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I have look for some help on this but have not seen anything on it yet.

I can not get youtube to embed comes up blank with a little green, blue, white, and red box in the upper left hand corner. What am I doing wrong?
 

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Its pretty easy, but a little weird.

In a youtube URL, there is a number sequence. Here is an example

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[B]s1L4BH4ygW8[/B] (I Bolded the code so you would see it)

Push the white and red youtube button (second last button) on the top of the bar on the message page. you will get this [YOU-TUBE][/YOU-TUBE]... minus the - marks (added them so the message would show).

Put the code in between the

I use the preview button to make sure everything is working right before I submit the message too. To see how the actual code looks, push the Quote button and look at my message string
 
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EDit... wow. triple. Must be a Monday. They need a delete post button
 
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That helps a bunch, execpt that your you tube screen looks just like mine. empty with the little colored box in the top left corner?? is it my link or my computer?
 

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Must be your link. It is I can see mine.


You try won and I will let you know if I can see it.
 
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the box for the screen is there just nothing in it to veiw. Ive used this a ton in the past without issue, now im either doing something wrong or something is wrong with my embed???
 

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vlT5Gqni4bc <<< This is the code. All the other stuff is saying where it comes from and that is was a link from the side bar feature vids. You are just looking for the embedded code. The sequence right after the =

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlT5Gqni4bc&list=WL62812E63948D8093&feature=mh_lolz)
 
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