Embedding youtube videos into posts

[Christopher]

How do I do it? I've even tried cutting and pasting successfully embedded videos from other posts (via replying), and that fails to reproduce embedded videos in my posts. Aaaghh!

[Michael Stuart Kelly]

Christopher,

Use "full editor" to make the post.

Paste the YouTube (or other video site) embed code in the post.

Then...

Scroll down to "Options"

Click on "Click to configure post options"

Open "Post Options" dropdown menu

From the dropdown, choose "HTML On - Auto Linebreak Mode"

That does it. Click "Add Reply."

Michael

Click to configure post optionsClick to configure post options

[Christopher]

1. full editor. Check

2. copy embed html from Youtube site. Check

3. Paste embed text

object style="height: 344px; width: 425px"><param name="movie" value="

name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="

type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></object>

with the (media)...(/media) commands on each side - where "(, )" = "[, ]" . Check

object style="height: 344px; width: 425px"><param name="movie" value="

name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="

type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></object>

4. Options -> post-option -> select HTML On - "Auto Linebreak Mode". Check

5. Click add reply... here it goes

[Christopher]

Thanks! Looks like media command is unnecessary

[jeffrey smith]

Christopher, don't know if it's my browser or not, but your post at 12:52 AM came out extremely unjustified (in the typographical sense, not the legal or theological senses )

Try simply inserting the video URL inside the media commands

Or use the "insert media" button (last one on the row that starts with B for bolding), which will bring a little popup button in which you can paste the video URL and then click appropriately to insert in your post.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjiVrc0QTRw

Edited January 7, 2010 by jeffrey smith