Help:Videos

Video from YouTube can be shown on any Wikia page using simple code. The video is not uploaded to Wikia, but embedded. This means it is stored on YouTube, then called from there to be viewed on Wikia.

Adding a YouTube video

To add a YouTube video, you need the id code for the video. The easiest way to find this is to look at the URL of the YouTube page for the video. The string of letters and numbers after "v=" in the URL is the id code. So for the URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLFDzC_ok8c the id code could be DLFDzC_ok8c. If you aren't sure what you use, you can add the whole url in place of the id code. Please also make sure the video is appropriate for everybody, 13 or up.

YouTube videos are embedded with the code:

<youtube></youtube>

The id code for the video you want to show goes between the two tags:

<youtube>id code</youtube> 

"id code" is the code from the URL. So an example might be:

<youtube>DLFDzC_ok8c</youtube> 

Changing the size of the video

You can change the width and height of the video box, to a maximum of 425x350 pixels. If you specify width and height, and those settings are not in proportion to the YouTube screen, then you will have empty space around the video. In most cases, the width determines the screen size in this situation.

• Width is controlled with width="xxx", where xxx is the number of pixels. The default is 425 pixels.
• Height is controlled in the same way with height="xxx". The default is 350 pixels.

A full example would be:

<youtube width="200" height="200">DLFDzC_ok8c</youtube>

This gives you:

<youtube width="200" height="200">DLFDzC_ok8c</youtube>

Adding a caption

You can add a caption to a video using the image thumbnail styles. This example will add a video with a width of 200px, float it to the right of the page, and add a caption at the top. Simply edit the ID and CAPTION.

<div class="thumb tright"  style="width:200px;">
<div class="thumbcaption">CAPTION</div>
<youtube width="200" height="200">YouTube ID</youtube>
</div>

Examples

Are you using YouTube on your wiki? Please add to the list of examples below to show people how this new feature can be used.

• Video clip of English lesson activity on WikiJET
• Videos showing the 3D strategy game Glest
• UnNews is now available on video
• Watch the trailer of Neverwinter Nights 2
• The "Nature Anthem" song on WikiFur
• Cisco's Human Networking commercial on the Human Network Wiki
• Buffy and Angel snippets set to "Breathless" by The Corrs on the Buffyverse Wikia
• The Gaiapedia using YouTube videos to show off the battle system teaser video.
• The Gaiapedia using YouTube videos to show off recorded footage from The Otakon 2006 Gaia Online Panel.