Posting Youtube links

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  1. MARIS61

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    Sometimes they just show the address, sometimes they show the youtube picture...

    Proper posting method? :dunno: (obviously)
     
  2. speeds

    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    You're right, some work directly, some won't show up as more than a link. They are supposed to automatically reformat (when you use the insert video icon) so they show up as embedded video but it doesn't work every time. Yes, there is a trick to fixing a non-embedded Youtube video.

    Youtube videos have unique ID's. They come between the "watch?v=" and the end of the ID or before any & symbols. Stuff after & symbols is unessential. If you have a video you're trying to share and it won't embed on S2 properly, copy that ID first.

    For example... www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ, with dQw4w9WgXcQ being the part you want to copy.

    Next use square brackets [] and inside the opening set type [video =youtube;________] pasting the video ID where the blank space is. Put the full link (with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=) after the ] bracket. Then close the link with [/video]. The final product should look like this (without spaces):

    [video = youtube;_______]http://ww.youtube.com/watch?=_________[/video].

    This should force our software to embed it properly.
     
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    If the Youtube has https at the start it won't display. Take off the s so it says http and it will display.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Well then...
     
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    I'll look at fixing the regex so it does https. I think I tried before, but didn't get it right.
     
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    Why does BBB have so many more features or options when replying to posts than we do.

    Click reply to a post and they have Vimeo, Twitter, and a bunch of other buttons and options that we don't have. Aren't they running the same software?
     
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    No. They run vb3, we run vb4.
     
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    I'm pretty sure you can post a vimeo link just like you do a YouTube one here.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Supported videos include:
    Hulu YouTube Vimeo Dailymotion Metacafe Google facebook

    Twitter would be cool.
     
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    They must be using some plugs ins since vb3 has to predate Twitter.
     
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    Twitter would be cool.
     
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    The plugins are more recent that vb3 itself. I think the one we use is superior, but YouTube has gone to https since this plugin was updated. I should be able to fix it when I get the chance.

    The workaround for now is to change https to http in the URL and it will work.
     
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    I already said that posts ago. We're talking about twitter now.

    When the playoffs are over are we going to upgrade to vb5? We need new tips, tricks and tools to express ourselves.
     
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    I believe we could add those options through BBcode but that would be quite hard. (At least on a vBulletin forum.)

    vB5 is horrible. It's much less organized and a lot harder to use, moderate, and administrate.
     
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    Sorry it took so long, but the http/https issue with YouTube links should be fixed.
     

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