educationalist I might be able to offer you a blog on Creative Blogs.