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Seesmic is a social discussion forum that features recorded video clip chat. In other words, you chat using video clips instead of text. This article teaches you how to add a Seesmic widget and a video comment plugin to your WordPress blog.

1. If you still don’t have a Seesmic account, go to Seesmic Website and register one for free. They are currently in Alpha and you’ll need to have an invitation code to get your account up. But don’t worry, you should get the code in 24 hours or so after giving them your email address.

2. After your account is set up, log in with your user name and password at http://seesmic.com/home and

you’ll see three links on the top-right: Home, Widgets and Log Out. Click on Widgets and follow the simple instructions to get the code to be used with your blog. This widget displays your recent Seesmic videos in a timeline and it works with both WordPress and other systems. To see a live demonstration, look at the ‘My Latest Videos’ in my sidebar!

3. Seesmic just released a WordPress plugin which enables you to post video blogs and your visitors to leave video comments regardless of whether they have a Seesmic account. At the time of writing, the plugin is only available through Seesmic. For full instructions and download, visit http://wiki.seesmic.com/Wp-plugin. To see it in action, simply leave a comment for this post.

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