div Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Hopefully you are all now becoming accustomed to the new forum layout. There are a number of new features and things in the new board that I will tell you about here in e-saints from time to time. The first is the new media tag when making a post. This is represented by the three little screens you see in the post editor, on the second row; When you use this you are asked to give a URL. If you enter a YouTube, or Google Video link this wil embed itself inside the post itself like so; How cool is that ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Sid Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 At the end of this thread do we all get HNDs in B&WArmy? Nice touch, will try it in the video thread in other football later. I also have a couple of videos from the JBs bus I have been holding onto for just the right media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Can't get it working........................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidg Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0tgzdUNZz8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidg Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Can't remember what your vid was but it worked for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 I was using it as a test......... Do you add the url or the embed jargon....................? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidg Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 I was using it as a test......... Do you add the url or the embed jargon....................? Just the url. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 The first is the new media tag when making a post. How cool is that ! Cool as f**k, webmeister. Just used it on the I'm listening to thread. Easy to use and works a treat. Well done, Div. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Bleurghhh...from that, I'd have preferred it if you were Silent Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Still can't get the f**ker to work, can I have an idiot's guide, settings to alter etc, thanks..........................? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidg Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 (edited) Still can't get the f**ker to work, can I have an idiot's guide, settings to alter etc, thanks..........................? Don't know how to help you, I didn't alter settings or anything else. I just right clicked the address bad then cut then paste in the insert media bit that Div highlighted. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWNCwHNsuuU Edited September 30, 2009 by davidg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
div Posted September 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Still can't get the f**ker to work, can I have an idiot's guide, settings to alter etc, thanks..........................? Ok you find a clip on YouTube you want to share with the masses. You're watching the clip on YT like this; Note the YouTube URL I have highlighted in yellow, this is the important bit. Select all of that with your mouse and copy it to the clipboard using ctrl+c Now either as a reply to an existing topic or when creating a new topic, hit the insert media button on the editor as pointed out in the opening post of this topic - this is the three little screens. This then asks you for a url - use ctrl-v to paste in the URL from youtube that we copied earlier. In your post you'll now see [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mciYjO-CuTc[/media] When you then hit "Add Reply" this is magically transformed into your embedded video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 I had to type the media tags round the url.................. The button put it above the B&wa banner in the preview and said there was no post when I attempted to post it................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbie Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Never heard that before. It's quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
div Posted September 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 I had to type the media tags round the url.................. The button put it above the B&wa banner in the preview and said there was no post when I attempted to post it................. Let me guess, you are using IE 6 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Tried on both IE8 and Mozilla Firefox.................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
div Posted September 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Tried on both IE8 and Mozilla Firefox.................. Works fine here on IE8, Google Chrome, Safari, IE7 and Firefox. Thus I can only point the finger at user error. Tell me, are you a computer user (non technical) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crudenbud Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Div I'm trying to link to a vijo on vimeo.com but all I seem to be able to post is the address: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
div Posted October 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Div I'm trying to link to a vijo on vimeo.com but all I seem to be able to post is the address: I have to add media tags for individual video providers into the system. Vimeo is now added and supported as you can see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crudenbud Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 I have to add media tags for individual video providers into the system. Vimeo is now added and supported as you can see ta muchly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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