Easy way to add flickr/youtube in article (xml-block)

Thursday 23 December 2010 6:40:08 am

Hi!

As the title says... Is there a easy way to embed youtube/flickr in xml-block, so it is displayed inline with text?

If there is no easy way, what is the hard way? - I need to somehow extend what?....

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Sunday 26 December 2010 12:32:42 pm

Hi,

The custom tag idea is probably the easiest way to go, as Olav pointed out. Here is how to proceed to add your own custom tag.

1. Open your preferred content.ini.append.php, and add the following :

[CustomTagSettings]
AvailableCustomTags[]=youtube
CustomTagsDescription[youtube]=YouTube video

[youtube]
CustomAttributes[]=video_id
CustomAttributes[]=width
CustomAttributes[]=height

2. Create a template named youtube.tpl in <your_custom_extension>/design/standard/templates/content/datatype/view/ezxmltags/ , containing the following code :

{if $width|not}{set $width=425}{/if}
{if $height|not}{set $height=344}{/if}

<div class="object-center">
    <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="{$width|wash}" height="{$height|wash}" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/{$video_id|wash}&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x666666&amp;color2=0xf15e22">
        <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/{$video_id|wash}&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x666666&amp;color2=0xf15e22" />
    </object>
</div>

3. Clear the caches (INI and template)

You should now be able to choose the "YouTube video" custom tag from the pop-up showing-up when clicking the <?> button, from the Online Editor.

Cheers !

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Friday 18 February 2011 2:33:53 am

just a quick reply regarding the placement of the tpl file - you don't need to add it to the standar, it is sufficient to place it like this:

\<yourext>\design\<your_design>\templates\content\datatype\view\ezxmltags

Other than that, nice info - very helpful

Monday 21 February 2011 6:03:46 am

yeah, I've already made a new youtube class that does that. I haven't really added anything else then a name and url that is stripped and used, but could as you say add a image and other attributes.

good call.