Creating A Vlog Post From Your WordPress Dashboard For Free

Have you ever wanted a simple way to record an on-the-fly, "talking head" video blog post from within your WordPress blog’s dashboard? Now you can, with Kaltura’s free video hosting (10 GB of free hosting and streaming) and their "All In One Video Pack" Wordpres plugin.

In this tutorial, I’ll show you the steps to making this work for your blog. Let’s get started…

Process Map: What We’re Going To Accomplish

Visit www.Kaltura.com

Click "Start a Free Trial" Button

Click "Start Free Trial" Button for "Fully Hosted Video Platform" Option

Fill In The Trial Form & Confirm

Check Email Inbox For Kaltura Registration Confirmation

Save Your Login Email, Password & Partner ID

Save these 3 pieces of info as you’ll be using this data in customizing your Kaltura "All In One Video Pack" WordPress plugin.

Visit Your Blog Login

Input Your Credentials. Click "Log In".

Click "Add New" Tab In Plugins Module

Input "kaltura" in Search Field. Click "Search Plugins" Button.

Click "Install Now" Link for "All In One Video Pack" Plugin

Confirm The Plugin Installation

Click "Activate This Plugin" Link

Click "All In One Video" Tab in Settings Module

Click "…already have a Partner ID" Link

Input Your Partner ID, Email & Password (From Email Confirmation). Click "Complete Installation" Button.

Upon Successful Installation, Click "Continue" Link

Modify Plugin Settings. Click "Update" Button.

Now that you have the plugin installed and modified, it’s time to use it. Let’s create a video post, shall we?

Click ‘Posts’ Module In Left Navigation

Click ‘Add New’ Link

Add Title & Customize ‘Slug’ (aka Page Name). Click ‘OK’ Button.

(1) Input a title for your new video post. (2) Customize your ‘slug’ if you want to. (3) Click ‘OK’ when ready.

Type Your Pre-Video Text & Post-Video Text. Click ‘Add Interactive Video" Icon.

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If you want to, add some pre-video text and post-video text. Set your mouse cursor in between the two paragraphs of text, then click the orange "Add Interactive Video" icon to open the Kaltura dialog box.

Click ‘Webcam’ Tab In Popup

Click ‘Allow’ Button In Flash Player Settings

Select Your Webcam Settings From Dropdown Table Selection

Click ‘Record’ Button

Smile, you’re on Candid Camera! Click the "Record" button, and begin your recording.

When Done Recording, Click ‘Stop’ Button

Click ‘Next’ Button

Customize Video Title & Player Settings. Click "Insert Into Post" Button.

END: Select Category. Click ‘Publish’ Button.

Once you’ve published your post, view it to see your new video creation in a new blog post!

Simple, right? What do you think? Would you try it and share your feedback with me? Thanks.

David

Hey there Sherman!

Thanks for this post.. very USEFUL!! Just think of how you could take this to the power of 100 by applying viral & exponential syndication techniques.. yes, that's right.. merging it with RSS-XML technologies and advanced syndication concepts would take it up by 100 (at least).

Think peeps! time to put on the 'ol thinking cap!! You up for it?

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Bruce Turner

Hmmm... followed instructions to the "T", installed plugin, recorded video, can even see my video both on the Kaltura site and my account as well as see what I recorded on the Wordpress plugin, clicking the "Browse Interactive Videos" tab, but each time I try to publish, all I see are the Post title and the hyperlinks linking to the Kaltura site.... no video though.

Sherman Hu

Thanks for trying it & your feedback, Bruce.

In the tutorial step, "TYPE YOUR PRE-VIDEO TEXT & POST-VIDEO TEXT. CLICK ‘ADD INTERACTIVE VIDEO" ICON", did you set your mouse cursor where you want the video to appear in your post, then click the "Add Interactive Video" icon in the toolbar?

And I'm assuming you're in the "Visual" view/tab and not the "HTML" view/tab, ya? When on the HTML view, do you see html code for the video you created?

Tym Barker

Hi Sherman, it's been a while.

At first I thought "why would I want to know how to do this?", but I knew the quality of your information so I clicked through.

Yeah, this is very cool. I could definitely make use of this - thanks!

Zohar Babin

Hi Sherman,

Thanks for the post - awesome tutorial about how to use the Kaltura WP plugin!

~ If you're interested to discover more about Kaltura, visit http://www.kaltura.org

Thanks for jumping in, Zohar! One thing I'd like to see - from using Kaltura & this plugin - are for my videos to buffer and play much faster. Any tips/workarounds? Maybe it was just one of my instances. Thoughts?

John Jaworski

Cool Plugin Sherman! I can't wait to try it! I'll record a new post and reply again with a link!

Thanks Amigo!
John

Steve

Damn if only we were all as good looking as you buddy ;o)

Great post, I think with the new Google Instant as well it will be even more important for small companies to have some form of video incorporated in their site. So adding a Vlog to their wordpress blogs is a great way to do that.