Need instructions for how to insert a YouTube video into an article

[hhickman]

I can't figure out what the code is to insert (embed) a youtube video into an article - can someone help me?

Thanks!

[Andreas]

Simply use the video ID as you can see in the only demo http://demo.contao.org/contao/main.p...ct=edit&id=289 e.g.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOGhp63Lvbo
ID = rOGhp63Lvbo

[hhickman]

Thanks for this reply.

In the demo, it appears that I should be able to create a YouTube video element, but this is not on my list of options to choose from.

It also says at the top of the demo screen:
The j_mediaelement template needs to be included in the page layout.

And I don't think that is the case, and I don't know how to add that.

I need to be able to embed a YouTube into a Catalog item, rather than an article. Although knowing how to do both would be helpful. It there a different process for adding a YouTube Video Element to a Catalog?

Thanks for the help.

[Andreas]

Mediaelement is a jQuery plugin for youtube videos. In your page layout activate jQuery, then you will see j_xxx templates. Choose j_medialelement.

Don't know Catalog, there was an extension in earlier years, new extension is metamodels.

I can not give you a manual how to do it, but check the requirements on the Contao demo page what you need for this youtube player.

• jQuery loaded
• jQuery mediaelement class loaded
• initialize the player
• the right HTML markup so that mediaelement knows where to place the player
• check the HTML in the demo with JS disabled and then with JS enabled