Twenty Fourteen Embedded Video Size Is A Bit Small
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Hello,
I noticed that the size for embedded videos (YouTube, et cetera) on the Twenty Fourteen theme is a bit too small in my opinion, smaller than the standard/normal video size for YouTube videos/et cetera, and I was wondering are there any plans on making the embedded video size larger for the Twenty Fourteen theme or is that not possible due to the dimensions of the theme itself?
Example of the video size in the Twenty Fourteen theme (the video is at the bottom of my post):
My Cousin DE & Heavy Surveillance? | Prince William Visits A Lower-Class (Low-Income) Neighborhood
Normal/Standard size:
Thank you,
-John JrThe blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Media embeds normally fill the entire width of a theme’s content column. If the theme has a narrow content column, then the video will look smaller than it does on youtube.
You can change the embed dimensions by modifying the shortcode following these instructions http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/
Personally, I wouldn’t post the video wider than the content column as the embed itself gives the option of going full screen or viewing on youtube, neither of which affects your viewing stats.
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I am still curious if WordPress have/has any plans on slightly increasing the width of the body text area on the Twenty Fourteen theme because there is enough free space to slightly increase the width a bit?
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I’m not aware of any plans to change this theme to meet your specs and note that changing the template would affect every blog wearing that theme. You can purchase a custom design upgrade and do the same yourself with CSS editing.
See here for details on purchasing the annually renewable custom and CSS editing:
Custom design – Frequently Asked Questions
http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions
http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/
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Yeah, I was just curious and I think that a slight increase in width would be a benefit for most people, but thank you Timethief.
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Every blog wearing the same theme is using the same template. Twenty Fourteen was originally called ” Further” and there’s not much likelihood that Themes Staff will increase the width on that template or any template and affect every blog already wearing the theme. Doing so would cause a backlash.
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You are probably correct that they will probably not change this Timethief, I was just hoping to directly get an answer from someone with WordPress because they would be the ones to be able to give a definite/definitive answer, so I will marked this as Resolved; but if someone from WordPress would like to answer this question, they can if they want to and if not, oh well. ;)
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The width for Twenty Fourteen is a deliberate design decision, and because it’s a default theme on WordPress.com and with the software at WordPress.org, the design elements aren’t likely to change.
You could use the Custom Design upgrade to modify the CSS for your site, or you might check out one of our many other themes that have a wider content area.
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Thank you Jackiedana. :)
I think that Akismet is marking my comments as Spam here at the forums now, I think that it started last night on the last thread that I commented on, and I reported it last night to Akismet but I have not heard back from them yet. :(
-John Jr
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It happened to my comment on this topic and for some reason his/her website is showing under my comment as well:
-John Jr
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Hi johnjronline, this comment doesn’t appear to have been marked as spam. Are you currently marked as spam elsewhere?
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Ah, okay, our replies crossed. :)
Yes, you were marked as spam there. Checking in with Akismet is the best thing to do to see if they can resolve it.
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One other thing… that post you were replying to was spam, so I’ve deleted the whole thread. :)
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Wow, we are replying to each other so fast! Hehehe ;)
Okay, I thought so, because after reading the Google Translate translation it looked like Spam; but I replied to it just in case it was a translation error. :D
Maybe Akismet will reply to me next week hopefully.
Thank you very much for taking the time to check on that for me Jackiedana, and the other issues; you really helped me out today. :)
-John Jr
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You’re very welcome, and thanks for helping out. :)
The Akismet team should be able to assist you soon.
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