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HTML HTML Objects Embedded Elements

Posted by harsha praneeth
harsha praneeth
5,449 Points

unable to embed code

unable to upload other videos on youtube to my website other than the examples given in the video lesson. This is what i typed, please tell me the corrections

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title> first page </title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
</head>

<body>
 <object width="960" height="720">
 <param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/gSPAargq4LI?hl=en_US&amp;version=3"></param>
 <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param>
 <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param>
 <embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/gSPAargq4LI?hl=en_US&amp;version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="960" height="720" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed>
 </object>
<a href="another-page.html"> My Link</a>
<p> this is the first page </p>

</body>
</html>
harsha praneeth
harsha praneeth
5,449 Points

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSPAargq4LI

this is the link of the video which i have tried

harsha praneeth
harsha praneeth
5,449 Points

this is what i typed, plz make the changes u wish to <!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <title> first page </title> <meta charset="utf-8"> </head>

<body> <object width="960" height="720"> <param name="movie"value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gSPAargq4LI?hl=en_US&amp;version=3"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/gSPAargq4LI?hl=en_US&amp;version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="960" height="720" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> <a href="another-page.html"> My Link</a> <p> this is the first page </p>

</body> </html>

harsha praneeth
harsha praneeth
5,449 Points

did u get my code, plz reply if u got my question

5 Answers

harsha praneeth
harsha praneeth
5,449 Points
harsha praneeth
harsha praneeth
5,449 Points

this is what i kept

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title> first page </title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
</head>

<body>
 <object width="960" height="720">
 <param name="movie"value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gSPAargq4LI?hl=en_US&amp;version=3"></param>
 <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param>
 <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param>
 <embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/gSPAargq4LI?hl=en_US&amp;version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="960" height="720" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed>
 </object>
<a href="another-page.html"> My Link</a>
<p> this is the first page </p>

</body>
</html>
Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,729 Points
Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,729 Points

you only changed it in one place. You have to change it again in the embed tag

Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,729 Points
Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,729 Points 
 <embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/gSPAargq4LI?hl=en_US&amp;version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="960" height="720" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed>

should be 

 <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gSPAargq4LI?hl=en_US&amp;version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="960" height="720" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed>
Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,729 Points
Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,729 Points

hmm.. what you typed seems to work for me. Screenshot: image

harsha praneeth
harsha praneeth
5,449 Points
harsha praneeth
harsha praneeth
5,449 Points

in what browser is it

Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,729 Points
Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,729 Points

ok. I take that back it ran in Workspaces on here, but not when I put into an html file. modify where you have (both places): value="//www.youtube.com ... to value="http://www.youtube.com ...

harsha praneeth
harsha praneeth
5,449 Points

i did not get it even i replaced with http://www.youtube.com, plz let me know. I am really struck here

harsha praneeth
harsha praneeth
5,449 Points
harsha praneeth
harsha praneeth
5,449 Points

i did not get it even if i place http://www.youtube.com

Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,729 Points
Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,729 Points

can you post your code after those changes. (remember to put three tildes -or backticks- ( ``` ) on the line before and after your code to post as code (I edited your original post for correct formatting).

harsha praneeth
harsha praneeth
5,449 Points 
    i typed it as

<param name="movie"value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gSPAargq4LI?hl=en_US&amp;version=3"></param>

i got it man thank you very much, sorry i was typing at the top, now i typed at embed