Embedding Video

[gedhara]

Oh! I was wondering if it a security risk why is WP allowing it and so many others, I hope that when an upgrade is done this function is added and the admin allowed to grant permission to a certain member group (whom he/she can trust) only.

Is that possible?

[Kindred]

No. Never.

We would never allow such a security hole to be present, even IFNYOU feel that users are trusted, someone would misuse it and get hacked.


As we have already said....  There are half a dozen YouTube embed mods and the simple audio video embed mod to handle specific sites embedding.

[debiwebi]

OK, we have a fix for you.

Hi guys, I would also like to be able to use iframes to embed videos on my forum and couldn't get it to work. I found this topic and tried the recommended fix (I couldn't see a difference in the find/replace codes), but I did it and there's no change.

My iframe link is enclosed in [...] html tags (image attached), but all I get is an empty box where the video should appear. Can you tell what I'm doing wrong?  It's here: http://speakingofseth.com/index.php?topic=83.0

[Steve]

I don't know much about embedding like that but I'd try taking the 's' out https ...

There are a number of mods for embedding youtube videos that are much safer than using html.

The one I use is:

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2681

Btw, the difference in the two codes you mentioned is a single character if I remember correctly.

[debiwebi]

I don't know much about embedding like that but I'd try taking the 's' out https ...

Thanks, I took out the "s" and it didn't help. I had just copied the embed code directly from YouTube.

I'll take a look at the mod you suggest. I don't want to add very many mods, I like to keep things lightweight and simple, but if it's the only way to go I may need to break down and use it.

BTW is there something funny going on with the db server at SMF? I've been having trouble this morning getting pages to load, searches to work, getting posted (retry 2-3x). If not, maybe my ISP is having problems AGAIN.

[Steve]

BTW is there something funny going on with the db server at SMF? I've been having trouble this morning getting pages to load, searches to work, getting posted (retry 2-3x). If not, maybe my ISP is having problems AGAIN.

It's not just you. It's driving me nuts.