How do I add a YouTube video to my Web page or blog?
I keep finding these great videos on YouTube and want to include some of them in my Typepad blog but I have no idea how to do that. I tried dragging and dropping while I was composing an entry, but was totally unsurprised when it didn't work either. Can it be done?
Dave's Answer:
Ah yes, the astonishingly popular site YouTube. Turns out that it's pretty darn easy to find a video on YouTube and then include it in your blog entry or on your Web page.
I dug around and found an interesting little video showing the globe sculpture on the grounds of the Vatican Museum. Here's a link: Globe at Vatican Museum.
When you go there to check it out, notice the navigational elements on the right side of the video clip itself, in the "About This Video" box. It looks like this:
You can see the box you need, it's labeled "Embed" and the code, if you were to unwrap it all, would look like this:
I have a wordpress blog that was using categories in the url structure like this: /category_name/post_name/ Then I had read somewhere that if...
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I am also trying to include my Youtube Videos to my webpages which I am doing. Just the different thing is that I wish to upload videos from my website to the YouTube server
and have those videos played back from my web site. It needs to be done seamlessly
without again having to register(I am already registered on YT) on YouTube or have the uploaded videos shown on or accesible
by the public on YouTube. I just wish to use the YouTube technology and server so I
don't have to reinvent the capability to adjust videos for size, length and resolution to
keep memory down.
Just wonder if this could possible. Could anybody help me with any idea /solution. Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Mukund
Philip said, on February 9, 2007 6:37 PM:
can i use youtube window in my forum page?can the readers of my message see the video?how can i do this.thank you very much..
dan said, on February 22, 2007 8:05 AM:
HOW DO I ADD MY OWN VIDEO TO YOUTUBE I WANT TO ADD MY FLYING VIDEOS TO IT PLEASE HELP
I would like to add video to my websites and blog but when I add the embedded info as per your instructions above via cut n paste ... nothing happens. In Dreamweaver do I have to add the embed code via Add > HTML > Script ? Or, is there some other way I am missing. I am a novice. Thank you for your additional instructions. Deidre
cessy said, on August 9, 2007 3:40 PM:
hey Dave,
I just found out about your site, thanks and keep helping us(newies).
Flint said, on September 11, 2007 7:24 AM:
Hey, thanks man... It's just now when I embed the vid into my page, the video wont play.
It appears, but when I play it, it goes right to replay as if the video was over, yet it never even started. :-\
Am trying to psot a You Tube video on my TypePad blog. Did what you say above, copied coding in 'embeded' and pasted in my post, but it only shows the coding and not the video. Will the video come up when I've completed and saved the post, or should it show already before saving?
Could u teach me how to convert my video format from real player to any that later I can upload to youtube,because every video that I have in my pc have been download from the realplayer program that let u download from website,and when i upload to youtube it tells me that this format of video is no support from youtube
sardar sajid said, on October 30, 2008 4:04 AM:
i want to add my vidio and pic in youtube what can i do
Remeber guy's not all blog site's support this. As for *.HTML you will need to use a .Html code editing tool.
Dreamweaver is a very powerfull yet simple tool to use. It has it own FTP system witch can be very helpful with ever growing site's.
It will generate the code for you. Just follow the steps it is really easy!!!!
:-)
Steven said, on December 8, 2008 12:54 PM:
Help. I am building my web site a home for my recent class reunion. my site is www.kickingupmusicaldust.com
I bought a web domain and tool from Go daddy over the week end. I am try to get a couple video dowload to my site. Tom Petty's Last Dance for Mary Jane and Neil Young's Heart of gold of you tube. I do know I just need to know the scripts for each song. But how do I find the scripts inof for each song and paste into Go daddy loader for scripst icon so it will down load and play each video??? Help???? 480 703 4555 Steve
I wanted to listen to some music on lryics.com and I cant because it says embedding disabled by request. I do I get it back and what exactly is it?
Kavin said, on February 6, 2009 3:27 AM:
Dear Dave
i want display my website with video clips... how to display explain in asp.net with c#.. plz help me
Colby said, on February 6, 2009 7:22 PM:
Dave so i don;t really know wat i am doing but i am trying to learn so can you help me. i don't wanna pay any money and i won't to know how i put a video on my website it is cheap i know but syill here it is http://cobbcolby.web.officelive.com/default.aspx
if there is a way can you help me and if i can't do you know wat website i can have for a free domain name and web design please help me
-Colby
kundan said, on February 9, 2009 4:10 AM:
how can i add my own vedio on you tube to share with others
merry mie said, on February 20, 2009 6:18 AM:
HOW DO I ADD MY OWN VIDEOS IN YOUTUBE, I DONT KNOW HOW DAVID...PLS HELP ME..,I NEED IT,BECAUSE I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR MY SOMEONE IN OUR SECOND ANNIVERSARY,PLS HELP ME DAVID..TNX..
