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HTML HTML Objects Embedded Elements

Liban Shire
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Liban Shire
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Posted by Liban Shire
Liban Shire
Courses Plus Student 4,147 Points

Why is Nick Pettit using Localhost on the HTML course?

I got confuses as the why the Youtube object video we put on the Html wasn't loading because it had to do with whether or not we were using Localhost.

<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_OBlgSz8sSM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed>

I had to change things from // to http:// for it to load properly because of the localhost mis confusion.

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Iago Wandalsen Prates
Iago Wandalsen Prates
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Iago Wandalsen Prates
Iago Wandalsen Prates
21,699 Points

I dont know the specific reason he was using localhost, but is generally good practice to develop simulating a web server. // means you will use the same protocol you are currently using, so if your site is http://, it will make a request for a file with the http protocol, and if your site is https:// it will make a https request. When you are not simulating a web server, the protocol isnt http, and using the same protocol (because you used //) will fail. Im not sure if thats what you asked, tried.