Has the linking to youtube and some images been cut?

[NormalBob]

Hello,

Just curious if any changes had been made because I have never had problems linking to youtube or .jpg images on the internet.

Recently I have run into issues though. None of these worked:

[IMG]http:www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/Offbeat%20Travel%20Photo%20-%20Wong%20Fook%20Hing%20Book%2 0Store.jpg[/IMG]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhs3Rj71gpo

<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lhs3Rj71gpo...</param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lhs3Rj71gpo&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

[administrator]

We don't have raw html code enabled in posts.

As for the youtube/slide, etc. linking, yes the feature has been pulled temporarily and is under construction to expand the functionality. For now, links to youtube will have to do...

St. C

[ANONONE]

If you want to make it look better until the youtube functionality improves, you can insert a photo or screenshot of the video, and link that image to the video like this:

Check out this great video of Bill Hicks (click to play):



First, find the photo you want and insert the address using pic icon (looks like a postcard) on your menu. Then click that photo to highlight it, go back to the menu bar and click the internet link icon (looks like a globe) and then insert the address to the video in the pull down box.

[NormalBob]

Originally Posted by ANONONE

Check out this great video of Bill Hicks (click to play):



First, find the photo you want and insert the address using pic icon (looks like a postcard) on your menu. Then click that photo to highlight it, go back to the menu bar and click the internet link icon (looks like a globe) and then insert the address to the video in the pull down box.

Excellent!

I guess I may have just stumbled on a bunch of Wong Fook Hing pictures to try to link to.

[Guest030911]

Boo! Bring us back the code, please. We love embedded links and stuff.


I"m just sayin....
(What the hell does that really mean?)

[ANONONE]

Originally Posted by NormalBob

Excellent!

I guess I may have just stumbled on a bunch of Wong Fook Hing pictures to try to link to.

You would have to ask somebody more computer-smart than me like Gniess Guy, but I think some websites send spiders looking for their content property and insert that (or even more annoying) type of message to prevent you from linking. I recall one that really hacked me off because at first it worked and looked good in a thread, then a few days later it was replaced with a bold message saying "this picture was STOLEN from our site." Long after you could go in and edit and swap it for a different photo.

[Mokoa]

Originally Posted by ANONONE

You would have to ask somebody more computer-smart than me like Gniess Guy, but I think some websites send spiders looking for their content property and insert that (or even more annoying) type of message to prevent you from linking. I recall one that really hacked me off because at first it worked and looked good in a thread, then a few days later it was replaced with a bold message saying "this picture was STOLEN from our site." Long after you could go in and edit and swap it for a different photo.

Sites will do that for various reasons. Copyright, for example. Also, to reduce the demand for bandwidth caused by the links because they get charged for that.