Question about youtube videos

melmarie · #1 (**permalink**) 07-10-2008, 12:37 PM

Hey everybody - question.....
I would like to place some youtube videos on a few of my pages. However, they're sooooo big - UGH! I'm kinda new to all of this, and was wondering if there is a way to make the icon of the video to be a thumbnail size on my pages, but enlarge when my readers click them to view? Is this possible?
Thanks,
melmarie

Govindji_Patel · #2 (**permalink**) 07-10-2008, 02:36 PM

You can do that by making a file with the video code you get from Youtube and than put a link on your page to that file with a small image to watch the video.

lisa · #3 (**permalink**) 07-10-2008, 02:54 PM

Yep Govindji is right. When you copy the code from YouTube you simply reduce the height and width numbers to suite your needs. I usually do this when I post my videos on my sites.

melmarie · #4 (**permalink**) 07-10-2008, 08:04 PM

Great...Thanks

So whatever size I make them to be, is the size they will be when my visitors watch them? I'm just wondering, because I don't want to make them too small if that's the case.
It would be great if there's a way to make them tiny (under a video category), and upon somebody clicking to watch, it would enlarge.

lisa · #5 (**permalink**) 07-10-2008, 08:53 PM

Yes, whatever size you make it is the size it will be. Unfortunately you cannot make the video so it gets larger when they click because clicking YouTube videos always takes you to YouTube.com's site.

One way to get around that is to create a blank HTML file and place the full-sized video on that page. Then below your small video, create a text link that says "View Larger Size" and then take them to the new HTML page you created with the full-sized video.

Govindji_Patel · #6 (**permalink**) 07-10-2008, 08:59 PM

what i meant by that
is you create a file example video1.html and than you put the code you get from you tube in that body tag and save it

than you make a link on your web page
<a href="video1.html">put the image here or Click here to view video></a>

than when somone clicks on that link they will see video1 file with the You tube video

if you want to open in new page than you need that in the url

<a href="video1.html" target="_blank">

melmarie · #7 (**permalink**) 07-10-2008, 09:00 PM

Great idea Lisa! Appreciate it!

melmarie · #8 (**permalink**) 07-10-2008, 09:02 PM

You too Govindji

lisa · #9 (**permalink**) 07-10-2008, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Govindji_Patel

what i meant by that
is you create a file example video1.html and than you put the code you get from you tube in that body tag and save it

than you make a link on your web page
<a href="video1.html">put the image here or Click here to view video></a>

than when somone clicks on that link they will see video1 file with the You tube video

if you want to open in new page than you need that in the url

<a href="video1.html" target="_blank">

Oops! I didn't see your original reply. We were on the same page and basically gave the same suggestion. I like your idea of using an image of the video though.