I usually hate to say this kind of thing BUT: Adding a youtube video to your website or blog is as simple as copy and paste. If you cannot do this simple thing then go back to basics and start learning to use your computer, because what you do to add youtube videos to your website/blog is the absolute basic fundamentals of using a computer, seriously people, 99% of the questions asked here are pathetically rudimentary and a solution can easily be found by just doing it your self. So stop posting your stupid questions and just give it a go, 5 minutes of your precious life isn't going to hurt just to figure these things out.
I know this sounds mean, but honesty is best, and I HONESTLY feel that if people don't start doing things for themselves, simple things like this then the world is as good as doomed. Seriously.
daksh jain said, on August 7, 2009 3:08 PM:
hello sir,
i want to know that how i am add table like you tube where we see list of videos i want to add html tags please help me out ..
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I know how to copy and paste html. I have done it hundreds of times over the years. . My website proves that, but for some reason, my own video on youtube will not paste. I use MS Experssion web. The message say html not legal. I have no idea how to correct this. What is really wrong here. Your help would be appreciated. Thank you very much
This is a really great idea and good information Adding a you tube video to the website it help on line video watch visitors
Thanks
tahoirr said, on December 19, 2009 11:48 PM:
please add in youtube my vedo
Anik Chowdhury said, on March 28, 2010 10:31 AM:
Can the video I upload in my you tube account be viewed by others?
Adolf said, on July 6, 2010 5:14 AM:
few steps i know
Go to the YouTube home page (see the Resources section below).
Look through the database of videos and locate the content you wish to add. You can browse by content title or type, or view the featured videos. Click on the 'History' link on the home page if you want to quickly access videos you've recently viewed.
Step
Copy the entire video URL from the address bar.
Step
Find the 'About This Video' section.
Copy the code from the 'Embed' box for the selected video.
Log in to your MySpace profile from the MySpace home page.
Click on 'Edit Profile'.
Paste the video code into the section of your profile you want the video to appear in.
Click 'Save Changes.'
Karl o'Toole said, on August 10, 2010 4:07 AM:
While it is easy (and fun) to embed the YouTube video on your webpage, you should aware Youtube is now a Google company, and they have full rights to display ads within their video. Your visitors might see your competitor's ads, videos after they view the video on your website. If your website is a personal website, I guess this won't really matter.
Larry Quaiser said, on August 10, 2010 7:00 AM:
very easy article to understand you tube video publish on web page
mo square said, on August 29, 2010 1:02 AM:
how to create youtbue account and then how to attached vedioes to facebook through that youtube
Can anyone help me???
I included a youtube video on the website, but when the video ends, it shows thumbnails of other videos. Is there a way of those thumbnails not to show up?
Thank you for your help!
Used videos through our marketing of property, the local area. But if not embed and links to a site with frames, change in youtube made the link not show up. Just link to main youtube site. Options to modify ends of link to make hot, usable?
Nice! I've used your site for wed stuff quite a few times over the years and recently have had a prob getting my video up on youtube via wordpress. Not anymore!!!!
deidre said, on June 22, 2011 7:39 AM:
I have a video that used to show on my website, it's like a 30 second commercial for our business. We purchased it from our previous site host, and I have the embedded codes for it.
We just recently took the video off the site because it took too long to load..
I would like to know how I can convert it to a video so I can put it on youtube and just add a link from my website to it? Please help I have been trying to figure this out and keep getting nowhere. Thank you so much.
I am trying to put this on my website palsrock and I don,t no what code I need from this website to put it on my website.http://www.ebaumsworld.com/games/featured/ can you help?
paul said, on April 19, 2012 5:59 PM:
hi thanks for this can you help i want to add a frame around the video ie like a picture frame or old tv i did have this on my old web site but have lost the html code on how to do it ..all i remmber is i uploded 4 pic to photo bucket and made them apear round the video so it looked like it was framed any help cheers
Genius said, on June 14, 2012 12:40 AM:
Hi, Its very easy article.Thanks for it.Can u have any idea how to use flash Player on your site.
simon said, on November 28, 2012 6:10 PM:
Hi Dave I have been embedding UTube video for some time now
Resonantly i am finding I get messages about content belonging to emi
being restricted for play back on certain sights
My question is how do I make my page play back these videos
if i post a link to facebook it embeds and plays back
do i have to spoof a facebook server ip to trick utube ?
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Dave,
I try doing that with my moveable type blog, and it still doesn't work. It is very frustrating. Is it me?