Trying to post a YouTube video

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VeniceAngel
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Trying to post a YouTube video

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What am I doing wrong please? It's probably the most obvious mistake. :lol:

Well ... I do have the link ... so I will try for second mpost obvious mistake. :lol:



I click YouTube in the top right corner ... two YouTube brackets show up with the cursor in the middle. I paste the link inside the brackets but ... ?

Many thanks for assisting. :)

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Hiya Angel :)

I had to figure it out myself. When your typing your post/reply if you look to the far right you'll see the youtube button. click that... [youtube][/youtube] < this should appear copy the link in the addy bar, then paste it between in the center of the youtube code like this [youtube] paste the link between this [/youtube] but make sure there are no spaces. This should get the video to appear when you post :). Give it a try
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quentin wrote:Hiya Angel :)

I had to figure it out myself. When your typing your post/reply if you look to the far right you'll see the youtube button. click that... [youtube][/youtube] < this should appear copy the link in the addy bar, then paste it between in the center of the youtube code like this [youtube] paste the link between this [/youtube] but make sure there are no spaces. This should get the video to appear when you post :). Give it a try
Many thanks quentin ...I'm afraid that's how I did it though ... twice but I will try again since your intention added some magic to the mix. :D
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Your welcome :). Vic had to fix all my youtube links lol :D. Thankfully I don't post that many :lol: "Im gonna load you up with youtube links Vic, keep ya busy" ;) :) lol
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Good question.

The trick with YouTube links is to only have the bare minimum part of the link.

I think in this case it's the "/" at the end which is causing the trouble. It may work in a browser, but not on the board.

Here you go:

[youtube][/youtube]

Sometimes YouTube links look like this:
youtube.com/watch?v=-r-UtIffUnw&feature=feedrec_grec_index
Everything after and including the "&" needs to be removed. All we need are the numbers and letters after the "=" sign that is really part of the link.

So it should look always like this:
Also, sometimes the text of your link does this and it won't work until you fix it and put all of it on the one line:
[youtube]
[/youtube]
A good idea when posting tricky things is to use the preview button and see how it all looks.

Once posted there is also sometime to edit as well.
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Thanks Vic! I got it! :D
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Good stuff!
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The bridge of that demo sounds like something The Sweet would do.

[youtube][/youtube]
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It's 2:00am in the morning. Really tried...but since you posted it I need to play it. Awesome song. :D
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Now it's 7:43 pm and the song is also fantastic in the evening :I
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