Youtube in Visitor Messages

[Merlin]

You can now use the YouTube tag is Visitor Messages, along with the other custom BB tags we have added over the years.

For example(remove the spaces):
[ youtube=cool video ]A67ZkAd1wmI&feature=related[ /youtube ]

between the tags you put everything after http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=



HTML is not allowed anywhere on TFF due to the high risk of XSS attacks from abuse of code. I am unsure why it was re-enabled on certain limited cases, but the security hole has been closed. I am sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you, but it was never allowed in the first place.

If you have any questions on this matter, feel free to ask. Thanks.

[Rocky]

how do I use the youtube tag, how do I set my youtube to autoplay, and how do I change the size of the youtube videos?

[Merlin]

1. There is an example above.
2. Autoplay is not considered a best practice of the internet and therefore not allowed.
3. You cannot change the size. I can make it the "default" YouTube video size, but giving users free reign would result in people making videos that take up the whole screen, etc.

[Ashura]

Was this created because I had a hidden autoplay Youtube video on my TFF profile?

[Alpha]

My guess = yes.

Is it just my settings, or is the default setting for the videos too wide for viewing in a VM? I just posted one to my profile, but it won't fit without a scroll bar, and thus it can't display the whole frame at once.

[Dodie16]

I had it too, along with a few other members. It was neat while it lasted, but if it's a security risk, then I don't mind that it's gone. Plus, BB code works in VMs now, which is cool. Don't know if I'll use it for anything, but we'll see.

[Merlin]

It was brought to my attention that people were evading the HTML ban. While no one was using the HTML for malicious reasons, it is still a security hole and must be blocked.

edit: Alpha, I just looked at your VM in both Firefox 3 and IE 8 and it works fine for me. Do you have other stuff installed? What browser / version do you use?

[Alpha]

Using Chrome. Just updating it now. I'll see if that does anything.

It's still too big :/

[Merlin]

I'd have to download Chrome. I haven't tried it on that. O.o I need it for testing later anyway so I might as well get it now.

[Victoria]

How big is your resolution, Alpha?

[Alpha]

How big is your resolution, Alpha?

Got it in one! Ta. Works fine now.

[Tech Support]

Just downloaded Chrome and your video works fine for me. Check the attachment for how it looks when I shrink the browser way too far. It still is full size, I just have to scroll.

edit: Oh, well you already figured it out. XD

[von]

wow