David N. Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Received an email notification about a topic where the member embedded a YouTube video and it looks like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Stridgen Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Could you provide me with the link to that topic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Stridgen Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 My colleague has just seen the topic that relates to. It looks like they are able to add HTML and have added that embed manually, rather than just pasting the youtube link and letting it embed. While we allow for our own formats, we are unable to account for external sources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David N. Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 51 minutes ago, Marc Stridgen said: It looks like they are able to add HTML and have added that embed manually, rather than just pasting the youtube link and letting it embed. No, HTML isn't allowed on my forum except for me (I am the sole admin). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Explosion Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 This post was recognized by Marc Stridgen! Nathan Explosion was awarded the badge 'Helpful' and 5 points. Some observations: The notification contains the text of what was submitted by the user - it's contains what appears to be the embed code provided by Youtube for a video. But checking the post itself - it doesn't contain that code any longer. It now contains the expected Invision embed code The post was edited 8 hours ago by the user. Theory: User posted the code, thinking that was what was needed User realised it displays as text and not as a video User edited the post, and correctly added the URL for the video itself and Invision did its thing. David N. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David N. Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 Just now, Nathan Explosion said: Theory: User posted the code, thinking that was what was needed User realised it displays as text and not as a video User edited the post, and correctly added the URL for the video itself and Invision did its thing. AH!!! That's a great theory. Yes, I suppose that's what must have happened here. Thanks for explaining, that makes a lot of sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Explosion Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 (edited) 16 minutes ago, David N. said: AH!!! That's a great theory. Yes, I suppose that's what must have happened here. Thanks for explaining, that makes a lot of sense. You're welcome - here's the theory proven...I don't have permission here to post HTML so... Edited May 25, 2023 by Nathan Explosion no longer HTML 'text'...now embedded David N. and Adriano Faria 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David N. Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 Yes indeed I just got a notification email with the HTML code you just pasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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