[C320-list] How do I embed youtube video on member website?

[Jeff Hare]

Hi Danny, 

You can embed YouTube videos in your member album!  Gee... only 13 easy steps.  :/
But really there are just 2 parts to it.  Getting the video and thumbnail image, and posting it.

Process:

First find the content:

1. Find some image you want to use for a thumbnail image for this video so people don't see a generic video icon.
2. Go to the Video on YouTube that you want to embed
3. Right-Mouse->"Copy Embed Code"  while your mouse is over the video.  (for the technical, it's probably an html iframe code snippet)

Then add it to your media gallery album:  

1. Log into your 320 website account
2. Under the "My Account" dropdown, choose "Your Member Album" to go to your photo album. Note that if you don't have one already, the menu option will be there to allow you to create your member album.
3. Once in your photo gallery or inside some nested album where you want to add the video, choose "Add Media" from the little dropdown at the top.
4. There will be 4 tabs across the top.  Choose the "Remote Media" tab for embedding a video or referencing content from other sites.
5. Paste that 'embed code' that you grabbed from the YouTube step into the "Remote URL" box.
6. Click the "Choose File" button above the Remote URL and select your Thumbnail image so that there's a cover image for that video.
7. Enter a short Title for your video
8. Enter some description for your video
9. If you can classify this video, enter some keywords that might help people find your video in a search separated by spaces
10. submit this form.

-Jeff Hare

PS: There are a handful of enhancements and some upgrades I have to get deployed soon... like June 2026 at my current rate of progress.


-----Original Message-----
From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of danny jensen
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 11:11 AM
To: C320-List at catalina320.com
Subject: [C320-list] How do I embed youtube video on member website?

Dear Sysadmin,

Thanks for this great system!. This is not an urgent request.

When access in the member website at this url. In the Madia Gallery Upload Media screen under the remote Media Tab > destination album -- Danny Jensen
> Remote media type Embedded Video
https://c320.org/mediagallery/admin.php?mode=remote&album_id=278

I am trying to embed this video on the member website in the field "Remote URL"
https://youtu.be/1It6JXgNAxg

The system seems to have issues with my the following remote URLs I have tried that are generated with youtube.

1. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="
https://www.youtube.com/embed/1It6JXgNAxg" frameborder="0"
allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

2. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1It6JXgNAxg

I receive errors .

1.
Media Gallery Upload Results

Format not allowed

Click Here <https://c320.org/mediagallery/album.php?aid=278&page=1> to return to album.

2. Media Gallery Error

ERROR: File 0 is not a valid embed URL

Thanks again for setting up this system.
Danny