
Re: How To Add YouTube Videos In Your Posts
UPDATED:
This is going to get a little complicated but its fairly straight forward, so try & follow along.
For Example:
is a link to a video I made.
This will take you away from MMT or open a new window.
In order to have your YouTube play in your post you need to delete the unnecessary information. The information you want to keep is bolded below. Note that YouTube is now using short links as shown below. Make sure you choose the "Long Link" when sharing a video the long link is bolded below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E11Blg96Qp4
The long link can be found on any YouTube video by clicking the "Share" option then click "Show Options" and click the check box for "Long Link" this will automatically highlight the link for you as detailed above, simply copy it & paste it into your post now.
Sometimes you'll see people post something like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f3r92D0Tak&feature=related
In this case just delete the bolded area above & the link will work.
The new abbreviated links YouTube is using look like this:
http://youtu.be/2f3r92D0TakThese links DO NOT work with the "embed" and you should choose the option when on that YouTube Video before copying the link to share the "long link" long link =
http://www.youtubecom/watch?v=2f3r92D0TakSo to recap, all you have to do is:
1. Copy the "LONG" link (see above) of the video you want to post.
2. Paste the address in the text area
3. Select (highlight) the address you pasted in the message body (post)
4. Press the youtube button located under the thread title and it will be put into brackets for you.
Giving you this: (without all the spaces of course)
[ YOUTUBE ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f3r92D0Tak[ / YOUTUBE ]