html codes

[OJ]

hi. im kinda new to these html codes, and ive been playing around with different html codes and ive learned how to do a few things but i still need alot of improvement. lol. i have 2 questions so far.
1- can anyone tell me how to make codes to insert different images for different forums as backgrounds?

2- how can i make codes to insert youtube videos in different forums, and make them start automatically?

[RedBassett]

Sept 6, 2009 19:17:57 GMT -8 OJ said:

hi. im kinda new to these html codes, and ive been playing around with different html codes and ive learned how to do a few things but i still need alot of improvement. lol. i have 2 questions so far.
1- can anyone tell me how to make codes to insert different images for different forums as backgrounds?

2- how can i make codes to insert youtube videos in different forums, and make them start automatically?

First, both of these would require more than HTML. They would be done in Javascript.
If you need them done, you could go to code requests and someone there might be able to help.

[OJ]

the thing is that i want to learn how to do them myself so that in the future i wont be having to ask anyone to do them for me, because i need to do alot, not just one or two, so... if u could just tell me how to do them, im a fast learner. please, thanks

[Charles Stover]

The first would just be CSS

<style type="text/css"><!--
body { background-image : url("URL TO IMAGE HERE"); }
--></style>

You would just put that in the header of the forum you want to have that background.

[OJ]

thanks. it works.

so now can you tell me how to do the same thing but with youtube videos this time? i wanna be able to make them autostart also. so if you could help me out. please? thanks

[Charles Stover]

Well, there's the [youtube] BB Code. As for making them autostart, I have no idea. But I wouldn't recommend that anyway, since it would prolly annoy users who don't want it to play on page load (e.g. they have music playing in iTunes or something, and the video would interfere).

[OJ]

but if i want to put different videos in the background for different forums, dont i need and html code so that i can put it there? cuz i tried to do it with a UBBC code, and it didnt work, so...

[OJ]

so can anyone tell me how to make my own html codes to insert youtube videos in my background and make them autostart?

[Charles Stover]

To insert them into header/footers,

On YouTube, there'll be a field that says "Embed:"

Copy the code inside of that field. It'll look something like this:
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u5ZfzqvZINQ&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u5ZfzqvZINQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

To make it autoplay, there are two things you need to add:

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u5ZfzqvZINQ&hl=en&fs=1&autoplay=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u5ZfzqvZINQ&hl=en&fs=1&autoplay=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Put that in your header/footer, and you're good to go. It won't work with posts, though. Just headers/footers.

[OJ]

yes!!!!!!! all hail Charles Stover!!!! Thank you so much!!! if i have any more questions i hope youre the one who answers them. lol. thanks