Vide on how to create a custom BB Code for YouTube on PHPBB3

[Pete]

This is a short video walking you through the step needed to create a YouTube BB Code on PHPBB 3.x.x and use it:

[ihitf13anddied]

YouTube BBCode Best Method!


Hello!

This bbcode snippet here will allow your users to paste the WHOLE YOUTUBE LINK. I use this on my phpbb3 forums over at http://www.aintnobullshit.com and it works great!


BBcode usage:

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v={TEXT}[/youtube]

HTML Replacement:

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<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/{TEXT}"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/{TEXT}" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>

This is a much easier method than having the users copy and paste a small ID #.......and this method even works if you add the "&feature=related" thing on the end, too.


Happy phpbbing!
~f13

[Pete]

Hi! Thanks for posting it. I agree with you, it would be a lot easier to copy and paste the whole YouTube Link.


Pete

[ihitf13anddied]

You're very welcome. It was hard for me to find, and was only posted on ONE forum at the time that I found it. So last night I searched google and updated all of the forums that I could find that referenced the ID# code only. Look at it this way - one day YOU might use somebody else's forum.....I would want them to have access to the same awesome efficient bbcode for youtube that I'm using