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Inserting Youtube URL into Confluence.... Share, Option is gone?

I've upgraded our Confluence test instance to 4.3.7, and am testing the YouTube URL in a new document.

The Widget Connector Macro doc mentions that I need to copy the long URL, under Share, Options, Long Link.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Widget+Connector+Macro#WidgetConnectorMacro-Troubleshooting

The problem is that when I click Share, I can not see "Options". Has this moved recently?

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Youtube apparently disabled the "long" option - time to update the widget code to accept "short" urls?

HOWTO translate "short" into "long" for feeding into Widget Connector:

http://youtu.be/XIn1zxAbrv8 should be replaced with
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIn1zxAbrv8

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This was the only solution that worked for me in Atlassian Cloud Confluence 5.7-OD-44. Thanks!

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confluence 5.2.5 here.

I was confused as to why the embedded videos weren't being rendered within my Chrome browser but were displaying properly in FF.

Turns out, as my site is SSL-enabled, not only do the video URLs have to be the long version but they also have to be HTTPS! I guess chrome is blocking non-https iframes from being loaded within an https page.

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Yep, the latest Chrome, and recent versions of FF blocked mixed content by default.

We're making some changes to the widget connector to deal with this better - https://ecosystem.atlassian.net/browse/WC-75

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I'm on 5.4.4 and can use the widget connector and youtube links ok - just use the URL that's in the browser address bar

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Hi Stuartu,

I added a YouTube video in Confluence 4.3.7 and click on that button in the very right side like this ".<" and I was able to see the Option button, but actually is a dropdown menu, as you can see here:

May I ask you, which version did you come from? That way I can test in my local environment to see if there's something different.

Cheers,

WZ

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Hi William,

Thanks for your reply.

I'm running Firefox 18.0.2 at work, and Firefox 18.0.1 on my home laptop.

For both versions, I can not see the Options dropdown like you can.

For example:

Stuart.

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I installed the latest Chrome browser on my laptop, and can't see the Options menu in their either.

Chromium Browser - Version 24.0.1312.56 Ubuntu 12.04 (24.0.1312.56-0ubuntu0.12.04.1)

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out of interest, I copied the URL under "Share", which is in the exact format the Widget Connector Macro doc says WON'T WORK:

Note: You must use the long YouTube URL. The shortened URL (like this one: http://www.youtu.be/<video_key>) does not work in the widget connector.

However, I paste the URL in (i.e. http://youtu.be/0QhTcMrWBp8), and it works perfectly.

Perhaps the Confluence doc needs to be updated,....

btw,... I am running Firefox 18.0.2

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