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HTML HTML Objects Embedded Elements

Endrin Tushe
Endrin Tushe
4,591 Points
Posted by Endrin Tushe
Endrin Tushe
4,591 Points

Old embed option no longer available on Youtube

It seems that YouTube no longer has the old embed check box option. They now use iframe element.

If I just cut and paste that code into Textmate the video embed won't work. I found that by adding http: in front of the address will make the code work. Reading previous posts it seems that the reason why the original code doesn't work is because the site is locally hosted. So my question is if the site wasn't locally hosted would we just copy the "iframe"embed code from youtube and not worry about adding the http: or should we always add http: to be on the safe side?

3 Answers

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

Adding "http:" to the beginning is a safe bet. The problem is, as you said yourself, when you run the program locally, the browser doesn't know how to handle the address being given. This is because you aren't using a server to execute a client-server transaction. If you were to run the code on your localhost using an Apache server (or any other server you choose), the "http:" would be prepended to the "//youtube.com..." address. Without the forced "http:" on the link, though, the target website (Youtube) can choose to initialize another type of connection, such as "https:". Leaving the forced "http:" off of the link allows the target website more freedom to choose the type of connection it wishes to establish. I hope that makes sense.

Sara Read
Sara Read
10,476 Points
Sara Read
Sara Read
10,476 Points

Thanks so much! Such a simple fix. :)

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

You're welcome, Sara! =]

Endrin Tushe
Endrin Tushe
4,591 Points
Endrin Tushe
Endrin Tushe
4,591 Points

Thanks for the reply Marcus! This is very helpful!

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

You are more than welcome, my friend! Good luck in your future endeavors. :)

Travon McCray
Travon McCray
1,476 Points
Travon McCray
Travon McCray
1,476 Points

i went to this website - http://www.gorissen.info/Pierre/files/YouTube_code.htm it has embedded code that by using the url of the youtube video and generating an old embedded code.