[Tutorial] BBCode mod for YouTube

burnz · Last edited by burnz on Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:32 pm; edited 3 times in total

Hi all,

Here is my first tutorial. Please let me know if you guys have any problem with it..

With this mod you can include youtube movie just by using the youtube provided movie URL eg: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Fg6KFcOsU

Note:
1. Make another update to the js files. Not to edit another js function, instead create another js function for youtube. Tested with default nbbcode.php and bbcode.js and its work.

Ronin

Sounds great! Any chance of a google video version as well? I imagine it would be very similar.

MikieMouse

It looks like you just included the img for the bbcode and an html file that had some youtube clips, but no code to add to the nbbcode.php file? Or am I missing something completely obvious?

burnz

MikieMouse wrote:

It looks like you just included the img for the bbcode and an html file that had some youtube clips, but no code to add to the nbbcode.php file? Or am I missing something completely obvious?

extract the zip file and read the txt file included in the zip file.

MikieMouse

burnz wrote:

extract the zip file and read the txt file included in the zip file.

I did, but there are only two files included in the zip file (downloaded it twice now). One is the youtube.gif file and the other is the .html file. Has anyone else got the text file in that zip?

WebSiteGuru · 1000+ Posts Club Offline Joined: Jun 09, 2005 Posts: 2318

This is not modules, not from where I am looking at. No offend intended. The index.html file only have flash object builded in to it, I could have done that myself with the block [flash]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Fg6KFcOsU[/flash] to display the movie.

MikieMouse

Actually, WSGuru, that won't work. Because the "flash" button looks for a file type in the URL (ie swf, fla, etc) and if its not there then you just get a text output. See below: [flash]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Fg6KFcOsU[/flash]

WebSiteGuru · 1000+ Posts Club Offline Joined: Jun 09, 2005 Posts: 2318

My bad!

You are right. It wont work with the flash tag.

But you can build it into the block-YouTube.php file and it will work as a block.

burnz

the problem is the block is to small to display the youtube movie.. Smile

or maybe i don't know the other way or the small youtube movie...

spacebar

Code::

#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------ 
#
includes/javascript/nbbcode.js

Should be:

Code::

#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------ 
#
includes/javascript/bbcode.js

Right?

Also, following the instructions I get a javascript message saying youtube_help is undefined. Also, the prompt for the url asks for email, instead of the youtube url.

spacebar

In bbcode.js I had to define the youtube_help variable as such...

Code::

var youtube_help="Insert video from YouTube: [youtube]YouTube URL[/youtube]";

Also, I had to code the BBCwmi function as such. The 3 redeclarations of URL were not working for me.

Code::

function BBCwmi(form, field, type) {
	var URL = prompt("Please enter image URL","http://"); }
	if (type == 'youtube') { URL = prompt("Please enter YouTube URL","http://"); }
	if (type == 'email') { URL = prompt("Enter the Email Address",""); }
	if (URL == null) { return; }
	if (!URL) { return alert("Error : You didn't write the Address"); }
	BBCwrite(form, field, '', "["+type+"]"+URL+"[/"+type+"]", true);
}

burnz

spacebar, I've done updating the mod, create a new js function for youtube rather than edit an existing js function. Please re-download.

it's should be

Code::

youtube_help="Insert video from YouTube: [youtube]YouTube URL[/youtube]";

not

Code::

var youtube_help="Insert video from YouTube: [youtube]YouTube URL[/youtube]";

remove the var commands

Thanks for your patient... Smile

farbird · Nice poster Offline Joined: Sep 19, 2005 Posts: 121

can this work with the latest release of dragonfly?

ie 9.1.10..

MikieMouse

farbird wrote:

can this work with the latest release of dragonfly?

ie 9.1.10..

Yes...I have actually developed an entire hack for the nbbcode that includes a button for YouTube, MySpace, and Google videos as well as a button for MP3s, Quicktime movies, and a Flash Media Player.

Check it out here for DF 9.0.6.1 or here for DF 9.1.1.

SnoSheriff · Heavy poster Offline Joined: Mar 27, 2005 Posts: 174

MikieMouse wrote:

I have actually developed an entire hack for the nbbcode that includes a button for YouTube, MySpace, and Google videos as well as a button for MP3s, Quicktime movies, and a Flash Media Player.

Will this work for other video feed sites that aren't listed above? Examples: liveleak.com, break.com...

Does this hack work with regular forums module (non Forums Pro)?