MINI TUTORIAL: How to embed YouTube videos into forums

[testing_]

[Snachy]

Test

[zakka112]

[Egg Bramhill]

Just hit the wrap code tags icon. change CODE for YOUTUBE and enter the id number of your video.

See screen grab.

Do new members have BB enabled Frances?

[angelize]

Hi Egg. zakka112 has tried to use flash to embed the video which doesn't work. I think that there may be different settings enabled in some of the forums not sure why but I have noticed that not every forum has a video embed button and even that needs some editing. I believe that BBcode should be on for new users but I'll check with Barbara.

What I usually do and this works in all forums (and I have always been able to do this even before I was a moderator) is to simply copy just the video ID number from youtube (this also works with Vimeo) and type out the code as per post#14 hitting ctrl+v at the Id number insertion point. This can also be done with out going into the advanced editor.

[Egg Bramhill]

That's why I asked as a new member does the vakka112 have BBcode enabled by default or is it after a set number of posts (same-same PM's)? It doesn't appear to be working for him but works fine for me.

[Rik]

The method explained by Frances in Post #14, and by Egg, in Post #17, is what I used just recently.

It worked for me so I assume that everything needs to be enables, was enabled for me.

So, I assume, it's just a question as to whether things are set/enabled for new users.

[Barbara B]

Yes, even new first post members can use all of the BB code that is available in posts (not sigs which they don't have yet0. Just to be sure I just tested it with my newuser testing account for a user that is making a first post.

For youtube just put the youtube id of ZPCzkz6heDQ for example, when the entire url is http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=ZPCzkz6heDQ between the youtube tags, with no spaces the works.
works.