How to get your Youtube video embedded in your post

[modman]

There is a little trick to getting the Youtube vids embedded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0b3ZzlRRQs

needs to be embedded as: (delete the s in the "https")

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0b3ZzlRRQs[/youtube]

which gives you:

Link


hope to fix this bug permanently in a short while with upgrades of forum software
(it's that time again, has been for some time)

[Limadito]

(This is my first post on the site, even when I have been a registered user for a few years...)

A workaround for the "https://" issue is modify the YouTube bbCode in this way: replacing the "http" for the {IDENTIFIER} tag will make the bbCode work well with both protocols.

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[youtube]{IDENTIFIER}://www.youtube.com/watch?v={TEXT}[/youtube]

And the HTML replacement should look something like this:

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<object width="640" height="526"><param name="movie" value="{IDENTIFIER}://www.youtube.com/v/{TEXT}"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="{IDENTIFIER}://www.youtube.com/v/{TEXT}?rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="640" height="526"></embed></object>

Using this bbCde the video will be displayed, no matter the YouTube link uses "http://" or "https://" .

Hope this helps!

[Duckman]

Link


Just to try as modman recommend

[Duckman]

And works like a charm... thanks modman (disabeled thanks button?)

[Limadito]

And works like a charm... thanks modman (disabeled thanks button?)

Removing the "s" by hand will work for sure, the code I've suggested do that for the user (well, not exactly, but does the job... )

[modman]

And works like a charm... thanks modman (disabeled thanks button?)

Removing the "s" by hand will work for sure, the code I've suggested do that for the user (well, not exactly, but does the job... )

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Warning

The BBCode you are trying to add seems to use a {TEXT} token inside a HTML attribute. This is a possible XSS security issue. Try using the more restrictive {SIMPLETEXT} or {INTTEXT} types instead. Only proceed if you understand the risks involved and you consider the use of {TEXT} absolutely unavoidable.

[Limadito]

And works like a charm... thanks modman (disabeled thanks button?)

Removing the "s" by hand will work for sure, the code I've suggested do that for the user (well, not exactly, but does the job... )

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Warning

The BBCode you are trying to add seems to use a {TEXT} token inside a HTML attribute. This is a possible XSS security issue. Try using the more restrictive {SIMPLETEXT} or {INTTEXT} types instead. Only proceed if you understand the risks involved and you consider the use of {TEXT} absolutely unavoidable.

Yes, this is a stadard message while editing that bbCode, coming from the use of the {TEXT} token in the bbCode itself and no related to the mod proposed (try to modify the size attributes of the bbCode in use, and you will get the same warning). I've been using it for few years without security issues, but if you aren't sure, don't use it.

There is a way to avoid that warning, and is adding a video wrapper to the common.ccs file of the theme in use. This will allow the use of the newer YT player in HTML5 capable browsers (without using Flash layer), but won't work as a drop-in replacement (you will need to create a new tag for inserting video).

At the very end of your common.ccs, add:

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/* Custom styles
---------------------------------------- */
.video-wrapper {
   width: 640px;
   max-width: auto;
}

.video-container {
   position: relative;
   padding-bottom: 56.25%;
   padding-top: 30px;
   height: 0;
   overflow: hidden;
}

.video-container iframe, .video-container object, .video-container embed {
   position: absolute;
   top: 0;
   left: 0;
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
}

The bbCode in use is

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[yt]{IDENTIFIER}://{SIMPLETEXT}.youtube.com/watch?v={SIMPLETEXT2}[/yt]

And HTML Replacement is

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<div class="video-wrapper">
<div class="video-container">
<iframe class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="640" height="526" src="{IDENTIFIER}://{SIMPLETEXT}.youtube.com/embed/{SIMPLETEXT2}?rel=0" allowfullscreen frameborder="0"></iframe>
</div>
</div>

This bbCode will not trigger the warning mentioned above.