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    Default Embed You Tube Video on Home Page

    I have searched the forum to try to find out how to embed a you tube video into my home page center content area but so far I have only found out how to embed into ezpage or product page.

    When I embed into the define main page, it shows up as text and not a video. I used the text and also the html <> areas and still no go, still shows up as text.

    I know I am missing something here and I am asking for help.

    Can someone please direct me in the right way in case I have missed a thread explaining how to embed you tube on home page.

    Thanks

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    Default Re: Embed You Tube Video on Home Page

    I have a video embedded in an EZ page. Originally had the same code/video on my home page and it showed up exactly the same as in this example:

    http://chilloutfashions.com.au/index...d=14&chapter=1

    Source code:

    <div>
    <object height="322" width="512"><param name="movie" value="http://d.yimg.com/static.video.yahoo.com/yep/YV_YEP.swf?ver=2.2.46" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="flashVars" value="id=3003680&amp;vid=642350&amp;lang=fr-fr&amp;intl=fr&amp;thumbUrl=http%3A//l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sch/cn/v/v1/w857/642350_320_224.jpeg&amp;embed=1" /><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#000000" flashvars="id=3003680&amp;vid=642350&amp;lang=fr-fr&amp;intl=fr&amp;thumbUrl=http%3A//l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sch/cn/v/v1/w857/642350_320_224.jpeg&amp;embed=1" height="322" src="http://d.yimg.com/static.video.yahoo.com/yep/YV_YEP.swf?ver=2.2.46" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="512"></embed></object><br />
    <a href="http://fr.video.yahoo.com/watch/642350/3003680">20 Ways How to Tie a Sarong</a> sur <a href="http://fr.video.yahoo.com">Yahoo! Vid&eacute;o</a></div>
    Admittedly this is not a You Tube video but hosted at Yahoo!. The principle, however, is the same. So I believe your corresponding You Tube code should work just the same on your home page.

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    Default Re: Embed You Tube Video on Home Page

    Thank you! I will try it out and post what I come out with. I appreciate your help.
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    Default Re: Embed You Tube Video on Home Page

    Just grabbed a random video from You Tube and pasted this code into the home page using the define pages editor - it worked just fine

    <div>
    <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zkd5dJIVjgM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zkd5dJIVjgM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
    </div>

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    Default Re: Embed You Tube Video on Home Page

    Frank,
    I tried this out, still no go...even tried it with your code...still shows up as text...hummm...
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    Default Re: Embed You Tube Video on Home Page

    I'll have to research this later today...not sure why it's not showing up for me. Thanks anyway.
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    Default Re: Embed You Tube Video on Home Page

    Quote Originally Posted by perkiekat View Post
    Frank,
    I tried this out, still no go...even tried it with your code...still shows up as text...hummm...
    Do you have the WYSIWYG editor one? Turn that OFF and just use the straight HTML interface when pasting it in. If using the WYSIWYG editor it may think that is supposed to be text and not actual HTML.
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    Default Re: Embed You Tube Video on Home Page

    Eric,
    I double checked to be sure I had the html editor turned off and it is and I used the text only to embed it. I even changed templates to classic just to make sure it wasn't the template I am using throwing it out as text...and it still shows up as text in the Classic template.

    So...this tells me I do not have something set right, but I don't know what it is!! It has to be something. Its not the video itself because I have tried other embedded you tube videos and they won't show up either. I'm at lost on what to do here and I have to have this You Tube video inserted for a client.

    Any suggestions from anyone would greatly be appreciated!
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    Default Re: Embed You Tube Video on Home Page

    After playing around with the editor, I don't think its working correctly.

    I removed the video and placed text in there using the WYSIWYG editor, changed the text size and when I saved it, it showed up with the html font tags!

    The only mod I have installed so far is the COWOA...hummm...may have to reinstall, try the You Tube thing, then install the COWOA.

    Geez...what a morning!
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    Default Re: Embed You Tube Video on Home Page

    Is this 1.3.9g ?

    Check post #52 here:

    http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=165081

 

 
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