Sifty is killing my embed! What's wrong?
I'm trying to submit an Onion vid. I paste the embed code, and the validation passes. I click submit, and suddenly the code is no longer valid!
I compare what I pasted to what was in the embed box after submitting, and there's a big chunk missing! In fact it's the <embed src= > parameter!
What is going on? I'm trying to submit this:
And I have no idea why these things are appearing in this post:</embed></param></param></param></param>
I compare what I pasted to what was in the embed box after submitting, and there's a big chunk missing! In fact it's the <embed src= > parameter!
What is going on? I'm trying to submit this:
<object width="480" height="430"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/onn_embed/embedded_player.swf?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theonion.com%2Fcontent%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FPOST_APOCALYPTIC_article.jpg&videoid=93495&title=Are%20Violent%20Video%20Games%20Adequately%20Preparing%20Children%20For%20The%20Apocalypse%3F" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/onn_embed/embedded_player.swf"type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="480" height="430"flashvars="image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theonion.com%2Fcontent%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FPOST_APOCALYPTIC_article.jpg&videoid=93495&title=Are%20Violent%20Video%20Games%20Adequately%20Preparing%20Children%20For%20The%20Apocalypse%3F"></embed></object>
And I have no idea why these things are appearing in this post:</embed></param></param></param></param>
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I'm getting it too. Not sure what the problem is. Maybe you could find the video on their youtube account and use that?
Tried that, no youtube copy yet.
>> ^MaxWilder:
Tried that, no youtube copy yet.
Use this Veoh version of the video while the problem is fixed
http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/entertainment/watch/v1785819133e3Eskm
Thanks for the link Mauz15!
http://www.videosift.com/video/Are-Violent-Video-Games-Adequately-Preparing-Our-Children
When submitting videos it is best to ONLY copy the part between <embed> and </embed>
Lucky, I think the problem is theonion is burying everything in one flashvar line:
flashvars="image=LINK_TO.jpg&videoid=93495&title=TITLE"
So the submit parse deems that as a dupe.
When I try to submit just the
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