Utube in FP 2003

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Barryjt

I am trying to insert a link from a page on my website to a video on Utube.
I have done this before but now it doesn't work. I pasted the URL in to my
web page but when I click on it I get a message: "The URL contained a
malformed video ID. "
I know it is the correct URL because if I send it via email, it works fine.
I've tried linking to other videos but get the same result.

I also tried following the instructions for embedding a video but that
didn't work either.

I am using FP 2003 with Vista Home Premium.

Help please but not too technical!
 
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Rob Giordano [MS MVP]

Are you using the Embed html provided by YouTube? :

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie"
value="
"></param><param
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess"
value="always"></param><embed
src="
"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always"
allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

You can customize the Embed right on YouTube then copy/paste it into your
code in FP.

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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression
 
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Barryjt

Thanks Rob. All I did was copy and paste the urlm from my browser (IE) into
the page on my website. It always worked before but not now. I'm not very
tech enabled.
 
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Rob Giordano [MS MVP]

The URL should work too but will take you TO YouTube to that vid. The
"malformed" video ID might mean you copied only part of the URL...or???



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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression
 
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Barryjt

Thanks Rob. It's strange. I did paste the entire url but it wouldn't work.
However, I have now found another version which I have pasted and that is
working fine. It not as nice but beggars can't be choosers!

Thanks again for replying.

The website is: wwwstjameschurchwelland.org.uk

Barry
 

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