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HTML HTML Objects Embedded Elements

Kate Montgomery
Kate Montgomery
2,183 Points

Old embed code not working

I followed the instructions to embed the "Charlie" video from youtube, but it won't show up when I refresh my web page. Is this a browser issue? Could the code be wrong? Help please - I'm a bit out of my depth here!

3 Answers

Kate Montgomery
Kate Montgomery
2,183 Points

I didn't even think to check that - can you tell I'm brand new to this? Haha. This worked - the embed text omitted the http: from each of the links, it seems to be fine now. Thank you!

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

There's actually a method to the madness ...

Protocol-less URLs don't work without a web server, so in that case just add http: in front of the URL.


> The main caveat to keep in mind when using the protocol-less reference is that it will fail on pages loaded via file:/// (i.e. HTML pages you load directly from disk to your browser). So, do be sure to include the http: protocol in the URL if you happen to be developing without a web server at all, but don’t worry about omitting it otherwise.

source: http://encosia.com/3-reasons-why-you-should-let-google-host-jquery-for-you/

Callum King
Callum King
6,470 Points

Have you compared your code to the one included in the project files?

Kate Montgomery
Kate Montgomery
2,183 Points

Oh, and if it helps, I'm using a 2012 MacBook Pro and Chrome. I tried it Firefox too, but it still didn't show up.