YouTube BB Code (W3C-compliant!)
 

I searched for a decent YouTube BB code tag here, but every single one of them uses the embed tag, which is an illegal XHTML tag. I set out to find a way to create a W3C-compliant YouTube BB code tag, and this is what you see here.

Title: YouTube
BB Code Tag Name: youtube
Replacement: Example: [youtube]zlfKdbWwruY[/youtube]
Description: Embed a YouTube video. You <b>only</b> put the video ID in between the BB code tags (<b>NOT</b> the full URL!). Embedding <b>must</b> be enabled for the video!
Use Option: No
Image: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...1&d=1250542951

Important Note!
A link to the YouTube video is displayed if the YouTube video fails to load. There are a variety of reasons this might occur:

- You didn't properly enter the video ID between the BB code tags.
- You don't have the latest version of Flash.
- You are using Firefox and have a conflicting extension (AdBlock, NoScript, a Greasemonkey script, etc).
- The video doesn't allow embedding.
- You have some other problem on your end (corrupt browser install, spyware, virus, etc.).
- YouTube is currently having a problem.

Members simply paste what they see in the browser URL. How can I change it to accept full URL instead of just ID?

You'll need another (fancier) mod if you want to do this. Given vB3's current BBCode system, a simple BBCode can't achieve that unfortunately. Just tell your members how to properly use this BBCode.

My members just had to be edumacated. But they soon learned how it works.

thnx man

Thank you!

Why i saw white page if url put....?

I don't understand. Copy/paste the [youtube] command you were trying.

installed - many thanks - any way of getting the icon to show in quick reply - typing the text works so it is ok from there.

If i put [YOYTUBE]http://www.youtube.com=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[/YOUTUBE] saws white screen...

And its saws lucky its sould be when i put [YOYTUBE]xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[/YOUTUBE]