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Overview

Videos and video playlists which have been uploaded into YouTube can be displayed within your website. You will first need to sign up for a YouTube account. See the YouTube website for further information, and in particular, please read their terms and conditions before signing up.

Displaying a YouTube playlist

A playlist is a collection (gallery) of videos arranged in a particular order. Create a playlist within YouTube and add the videos to it. Obtain the Playlist ID as follows:

  1. Edit the playlist
  2. Within the Link edit box will be a direct link to the playlist which will be something like

    The Playlist ID is the numbers and letters after p=, in this example 13AD3CBE4CE32BA8


  3. The corresponding page on your website to display that playlist will be http://[your web site]/gallery_yt.aspx?playListID=[Playlist ID], for example,

The playlist title and description (as entered in YouTube) will be displayed at the top of your page, and each of the videos included in the playlist will be listed, with thumbnail images, titles and description (as entered in YouTube), video durations etc. Each video can then be clicked to view.

Display a single YouTube video

A single video can be displayed as follows:

  1. Go to your video list within YouTube
  2. Click the video name to 'watch' the video. This will load a page which will have a URL of something like

    The Video ID is the numbers and letters after v=, in this example PE3qTlcWDcw

  3. The corresponding page on your website to display that video will be http://[your web site]/gallery_yt.aspx?videoID=[Video ID], for example,

The video title and description (as entered in YouTube) will be displayed at the top of your page, and the video will automatically play when the page is accessed.

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