Really like BB but I can’t get my Wistia videos to play, no matter what kind of embedding I try (iframe, etc.). I have the Wistia plugin you mentioned installed (v0.8) and everything works ok on my non-BB pages but even just a simple BB page with a text box inserted won’t display. I just see the embedded code. I also have some videos hosted on Vimeo and they play fine in BB and non-BB pages.
I just now set up a trial account on Wistia and using their Lenny the Dog sample video, easily inserted it into a BB video module using the Embed method.
On your Wistia account, select the video and from the Video Actions drop down, select Embed & Share
from the Options area, select Responsive (if you want it to be, and you should :))
set the size
then copy the Embed code
On the page where you want the video
drop in a BB video module
select Embed from the Video Type drop down
paste the code into the Video Embed code area and Save
There it is … or should be.
Works fine on a local XAMPP install of WP 4.4.1, BB 1.7 and the latest DWB and Genesis for the theme.
Can you try Lyle’s suggestion above and see if it works? If it doesn’t, you can post your site’s admin details here using the private reply option below. We’ll also need the embed code you’re trying to use as well.
I wanted to place the video in a text box so I could put a description & some other information above and below. If I use the video module, the text (even with zero top and bottom margins) is far away from the video.
Lyle, I’m assuming you’re suggesting I can turn off the Wistia plugin (i.e. not use it). But I have other pages that do not use BB and those pages require the Wistia plugin. This is a on line learning site using the Learndash plugin. The lessons created with this plugin do not show the BB tool. I.e. I can’t edit the lessons with BB and therefore must continue using the Wistia plugin. Therefore I must use the Wistia plugin.
Please see the following page on the staging site. You’ll see I’ve embedded 3 videos: two from Wistia and one from Vimeo.
Test 1 (upper left): Wistia video embedded in a BB text box. Video does not display
Test 2 (upper right): Vimeo video embedded in a BB text box. Video displays ok. Text ok.
Test 3 (lower left): Separate text box (no video) placed above a video only module. Notice how far the text is from the video, even with zero margins. If I wanted text below, I’d have to have yet another text box. Awkward, messy and impractical.
Sure would be nice if I could insert Wistia video’s into a BB text box…
The Wistia embed code you provided is not actually the embed code; it’s a link
Just tried it with the real Wistia embed code (Lenny sample below) in a BB Text module; works fine as shown in the screenshot.
The key is to use the correct Wistia embed code then use the HTML tab in the BB Text module to paste it in; that’s what I did and it works just fine. “Text Above” and “Below” too
Checking your page above, it seems the Text Editor module you have above the Wistia video still has the default 20px margin. You can remove that under the Advanced tab of the module.
Thanks for the info. I’ve been using the oEmbed option as it works nicely in the Learndash lessons we’ve created. Any idea if they’ll be able to fix this issue in the future?
I have the latest LearnDash 2.1.7 installed on my local XAMPP and I used the method I described above but this time using the WP editor within a LearnDash Lesson to place the Wistia embed code. Works just fine
Lyle,
I’ve never had a problem embedding either wistia or Vimeo videos in Learndash using the WP editor. What I said was the BB tool is not available inside LD when editing a lesson, for example. Unless I’m missing something, the BB editor (Page Builder) is not an option when creating a LD Lesson. Just the standard WP editor, which as I said, I’ve never had a problem embedding videos from either host companies.
Yep, I got sort of side-tracked there but it does actually work the way you want (I think )
If I understand correctly, you want to be able to lay out your LearnDash Lessons, etc. using BB. That is absolutely no problem, complete with Wistia videos.
All you have to do is go to Settings > Page Builder > Post Types > and select all the LearnDash types that you want to be able to use with BB.
After doing that, whenever you create a new LearnDash item (course, lesson, quiz, etc.), the PageBuilder tab will be available to use as you normally would