Comments on Page 6 and the New Advertising Video

Please let us know what you think about Black Jack Justice Page 6 here. 

Also if you would like to make a comment on the Black Jack Justice VIDEO in the previous post you can do it here.  (if you came here directly from the comic CLICK HERE to view the previous post. Opens in new page.)  

You may note that the comments are turned “off” on the video post.  That wasn’t because we didn’t want to hear from you .  We would love to hear what you think and any ideas you may have to make it better and how we can do more.

The problem is that Wordpress is horribly flakey where videos are concerned.  Each time you “Edit” a post (which is how we respond to your comments) you run the risk of the video screwing up.  It happens almost everytime. 

Skip this next part if programming bores you. (Head down to “New Videos”)

Maybe someone out there can help.  Here’s what happens –

Put the post up once and the video is fine (as you can hopefully see — please let me know IMMEDIATELY if it isn’t working for you.  It’s fine on my screen) as long as I don’t touch the post.  But as soon as I open the post to edit anything, half the program code for the video disappears.  It’s gone when I open it.  Like it wasn’t there.  Instead of the 6 to 8 lines I put in originally, there are about 3 lines that don’t make sense — or work.

I have to go to YouTube and resave the code.  Post it, save and leave very carefully.  Then it’s fine again – until the next time I click edit.  

On some of my other blogs I have had vids that stay for months, working perfectly.  But try and edit anywhere in the post and BAM!, 1/2 the lines of video code are just gone. 

New Videos

Anyway, we have this video for BJJ and a similar one for The Rookie, finished and ready to post on some of the video sharing sites.  The one below is only on YouTube and here right now and The Rookie isn’t posted at all. 

We’ll monitor the results and, if they are getting us some good results (more readers!), we’ll probably do some more of them.  So far it looks promising — there have been 42 views in a little under 12 hours.  Not bad.   

If and when we do, we’ll post them here or maybe at the bottom of the comic pages, which have no problem with vids. 

So please let us know what you think and any ideas you have for more vids and any other “get the word out” activities.

We do thank you.

Mark, Scott, Gregg and Sami

PS Please feel free to get the post at YouTube and embed it on your site or just link to the video there or on this blog.

Here is the YouTube address –  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm18eRvwu8U

And here is the Last Post’s direct address — http://addictivecomics.com/blackjackjusticeblog/uncategorized/hard-boiled-detective-stories-in-an-intelligent-webcomic

Thank you.

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