can't use YouTube with Wordpress Direct

[SusanB]

I am using WPD but I had wanted to add a page to my blog which you have to do directly from the WP admin panel, so while I was there, I decided to try to add the post I had trouble with in WPD, so I did and the post worked like a charm.

I intend to use WPD for most things but to add a page, you have to go to WP admin.

Hope this helps.

[daernoth]

Originally Posted by ElementalUnity

Did you go over to the adminstration panel of the youtube wordpress direct yet? I had this same problem, but found that all my tags were under uncatergorized, so in the admin panel i had to update that.

--JIM

Ah that sounds more promising... but i dont see any admin panel for youtube anywhere. How do you get to that? I see a website settings thing but nothing about youtube there.

Are you going to your hosting site? I am using Bluehost but dont see any settings like that there.

Whatever this panel is, it must be what I am missing.

[daernoth]

BTW if i go to my wordpress.com account my blog is not listed there. Maybe that is where the issue is?

[SusanB]

I did it this way because I could not get You Tube to work with WPD. When Emily said that I could add a page through the WP admin panel, I went there via my website settings on WPD.

While in WP admin, I decided to try to add the video via the admin panel and it worked like a charm. I intend to use the WPD panel except to add video or a page.

I thought I had posted this before so if it comes up twice, sorry

[SusanB]

To access your WP blog you need to access the wordpress admin area directly.

Go to WPD, website settings, and the link/username/password is there.

Good luck.

[daernoth]

OMG that had been staring me in the face all this time! Thanks so much! What a relief...

[SusanB]

you are so welcome.

It makes me happy that I could help someone else.

Have a great weekend.

[ElementalUnity]

See I wasn't talking about the WP admin log for what I did. I was talking about the Youtube2WordPress admin control panel... which is located in the manage content software. Now under the youtube there should be a button that says Admin Control panel. Your first time it will ask for a key # you will find that in the setting button.

[Stevepom]

OK - so the team at wordpressDirect got back to me about the format to use - and it isn't intuitive, but it is easy.

Here is an example:

If the youtube URL is:

h t t p : / / w w w .youtube.com/watch?v=WbFFs4DHWys

then simply use this format directly into your post (no need to put it into the html code):

[youtube WbFFs4DHWys]

That's all there is to it!

Steve

Originally Posted by msdobe

I don't know if anyone can help me, but when I try to add YouTube videos nothing happens. When I click on 'view keywords' there are no keywords, but I put them in when I installed the website. It's hosted with another company and it has the ioncube loader installed in the public_html folder. I submitted a help ticket several days ago with Worpress Direct but it was put on hold and I've never heard from them.

If anyone can help I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks!!
Jenny

[BrennanKingsland]

I get the message from WordPressDirect that I need to install an IonCube Loader (whatever that is). HELP!
Brennan