HOW TO: Embed a YouTube video in your forum post
Thanks to Hamid at Codehead, LLP for his quick custom hack, it's easy now to embed YouTube videos in your forum posts; here's how:
Find the URL for the YouTube video you wish to embed. Find the ID of that video (whatever is after the v= in the URL. Let's say the ID is vr3x_RRJdd4 (which is the ID of a video for the Free Hugs Campaign)
Then you would enter the following into your post to embed the video:
and this is what you'll get:
Give it a try next time you want to reference a video from YouTube - it's a great way to enhance your post by including the video itself too!
Find the URL for the YouTube video you wish to embed. Find the ID of that video (whatever is after the v= in the URL. Let's say the ID is vr3x_RRJdd4 (which is the ID of a video for the Free Hugs Campaign)
Then you would enter the following into your post to embed the video:
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Give it a try next time you want to reference a video from YouTube - it's a great way to enhance your post by including the video itself too!
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I just have to say that I loved the video you posted as your sample (Free Hugs Campaign) ~ how very cool.
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I've seen videos from campaigns all over the world - if you run a search for "free hugs campaign" on YouTube you'll find a bunch. It seems like a really neat project!
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haha - I totally missed this how-to announcement before posting my youtube link, sorry! will start paying better attention!
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