How to automatically adjust iframe height for embedded wordpress posts

[angus (Angus McLeod)]

@jimkleiber

I hacked together quite a few plugins on WordPress that allows me to have a podcast player with interactive transcripts (the words highlight as the audio plays and one can click to jump to that part of the audio), interactive chapter/show notes, and a searchable/sortable/filterable playlist.

Cool!

@jimkleiber

So to just embed them here without an iframe, I wouldn’t be able to access the javascript and all the styling that I’ve put into it.

Why not?

@jimkleiber

Oh, and I find it much easier for me to hack together those things on WordPress than on Discourse, I really struggle with doing javascript and plugins here.

I understand! Nevertheless, depending on your answer to my previous question (“Why not?”) getting them properly embedded in a Discourse post would be a more stable approach than a dynamic iframe.

@jimkleiber

Since I’ve been using Discourse for comments on WordPress, interactivity has dropped off. I used to have people post on WordPress comments, but Discourse requires them to cross a domain threshold, and then they’re interacting in a separate place. If Discourse made it easier for people to post in an embedded way on a WordPress forum, I’d probably focus on that.

I’m sorry to hear about the drop off, and I also understand what you mean here. Simon’s broader topic on this theme comes to mind

Should Discourse make an effort to become a viable comment platform?

I’ve created a few posts recently about using Discourse as a comment platform and improving its existing functionality for embedding comments: Using Discourse to power comments in an event system or blog? - #29 by simon Control which comments are embedded? - #17 by simon Topic embedding needs some love Bases on the lack of response to those posts, my suspicion is that there isn’t much interest from the Discourse team or community in pursuing the use of Discourse as a comment platform. That’s …