Chris
06-07-2009, 06:44 PM
For any of you who don't know already the General Nonsense forums have a feature where you can embed your YouTube videos right into your post. This saves a ton of time/trouble because users don't have to click your link to open a new window/tab.
Note to administrators and moderators: It would be much appreciated if this thread was stickied so more of our members can have the opportunity to learn and use our YouTube tag functions.
I will use this video to demonstrate how to embed a video.
5535Ts-iOP0
or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5535Ts-iOP0
Here is how you embed your video:
Technique 1:
1. Open YouTube.com on any browser.
2. Locate the address bar once you find your video.
3. Observe the address http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5535Ts-iOP0.
4. After the "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" should include an assortment of numbers, letters, and symbols.
5. Copy the entire assortment after the "=" sign.
6. Wrap the assortment with:
7. The code should now be: 5535Ts-iOP0
Technique 2:
1. Open YouTube.com on any browser.
2. Locate the information box on the right side of the page.
3. Locate the URL field that shows the address of the video.
4. After the "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" should include an assortment of numbers, letters, and symbols.
5. Copy the entire assortment after the "=" sign.
6. Wrap the assortment with:
7. The code should now be: 5535Ts-iOP0
If you thought this thread was beneficial please thank me for this post.
Note to administrators and moderators: It would be much appreciated if this thread was stickied so more of our members can have the opportunity to learn and use our YouTube tag functions.
I will use this video to demonstrate how to embed a video.
5535Ts-iOP0
or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5535Ts-iOP0
Here is how you embed your video:
Technique 1:
1. Open YouTube.com on any browser.
2. Locate the address bar once you find your video.
3. Observe the address http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5535Ts-iOP0.
4. After the "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" should include an assortment of numbers, letters, and symbols.
5. Copy the entire assortment after the "=" sign.
6. Wrap the assortment with:
7. The code should now be: 5535Ts-iOP0
Technique 2:
1. Open YouTube.com on any browser.
2. Locate the information box on the right side of the page.
3. Locate the URL field that shows the address of the video.
4. After the "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" should include an assortment of numbers, letters, and symbols.
5. Copy the entire assortment after the "=" sign.
6. Wrap the assortment with:
7. The code should now be: 5535Ts-iOP0
If you thought this thread was beneficial please thank me for this post.