Young Writers Society • View topic - How do I post YouTube videos on my YWS Profile?

Hi! Okay, so people keep asking me this question about how to post youtube videos on YWS, so I'm going to make a tutorial about that. If you have any further questions about this, then please post them here! However, I will warn you that the emphasis will be on youtube videos and nothing else. Hopefully that will be adequate!

Also, just as a quick note, pleeeeeeeeeeease only post family-friendly videos that you would share on the normal YWS forums. If there is something a little risque or violent or has a lot of foul language, please post the video in spoilers with a warning that it has risque or violent content or a lot of foul language. Remember, if you use YWS for spreading porn, you will be banned from YWS, no questions asked.

Okay, now that I've said this... onwards to the technical stuff!

1. Find a youtube video that you want to share and that has the option to embed. For the purposes of this tutorial, I chose this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZRUHN2ABzc

QUICK NOTE: Some youtube videos will not allow you to embed.

2. Click: "embed"

3. You should see an option that says: "Use old embed code [?]" Select this an an option.

4. You should get a blurb of code that looks like this:

<object width="420" height="345"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2ZRUHN2ABzc?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2ZRUHN2ABzc?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="345" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

The code might look long and scary. Don't freak out... you don't need to understand the technical details. Also, if you get code that is shorter than this, it won't work. Make sure to use the old embed code.

5. The important bits of this code are the things bolded:

<object width="420" height="345"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2ZRUHN2ABzc?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2ZRUHN2ABzc?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="345" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

6. Take these three important things bolded and put it in the following format:

Code: Select all: [flash=420,345]http://www.youtube.com/v/2ZRUHN2ABzc?version=3&hl=en_US[/flash]

7. You should see the following:

And that's it!

Again, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. I hope this helps!