Noel,
After you copy and paste the url…it’s blue and a live link. While your cursor is still at the end of the url,
hit your “backspace” key. It will change the blue live link back to plain text.
Ralph
Ralph,
Glad you are finally on to the procedure that works for you. Now if, before posting, you delete the stuff from the “&” to the end of the url, you will get a clean post of the video; example… (&list=UU_ES3OQlv2XsZkyGd5GAb3g)
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http://youtu.be/OHQL0XW7pwQ This is the shortened url from the SHARE category on youtube for the video above. Try using this one. It works for me (but then again, everything does).
Noel Wilson said:
Wish I know how you are getting the url with out all of extra text add on’s I get … I see your here and it doesn’t have what i have… mine is much longer url on copy and paste… I tried to short it lby deleteing the extra text like yours and it won’t work at all then.
Need to know what setting on tools for browsers you have to have to show what you show some how. Got to be someway to change the text setting in win tools you would think.
Noel & Jane
I’m selecting the youtube text in the URL box at the top of the browser, using the mouse. Ctl-C to copy, Ctl-V to paste it in, then add the youtube tags to it. I suspect you’re doing something else to get the URL, since youre getting a bunch of extra characters.
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Noel,
I really don’t know what the problem with IE is.
Ralph
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zANThRhDkQY[/youtube]
Noel,
If you get your url from the video watch pager or your video manager, it works better. URL’s from your “channel” page seem to be problematic.
Also, you’re leaving off the embed code 
Ralph
Hi Ralph. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong…done
This should be dead simple. No idea why everyone is having such trouble. Browser or OS version shouldn’t much matter. Here’s what I do…
Go to Youtube. Don’t log-In, don’t open a channel. Just search for and open the video you want to post.
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RUN the video.
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Below the viewer find the Share link and click it.
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The direct URL for the video will open up in a box already highlighted - COPY this url text.
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On LSC Open the post editor and PASTE the url.
- If you stop her you are posting a link, which is fine too -
- Put the Youtube tags around the URL (without spaces)…
[ youtube ] http://youtu.be/C4N5aSgvuqE [ /youtube ]
That should give you this…
[youtube]http://youtu.be/C4N5aSgvuqE[/youtube]
Note: There must be NO SPACES in the Youtube tags or between the tags and the URL.
Jon Radder said:
This should be dead simple. No idea why everyone is having such trouble. Browser or OS version shouldn’t much matter.
It shouldn’t, but it does.
In IE, it will post the URL as a live link unless I hit “backspace” when my cursor is at the end of the link. There is no space, so I don’t know why…
You’ve seen it, it’s not my imagination
But it’s no big deal, now that I know the procedure I need to use.
Ralph
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Your URL is correct, but it is still somehow coded as a hot link. Gives me the same as you…
[youtube]http://youtu.be/zANThRhDkQ[/youtube]
BUT, If I point at that link, right click and Copy Link Location, then paste it I get clear text. Putting the clear text between the Youtube tags works.
[youtube]http://youtu.be/zANThRhDkQY[/youtube]
I have no clue why you get an active link rather than text when you copy.
Windows 95 Test
[youtube] (http://lovetransmissions.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/off-the-air2.gif)?w=470&h=352 [/youtube]
David Russell said:
Windows 95 Test
[youtube] (http://lovetransmissions.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/off-the-air2.gif)?w=470&h=352 [/youtube]
You sure that’s Windows 95 - Looks a lot like the TRS-80 Color Computer boot screen to me ;]