28-07-2020, 10:27 AM
PLEASE NOTE THE 'UNLINK URL' ISSUE AT THE END OF THIS FAQ*
To embed a YouTube post into your topic use the yt tags or button (or use the Insert Video dropdown button)
EXAMPLE
for the youtube video at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0A6ERtLDy4
you would use
to give..
NOTE: YOU MUST USE THE PAGE URL SHOWN AT THE TOP OF THE BROWSER PAGE (with the 'watch' bit). DO NOT USE THE LINK GENERATED FROM THE 'SHARE' BUTTON IN YOUTUBE. THIS WILL NOT WORK.
To embed an Instagram post into your topic use the insta tags or button
EXAMPLE
for the instagram post at
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ZkNX3lsLR/
you would use
to give..
To add a twitter post into your topic use the twit tags or [img]jscripts/sceditor/myinsertbuttons/twit.png[/img] button
EXAMPLE
for the twitter post at
https://twitter.com/LandoNorris/status/1...4696282113
you would use
to give..
*known issues / bugs
There is currently a problem with the board software, where the input editor converts the youtube/instagram/twitter URL into a hyperlink when you paste it in. This stops the embedding from working.
The 2 ways to solve this are...
- Once pasted, click the URL then the 'unlink' button in the toolbar.
- In your UserCP, Edit Options, then tick Put the editor in source mode by default.
To embed a YouTube post into your topic use the yt tags or button (or use the Insert Video dropdown button)
EXAMPLE
for the youtube video at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0A6ERtLDy4
you would use
Code:
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0A6ERtLDy4[/yt]
to give..
NOTE: YOU MUST USE THE PAGE URL SHOWN AT THE TOP OF THE BROWSER PAGE (with the 'watch' bit). DO NOT USE THE LINK GENERATED FROM THE 'SHARE' BUTTON IN YOUTUBE. THIS WILL NOT WORK.
To embed an Instagram post into your topic use the insta tags or button
EXAMPLE
for the instagram post at
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ZkNX3lsLR/
you would use
Code:
[insta]https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ZkNX3lsLR/[/insta]
to give..
To add a twitter post into your topic use the twit tags or [img]jscripts/sceditor/myinsertbuttons/twit.png[/img] button
EXAMPLE
for the twitter post at
https://twitter.com/LandoNorris/status/1...4696282113
you would use
Code:
[twit]https://twitter.com/LandoNorris/status/1283498434696282113[/twit]
to give..
*known issues / bugs
There is currently a problem with the board software, where the input editor converts the youtube/instagram/twitter URL into a hyperlink when you paste it in. This stops the embedding from working.
The 2 ways to solve this are...
- Once pasted, click the URL then the 'unlink' button in the toolbar.
- In your UserCP, Edit Options, then tick Put the editor in source mode by default.