Still Can't Embed Youtube

lyrikh · Member · Jul 15, 2011 at 4:33 pm
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I know a lot of people have been having problems with embeding youtube videos, but none of the solutions are working for me. There is just nothing in my published post where I paste in the code. Am I still doing something wrong? or is there a solution out there that will work for me?

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timethief · Member · Jul 15, 2011 at 6:22 pm
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I have no trouble at all embedding youtubes using the instructions provided in support documentation. Are those the instructions you are following or not? To quickly embed a YouTube video, simply copy the video’s URL from your web browser’s address bar while viewing the video: http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/
solidadn · Member · Jul 15, 2011 at 7:35 pm
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Quick question, can we hide the controls bar at the bottom?
timethief · Member · Jul 15, 2011 at 7:43 pm
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No.
lyrikh · Member · Jul 15, 2011 at 7:58 pm
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still got nothing
timethief · Member · Jul 15, 2011 at 8:00 pm
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Please post the link to the youtube in question and we will help you.
lyrikh · Member · Jul 15, 2011 at 9:01 pm
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timethief · Member · Jul 15, 2011 at 9:13 pm
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Instructions here for shortcode > http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/#embedding-with-a-shortcode

Shortcode below
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCuTZFBRIGo]
lyrikh · Member · Jul 15, 2011 at 9:41 pm
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Still nothing shows up.
timethief · Member · Jul 15, 2011 at 9:44 pm
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Well then I can’t fathom why that is. The video is running on my test blog. I like ukelele music BTW.

Here’s the link for Staff http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/ After you use the searchbox at the bottom of the page there will be a section that says “Have you found the answer to your question?” You can choose either “Yes I found the answer to my question.” or “No I didn’t find the answer to my question and I would like to contact support for help.” The no option will reveal the contact form.
timethief · Member · Jul 15, 2011 at 9:45 pm
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OOPS! Sorry about that I left a strong tag open. :(
literaryears11 · Member · Jul 15, 2011 at 10:03 pm
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Well, you can try it this way: Go to the video on youtube, click share, click embed, copy it, go to your post on here and paste in the box. It works that way for me. Press preview to make sure the video is there. I hope this helps you.
lyrikh · Member · Jul 15, 2011 at 10:32 pm
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Oh, but that’s what I was doing in the first place. It didn’t work even when I used the old embed code.
Timethief, it is very fun isn’t it? Thanks for trying though.
timethief · Member · Jul 15, 2011 at 10:52 pm
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@lyrikh
You’re welcome and not to worry as Staff will help you. :)
yobimbo · Member · Jul 20, 2011 at 1:35 pm
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May I ask a followup? How can I edit the size of the video? I’m using the embed code in HTML and adjust the parameters in that, but it just reverts to your short code, which is full size.
timethief · Member · Jul 20, 2011 at 5:03 pm
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I searched and found the answer for you> You can change the width of youtube videos by editing the shortcode that is inserted into the post. Please see here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/#video-customization-options
yobimbo · Member · Jul 20, 2011 at 5:09 pm
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Thank you! I did a quick search and didn’t find exactly what I was looking for. Thanks very much!
timethief · Member · Jul 20, 2011 at 5:12 pm
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You’re welcome. :)

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