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2008

How to embed YouTube into a blog or comment

Comment Published at 21:0021:0014 comments14 comments408 Visits408 VisitsReport

I should have explained how to embed a YouTube video into a blog post or comment.

Here goes, follow these steps...

And then your done.

Note: This "may" only be working in IE at the moment.

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janicepovey
March 2008 | janicepovey
Re: How to embed YouTube into a blog or comment

Hi Clay, i have tried what you explained and all i come up with is a square box with the word flash in the middle....must be doing something wrong????

 



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llmunchkin
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | llmunchkin
Re: How to embed YouTube into a blog or comment UH OH
Now where's the picture upload icon?


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      ClayCook
March 2008 | ClayCook
Re: How to embed YouTube into a blog or comment UH OH

yes - aware of this

will be fixed tomorrow hopefully



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           llmunchkin
March 2008 | llmunchkin
Re: How to embed YouTube into a blog or comment UH OH

Cool bananas, love your work!



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Arna
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | Arna
Re: How to embed YouTube into a blog or comment

Sorry to be the only one who is computer illiterate, but  I actually have no idea what any of the pics actually represent.  If it is just the same as adding a graphic, then that will do for me.  Will have to wait for the embed button here too thoug!



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      ClayCook
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | ClayCook
Re: How to embed YouTube into a blog or comment

apparently it should be working on all browsers now...

i have been told that this is a caching issue. all you need to do is a hard refresh of a minti blog page. This will force the browser to load the latest version of all images etc on the webpage you are viewing and will also load the latest toolbars for the FCK editor.

To do a hard refresh on a PC, hold down the shift button and click the browser refresh button.

For macs, press the following keys together... command + shift + r



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           Arna
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | Arna
Re: How to embed YouTube into a blog or comment

It still didn't work.  I might have to log out, clear cookies and go from there.



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Kellzacar
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | Kellzacar
Re: How to embed YouTube into a blog or comment

Hmmmm - I don't have an 'embedded icon" . . . . Why?????



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      ClayCook
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | ClayCook
Re: How to embed YouTube into a blog or comment

i have been told that this is a caching issue. all you need to do is a hard refresh of a minti blog page. This will force the browser to load the latest version of all images etc on the webpage you are viewing and will also load the latest toolbars for the FCK editor.

To do a hard refresh on a PC, hold down the shift button and click the browser refresh button.

For macs, press the following keys together... command + shift + r



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      ClayCook
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | ClayCook
Re: How to embed YouTube into a blog or comment

i dont think we have it working for firefox yet... only IE



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           ClayCook
March 2008 | ClayCook
Re: How to embed YouTube into a blog or comment

a related issue is that I can't see the insert image button anymore when using IE. I have let the tech guys know.



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                llmunchkin
March 2008 | llmunchkin
Re: How to embed YouTube into a blog or comment

I have it working fine on firefox - cheers!



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ClayCook
March 2008 | ClayCook
Re: How to embed YouTube into a blog or comment

arhhh - the auto resize didnt help at all! :(

it should be...

  1. go to www.youtube.com
  2. find a video you like
  3. copy the "embed code"
  4. open a new blog post or a comment
  5. press the embed icon
  6. paste in the embed code

and you are done! :)



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      HarrisonsMommy
March 2008 | HarrisonsMommy
Re: How to embed YouTube into a blog or comment

Thanks for clarifying, I was thinking I needed bifocals!  Great addition to the site.



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