BB Code Enhancements - Embed XHTML valid YouTube and Google Video into your posts

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Just thought I'd share what I did to allow my users to embed YouTube and Google Video videos into posts on my forum. This is my very first mod I've made since switching to vB, so forgive me if I screwed something up.


Demo:

http://forums.finalgear.com/test-for...-thread-14892/

The black bar will be different for you as it'll match your theme (it uses the same style as the whole quick reply box).


Upgrading from v1.x:

Just remove the plugin you added before (manage plugins -> delete) and then continue on to the installation instructions.

If you already have v2.x installed, you do NOT need to do this.


Installation:

Download and install the attached product. It will automatically create the new custom BBCode and add in some filtering plugins.

Save the two attached images and upload them to /images/editor/.


Usage:

Here's some examples:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl2UUunlI2Q[/youtube]
[youtube]hl2UUunlI2Q[/youtube]
[youtube="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl2UUunlI2Q"]Aston Martin Crash[/youtube]
[youtube="hl2UUunlI2Q"]Aston Martin Crash[/youtube]

[gvideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3688185030664621355[/gvideo]
[gvideo]3688185030664621355[/gvideo]
[gvideo="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3688185030664621355"]1980's Izuzu Gemini Advertisement[/gvideo]
[gvideo="3688185030664621355"]1980's Izuzu Gemini Advertisement[/gvideo]

Using vBAdvanced? It lacks the hook this plugin uses apparently, so if you wish to use this plugin with it, you need to use only the video ID and NOT the full URL for it to display correctly. Nothing I can do about it, it's vBAdvanced's fault.


How do I customize the look of the new box thingies?

Just edit the new custom BBCode items. It's in the admin area, near the bottom.

[Neal-UK]

Can't get this to work. I enter the full url or just the video number and then wrap the youtube code around it and it just shows:

[youtube]
h6KBiuVxOOY
[/youtube]

[Quantnet]

click Installed. Works great on 3.6.4
thanks

[Neal-UK]

Originally Posted by Quantnet.org

click Installed. Works great on 3.6.4
thanks

Boo hoo, how you get it to work?

[florino1]

Originally Posted by Neal-UK

Can't get this to work. I enter the full url or just the video number and then wrap the youtube code around it and it just shows:

[youtube]
h6KBiuVxOOY
[/youtube]

Same thing here !

[rossco_2005]

I like this, it's nice that users can put the id or full URL as it saves me having to explain how to get the url a hundred times to members. :P

Just noticed one bug and not sure if it was posted.
I was trying to make a quick explanation to users by writing the code [youtube]URL[/youtube] inside of [noparse] tags but your code still removes the full url and changes it to just an id which is a bit confusing to members (they don't know where the id came from :P).

Not a big deal but you should make your hack detect if the tag is inside of [noparse] tags or not.

[Quantnet]

Originally Posted by Neal-UK

Boo hoo, how you get it to work?

I use full url, haven't tried ID yet..works great with youtube and googlevideo. Just download the xml, and wrap around it using the tag.

Here is an example of youtube
http://www.quantnet.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1506

Here is an example of googlevideo
http://www.quantnet.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1229

[Viper007Bond]

Originally Posted by Neal-UK

Can't get this to work. I enter the full url or just the video number and then wrap the youtube code around it and it just shows:

[youtube]
h6KBiuVxOOY
[/youtube]

It needs to be all on one line.

[youtube]h6KBiuVxOOY[/youtube]

[Viper007Bond]

[QUOTE=rossco_2005;1139905]I like this, it's nice that users can put the id or full URL as it saves me having to explain how to get the url a hundred times to members. :P

Just noticed one bug and not sure if it was posted.
I was trying to make a quick explanation to users by writing the code [youtube]URL[/youtube] inside of [noparse] tags but your code still removes the full url and changes it to just an id which is a bit confusing to members (they don't know where the id came from :P).

Not a big deal but you should make your hack detect if the tag is inside of [noparse] tags or not. [/QUOTE]

I didn't know about that tag (I'm kinda new to vB). :surprised:

I do this to show users:

[you[b][/b]tube]blah[/youtube]

It's kinda ugly, but it gets the job done.

Oh, and I'll work on making it not do anything inside [noparse] tags. My plugin transforms the URL -> ID so that the internal BBCode parser can parse it, but I didn't code it to look for [noparse].

[Neal-UK]

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

It needs to be all on one line.

[youtube]h6KBiuVxOOY[/youtube]

Ha har, working now. Brilliant thankyou.

[kellogs]

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Sorry, but I only offer support to those who have marked it as installed.

Sorry mate, i have clicked installed

Please share some ideas

Thank you
-K