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Autofix Youtube Tags?

Mr E · 2009-03-31 10:29:35

I've fixed a few youtube tags in the last week where people are clicking the youtube button to get the [ YOUTUBE ] [ /YOUTUBE ] tags to display, then they are pasting in the entire youtube link (instead of the 11 character code). Can you do some jiggery pokery to detect if people are doing this, and trim the string to just…

31-03-2009 11:29AM

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I've fixed a few youtube tags in the last week where people are clicking the youtube button to get the [ YOUTUBE ] [ /YOUTUBE ] tags to display, then they are pasting in the entire youtube link (instead of the 11 character code).

Can you do some jiggery pokery to detect if people are doing this, and trim the string to just grab the 11 character code? Note that it may not be the last 11 characters - it might have an &feature parameter at the end...

- Dave.

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#2 04-04-2009 09:33PM

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Sounds like a good idea.

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