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How to Post YouTube Videos

Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 10:48 pm
by webmaster
When making a post you will notice there is a new button labeled youtube. You can that in the same way as the IMG or URL buttons.

1. Post the URL of the YouTube video you'd like to display

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfiDuhPu_9k
2. Then highlight the URL and click the "youtube" button. It should now look like this:

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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfiDuhPu_9k[/youtube]
3. And will display like this:


Re: How to Post YouTube Videos

Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:08 pm
by Charlie MV



My boomerang won't come back. Why Delilah?

Re: How to Post YouTube Videos

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:54 am
by webmaster
It works now, applestar fixed the bug. The bug was that the "Disable BBCode" box was set to be checked by default. There's no reason for that so I just fixed that in your profile. If that box is checked by default for anyone else, which it shouldn't be, you can fix that in your Profile, just click the link labeled "Profile" at the top of the page, then click Board Preferences, then click "Edit posting defaults."

That's easy peasy. If you have a hard time following those directions contact me directly and I can fix it for you. :)

Best,
;)

Roger

Re: How to Post YouTube Videos

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 12:11 pm
by Charlie MV
Tomf and me on vacation last year.





Got it. Thanks Applestar and Roger

Re: How to Post YouTube Videos

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:40 am
by tomf
We did have a wild time Charlie! :wink:

Re: How to Post YouTube Videos

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:03 am
by webmaster
The new "youtube" bbcode won't work with the shortened version of the YouTube URL, Youtu.be

So a shortened YouTube URL like this:

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https://youtu.be/XyZhIJK
should be changed to its longer version like this:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=/XyZhIJK
This should not be an issue if you're grabbing the youtube video URL straight from the browser URL address at the YouTube site.

IF members need it... I can probably make a different code for wrapping Youtu.be shortened URLs.

Re: How to Post YouTube Videos

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:29 pm
by tomf
I tried to post a video that I did and it played it one time and then went to a screen showing a bunch of some what related videos.

Re: How to Post YouTube Videos

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:39 pm
by tomf

Re: How to Post YouTube Videos

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:44 pm
by webmaster
Not a valid URL
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DSUBXPxn1ro

Valid URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSUBXPxn1ro


How it should look:
Note that I removed the m. from the beginning of the URL (did you get that from viewing it in an iPad?) and added WWW to the URL:

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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSUBXPxn1ro[/youtube]
And it plays! :)


Re: How to Post YouTube Videos

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:44 pm
by tomf
Yes from my iPad.

Re: How to Post YouTube Videos

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:49 pm
by tomf
It did the same thing, played once and then put some videos Youtube thinks I may like. What is bad is the image of a woman, I do not know why she is suggested,I do some times watch funny videos.
Now that I reposted that and came back it goes to the video I tried to post, Youtube what is with you?

Re: How to Post YouTube Videos

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 1:40 pm
by webmaster
Ok, then YouTube is showing you am Apple specific version of its site. Does the video play for you on this site when viewed with our iPad?

The videos are supposed to play once, not loop over and over. Your video is only 35 seconds long.

The suggested video is being suggested because it's about head cams. The image of a woman is there to induce people to click, it's not what the actual video is about.

Re: How to Post YouTube Videos

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 2:03 pm
by webmaster
FIXED! :lol:

I tweaked the code so that YouTube doesn't suggest any more videos at the end of playback. How cool is that? :>

Re: How to Post YouTube Videos

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:39 pm
by Charlie MV
There is a much longer video similar to the one I posted. It does have a bikini clad woman that appears before you hit play. She does not appear in the video. You're correct Roger. I would enjoy looking at the bikini clad woman but I'm just too old and tired to look for it.

Re: How to Post YouTube Videos

Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:53 am
by tomf
I like woman as I am normal, I just do not think this is the right spot to post such things, I am happy you fixed it. :oops: