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Agent Weebley · Sep 22, 2012

Hi everyone,

I just joined today. I probably won't post anything right away, as I need to get a feel for the place and the people, first . . . dang, just did it. OK, forget that; I'll start again.

Hi everyone,

I just joined today. I probably won't post anything else for a short while, as I need to get a feel for the place and the people, first. You may see me thanking my way around for a while.

Thanks for hosting this site, MacAllister.

L. Y. · Sep 22, 2012

Hello and

August Talok · Sep 22, 2012

Greetings and Salutations.

KellyAssauer · Sep 22, 2012

Hi Agent!

Welcome to AW!

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See if Katiemac has the answer here.

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and explained here. This link covers the most common problems found in the Share Your Work *Worth reading no matter how long you have been here!*

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Welcome to our community! =)

-kelly-

rwm4768 · Sep 22, 2012

Welcome.

CarrieAnn · Sep 22, 2012

Welcome!

AnaBlaze · Sep 22, 2012

Hi. I'm new here too. But, I welcome you.

cacoethes scribendi · Sep 23, 2012

Hello and welcome from a fellow newbie

Nickie · Sep 23, 2012

Hello there, and welcome to the Cooler.

regdog · Sep 23, 2012

Take some time and read the Newbie Guide and the Stickies found
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Tepelus · Sep 23, 2012

Hello, and welcome!

PorterStarrByrd · Sep 23, 2012

Welcome aboard

thehairymob · Sep 23, 2012

IAMWRITER · Sep 23, 2012

Hi and welcome!

heyjude · Sep 23, 2012

RLTDavis · Sep 23, 2012

Hello there and welcome!

Griffin Hayes · Sep 23, 2012

Welcome!

Agent Weebley · Sep 23, 2012

Thanks for all the welcome messages.

I am a big fan of embedding YouTube video with my writing, the BB code [YOUTUBE]xxxxxxx[.YOUTUBE] does not work and is not an option here.

It seems this site contains writing and hyperlinks only. If so, it may take a little getting used to . . . quite a challenge!

KellyAssauer · Sep 23, 2012

Agent Weebley said:
Thanks for all the welcome messages.

I am a big fan of embedding YouTube video with my writing, the BB code [YOUTUBE]xxxxxxx[.YOUTUBE] does not work and is not an option here.

Type what you want in a post window...
then 'copy' a youtube addy,
then come back to your post
'highlight' the text you'd like to make a link.
then click on the 'insert link' option in the post tool bar (looks like a little blue ball) and
paste the link into the box, hit return,
and the selected text now has the 'embedded' link.

Like so.

Things/options like this are covered in detail in the FAQ menu (blue menu bar at top of page)

Agent Weebley · Sep 23, 2012

KellyAssauer said:
Type what you want in a post window...
then 'copy' a youtube addy,
then come back to your post
'highlight' the text you'd like to make a link.
then click on the 'insert link' option in the post tool bar (looks like a little blue ball) and
paste the link into the box, hit return,
and the selected text now has the 'embedded' link.

Like so.

Things/options like this are covered in detail in the FAQ menu (blue menu bar at top of page)

Thanks, but that is a link, not an embed. I'm looking to put the 640 x 480 image in the body of the text, so the reader can continue to read while listening or watching. It's a multimedia effect.

On our WordPress blog, we lay the embed code down, e.g.:

<iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/k1fAVXVeomQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

KellyAssauer · Sep 23, 2012

Agent Weebley said:
Thanks, but that is a link, not an embed. I'm looking to put the 640 x 480 image in the body of the text, so the reader can continue to read while listening or watching. It's a multimedia effect.

Ah...No.
Too much bandwidth.
(let alone the writers that prefer the quiet)

If you want to listen to something, by all means. =)

Agent Weebley · Sep 23, 2012

Thanks for letting me know.

The embeds are just pretty pictures until clicked, and the YouTube video is external bandwidth, a far as I know. The effect is a contextual video either driving the story, or complementing the story . . . like an audio book.

Anyway, you helped me immensely, as I was searching everywhere before asking and found nothing to help me until you did.

Here's a [youtube URL redacted because youtube has blocked it].

SportsBooks · Sep 25, 2012

Welcome

Agent Weebley · Sep 25, 2012

Thanks, SportsBooks.

I ventured out into the Forums today, but came back with my tail between my legs. It seems I need to log in everywhere I go, then I get kicked out once I log in and am subscribed to a Forum.

It feels like, Fort Knox, except there's gold in here!

I'll figure it out eventually . . .

rhervey · Sep 25, 2012

Hi Agent Weebley. Welcome to the Cooler!

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