How to post Youtube Videos

[Arrowheadology Staff]

Did you know that you can embed Youtube videos into your posts?

With a few simple steps you can add Youtube videos that appear and can be played within your posts. Follow the steps below and give it a try. It gets easier with each one you post.

If you have questions or need help post in this thread so others can learn as well.


Step 1: After finding your video on Youtube, click on the 'embed' button located below the video pane. This will reveal the HTML code which is the link to the video. See figure below.




Step 2: Next you want to copy just a small portion of this HTML code. The code you want to select and copy is located immediately after the link.... htttp://www.youtube.com...starting with the forward slash ( / ) and ending with the question mark ( ? ).

Copy the text starting with the first ' / ' and ending with the question mark ( ? ). Example: /v/UiCRbZqZM5c? See figure below.




Step 3: On the Arrowheadology Forums, select Post New Thread. Here's where you'll learn some basic HTML!

Type the following two HTML tags in the text area for the new post. Example:

These are the commands that identifies the begining and the end of the youtube code. See figure below.




Step 4: Now type (or copy the string of code you captured in step 2 in between the two HTML tags you created in step 3.

Example [youtube] INSERT IT HERE [youtube]

See figure below.




Step 5: Click 'Submit New Thread' and your video should appear. See figure below.

[Flyjunkie]

Thank You!!! I was wondering how to do that.. i was obviously doing it all wrong...

[erb]

I tried it but it didn't work. step 3 is the part that I think is messing with me. do I actually type [youtube] [youtube/] and then put the code in between? Is there a way to test before actually submitting because I can see about ten mess ups on my part before i get this right

[Shannon Graham]

Originally Posted by erb

I tried it but it didn't work. step 3 is the part that I think is messing with me. do I actually type ... [youtube/] and then put the code in between? Is there a way to test before actually submitting because I can see about ten mess ups on my part before i get this right

Erb,

Thanks for giving it a shot. Don't worry about multiple attempts. We can help clean up the multiple attempts.

Yes, there is a way to test...instead of hitting SUBMIT, click on PREVIEW POST instead. This will give you an advance look at your post before it goes live. If it is not to your liking....simply make the desired edits in the text box below.

Yes, you do need to type the HTML youtbue tags in brackets and insert your code in between. One item to note, is on the second tag....the slash goes in front of the word 'youtube'. Make sense?

This --[/youtube].
Not this--[youtube/] as the second tag.

Give 'er another whirl and let us know what the results are. Again, it gets easier after the first one.

Shannon

[erb]

Will do Shannon, Thanks

[Shannon Graham]

When it's all set you up should have somthing like this in between the two HTML tags

/v/UisSM5b?

It seems that most start with the /v/, have string of characters and end with the question mark.

Again, here to help. I hope this isn't too confusing.

Shannon

[erb]

Well I made it work. Thanks for the help. Could you get rid of the one that didn't? Thanks again

[Big Ed]

Love this new feature! Awesome.