Embedding YouTube video in article

Daniel Vaughan

Hi, I'm trying to place a YouTube video at the top of my article:

When I save the article, it is changed to this:

How can I add a video to my article? Regards, Daniel

Jochen Arndt

See the Code Project Article FAQ[^] on how to embed a video. Note also this:

Quote:

The article editor will show only a placeholder while viewing in WYSIWYG mode.

Daniel Vaughan

Thanks!

Pete OHanlon

I've just had a chance to look at your video mate - I cannot wait to see the completed article. This looks great (and even has a touch of CP orange).

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Daniel Vaughan

Unfortunately it doesn't work. When I place the following in my article, it's stripped out:

Daniel Vaughan

Thanks mate :)

Jochen Arndt

Sorry to hear that. Probably something has been changed since writing the FAQ. Maybe @Sean-Ewington can have a look (he will now be notified of this post).

Sean Ewington

Try putting it in as: <iframe style="height:315px;width:560px" src="//youtube.com/embed/ziwcTWFEY4U"></iframe>

Thanks, Sean Ewington CodeProject

Daniel Vaughan

Hi Sean, I tried it. When I save my article it changes the iframe element to:

If I preview the article, I see the video. But when I save the article, the iframe changes to the placeholder div. Cheers, Daniel

Chris Maunder

Let me dig in. Where's that hammer...? [Edit: is it this article[^]? Seems to be working. Did you have to do anything special? Or was there something you had to not do to get it working? If there's still an issue I'll dig in further.

cheers Chris Maunder

Meshack Musundi

Hi Chris. I'm experiencing this issue. Video was showing up in preview but isn't showing after publishing: [SignalChat: WPF & SignalR Chat Application](https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1181555/SignalChat-WPF-SignalR-Chat-Application)

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Meshack Musundi

Hi Daniel, how did you manage to resolve this issue?

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