Z_Everson

True. I’m messing around with the code now though (not that I have an inkling about what I’m doing). I reckon if there’s a time for my site to be down, it might as well be at 2:16 a.m. If I can’t fix it (likely), I’ll follow your advice.

Thanks!

Good idea. I followed your suggestion, but had a few other problems (namely pictures didn’t load).

Thanks.

Hey–I just tried posting a YouTube video on my other blog Margaret and Zach: Meet a do-not-play list. With visual editor off, I posted this code:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtGF2m102Wg" height="329" width="400">
<param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtGF2m102Wg"></param>
<param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param></object>

The video does NOT appear on Firefox or Safari.

The video does, however, appear in Firefox and Safari–but not my Feedburner-generated RSS Feed–when I use the code YouTube provides:

<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/EtGF2m102Wg"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="https://www.youtube.com/v/EtGF2m102Wg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>

Any idea what gives?

Ah. Got it. Thanks!

Whooami:

I have no doubt that it worked fine for your sites. As the post I referenced earlier

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/81416?replies=8

demonstrates, however, I am not the only person to have this problem.

I manually added the code from YouTube to a blog post. I added it in the code screen, not using the visual editor. When I checked the post it looked fine in Safari, but the video did not appear in Firefox. I verified that fact myself.

I’m glad adding the code works fine for you; unfortunately that’s not the case for several other people.

i figured it out. DO NOT use plugins like “viper’s video quicktags” insert the html code provided on the site instead.

Yes, except I don’t use the plugin because I want to; I use it because I have to. As described in this thread

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/81416?replies=8

unless I use the plugin YouTube videos, YouTube videos won’t display when my site is viewed through Firefox. So, unfortunately, my options are

• have the video appear when viewed through all browsers on my site, but not appear in the RSS feed
• have the video appear in my RSS feed, but not when someone views my site through Firefox

Ideally I should be able to have it both ways.

Thanks CB! It seems the link to the module is down, but now I know where to look. Thanks for your best wishes too!

Let me ask a follow up question:

Is it possible to limit the number of tags that appear? As is, I have a long list running down my sidebar. I’d like to cap it at 10. I know the UTW code allows for limiting the number of tags, but I’m not sure how to implement it in the widget.

Thanks!

I installed the plugin and the YouTube video now appears in Firefox. The problem, however, is that the video won’t appear in my RSS feed.

The folks at Feedburner said ( the problem is because “the code you have in your post for the you tube video relies on a javascript function.” I’m guessing Viper is the reason for the javascript function.

So, any suggestions for how to get YouTube video to appear in Firefox and in my RSS feed?

Thanks!

There’s no magic trick to it. If the video shows up in your webpage, and you have Full Text set on the feed options, and your feedreader supports it, then the video will show there too.

Not so.

-The video appears in my post (https://zacheverson.com/2007/05/15/improve-your-grammar-while-you-watch-tv-and-eat-your-cereal/).

-Options > Reading > Full text is selected

-I checked the feed on Newsgator and Google Reader. The video does not appear.

I checked with a rep at Feedburner too and got this response:

The youtube image should appear in the feed like any other image, but it appears your original feed (before it gets to FeedBurner) does not contain the image in that is in the post, just the link. You’ll have to check that out with support at www.ads-software.com to see how to make sure your content also shows up in your feed. For one thing, make sure you don’t have summary mode on under the options tab in the wp admin interface.

Nika–do you remember where you put the /div? I have the same problem you did (https://margaretandzach.com). I’ve been trying to fix the problem by trial-and-error coding: namely adding a /div to different places in home.php, updating the template, and then checking the results (so the error you encounter may vary)..

Thanks!

Oh–if you look at the page now, there is an icon there. I put the author icon in front of e-mail as a placeholder. Thanks!

Thanks to both of you–works great!

Thank you so much, FlashBuddy–for the advice about marriage and the graphic. Unfortunately I’ve spent too much time on the site to back out of the marriage though. Your tip worked though. Editing the image with a simple cut and paste and upload did the trick.