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Analoguesat · 06-12-09, 08:52 PM

Its actually dead simple to embed youtube vids onto the forum - you just need to use the youtube tags

PLEASE NOTE - to stop the forum parsing the code links Im using squiggly brackets instead of square ones. Thus replace all {} with []

{youtube} {/youtube}

Take you youtube video link - I'll use a Channel 4 ident link

-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R86_TLuI51w&feature=related

it looks very complicated, but you only want the bit between v= and &feature, (the bit highlighted below)

-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R86_TLuI51w&feature=related

{youtube}R86_TLuI51w{/youtube}

Which looks like this when the code tags are set correctly:

Ive centred it so it looks neat

06-12-09, 08:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,334 Times in 985 Posts	How to embed youtube videos onto the forum Its actually dead simple to embed youtube vids onto the forum - you just need to use the youtube tags PLEASE NOTE - to stop the forum parsing the code links Im using squiggly brackets instead of square ones. Thus replace all {} with [] {youtube} {/youtube} Take you youtube video link - I'll use a Channel 4 ident link -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R86_TLuI51w&feature=related it looks very complicated, but you only want the bit between v= and &feature, (the bit highlighted below) -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R86_TLuI51w&feature=related {youtube}R86_TLuI51w{/youtube} Which looks like this when the code tags are set correctly: Ive centred it so it looks neat __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!

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