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How-to Make a Internet Video on Demand Server that costs Nothing (Really)

Automatic, Free Video Content Daily

Video content is fun to add to your site and what better way than automatic linking to YouTube’s top videos. It saves space, time, and the users decide on the best posts. It can’t get much fresher than this!

5 Steps to Making a RSS Video Widget

1. Select a YouTube RSS Video Feed

2. Select a RSS Widget from Widgetbox

3. Add the RSS Widget code to your WordPress Text Widget

That’s it, your done!

You can see an example at YouGenerate.com

1. YouTube RSS Feeds

Here is a link to all of YouTubes video feeds. Copy the URL of the feed, you will need it for the RSS Widget.

Once you have the feed you like then add it to a Widget.

2. Widgetbox RSS Widgets

I like Widgetbox because they have so many widget to choose from. I chose the RSS Scroll Box because it fit in the sidebar nicely. If you want a different look do a search on widgetbox with “rss” and find the widget the you like.

3. Create a Text Widget in WordPress - Add RSS Widget Code

In WordPress Administration select Presentation, Widgets and add a new Text widget.

Drag-and-drop the Text Widget into your themes sidebar.

Open the widget window and paste the RSS Scroll Box code (javascript) in and close the widget. Select Save Changes to save your edits.

Take a look at your site and make any adjustments you need to.

Cool Stuff

You can add as many widgets and feeds as you want. Use this to build niche Video on Demand servers without the cost of streaming server, bandwidth, storage …

Give it a try it is really fun and cost effective.

Have you tried this yet? Post a comment and let me know.

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