Problem with blank video and slideshare embeds [Resolved]

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MarkG Reply #1, 5 years, 9 months ago

Hi,

I'm trying to add some video and slideshare content to my pages, but when I load the pages the video doesn't show.

I can see it in the soirce code but it's just not displaying on the actual page.

Anyone have any ideas why it's not working?

Thanks.

Here's the code:

<object width="640" height="385" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/kAG39jKi0lI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
<param name="data" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kAG39jKi0lI?fs=1&hl=en_US" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" />
<param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kAG39jKi0lI?fs=1&hl=en_US" />
<param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" />
</object>

And here's the page

https://hotly.com.au/secrets/strategic-storytelling/clever-storytelling

There should be a video after the hero image and before the start of the main text.

I've also noticed from the source code that the code is being slightly rewritten, but I don't think that should affect it. Have to check that more closely.

Here's how it ends up on the page

<object data="http://www.youtube.com/v/kAG39jKi0lI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="385">
<param name="data" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kAG39jKi0lI?fs=1&hl=en_US">
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true">
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always">
<param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kAG39jKi0lI?fs=1&hl=en_US">
<param name="allowfullscreen" value="true">
</object>

.

Not sure what's rewriting it.

I'm using Ace editor, so maybe that's interfering.

This question has been answered by lkfranklin. See the first response.

[ed. note: markg last edited this post 5 years, 9 months ago.]

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LK Reply #2, 5 years, 9 months ago

Object and Embed were depreciated back in 2015. You need to use iframe:

<iframe width="640" height="385" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tgbNymZ7vqY"></iframe>

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MarkG Reply #3, 5 years, 9 months ago

Quote from: lkfranklin at Aug 09, 2018, 05:57 AM

Object and Embed were depreciated back in 2015. You need to use iframe:
<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tgbNymZ7vqY" width="640" height="385"></iframe>

Ah, many thanks.

These are all old posts that I'm updating and the original code on some goes back to 2010.

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Mark Hamstra Reply #4, 5 years, 9 months ago

Your site runs on HTTPS while those embeds were using HTTP. That's mixed content and probably got blocked. @lkfranklin's iframe embed uses https, so that's two birds with one stone wink

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MarkG Reply #5, 5 years, 9 months ago

Yeah thanks Mark, all fixed now.

As I said these are some old but still evergreen posts I'm updating.

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