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Videos in posts

Postby muddyweb » Tue Jul 18, 2017 4:13 pm

Following a request, we've added the ability to embed YouTube videos directly into posts with a new button. The button should appear at the top of the post window and is called (unsurprisingly) 'youtube'.

For security reasons, we restrict what you can put into this tag. You only need to put the ID of the Youtube video (without the Youtube link, etc. etc.)

The ID is a short string of letters and numbers, and can be found in a couple of places:

If you click on the 'Share' link under video on Youtube, you'll get a link like this: https://youtu.be/V-9zkWRrvhM The video ID is the bit at the end: V-9zkWRrvhM

If you are struggling with this, the video ID can also usually be found in the browser address bar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-9zkWRrvhM - The ID is the bit after '?v='

A proper link will look like this in your post:

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[youtube]V-9zkWRrvhM[/youtube]

Once you have posted, the video should embed automatically. If it embeds but reports playback problems or won't embed at all, you've almost certainly got the ID wrong. Check it and try again!

The videos should appear like this if you've done it right:

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