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Regular poster 171 posts Ken Kaef Regular poster 171 posts
Ken Kaef

Please could you tell me how to embed a you-tube video into a blog entry. I tried recently but it did not work. RSieler kindly embedded it for me.

I wrote my blog on a MacBook Pro computer. I clicked on the embed media icon, pasted the link to the you-tube video then clicked OK. All I got was a link in the blog entry that did nothing.

Cheers Ken.

Ken 

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Ken Rice Super User 5,916 posts
Ken Rice

Copy the embed code in

There’s a nice writeup of the details here:  https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/help/posting-video-mobile-too

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joef MRH Founder 17,438 posts
joef

You need to copy the embed code from YouTube

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I clicked on the embed media icon, pasted the link to the you-tube video then clicked OK.

Nope, that won't do anything. You need to go to YouTube, select share, then copy the embed code. Using the embed media button in the editor here, paste the embed code into the dialog box and save it.

That will embed the video into your post. The instructions Ken Rice pointed to step you through the process.

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Ken Kaef Regular poster 171 posts
Ken Kaef

The penny finally dropped

Thanks Joe,

I finally got it when I saw what was actually pasted in "

How do I post a video?   

I have now successfully embedded a video. 

Ken 

Kanunda and Emu Flat Railway   https://kaefken.wordpress.com/about/
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