On either a new page or an existing page/news post, you can embed a YouTube video. This can be added either into the Interior > Top Content section or within a Content Row.
For both ways, you must use the correct part of the video URL or the video will not display.
YouTube Video ID
Only videos from YouTube can appear on the website. (Learn more about using the IUP YouTube channel.)
Every YouTube web address (URL) contains an 11-character string of letters and numbers. The original video URL might appear like this:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYNNXvzwWB4&ab_channel=IndianaUniversityofPennsylvania
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https://youtu.be/uYNNXvzwWB4
The important part of these URLs is uYNNXvzwWB4
- In a longer URL, it appears after v= and before the & (ampersand).
Those characters, and those characters alone, need to be entered in the YouTube Video ID field.
Using additional parts of the URL will result in a blank box instead of the video.