Linking to a youtube video

I have tried searching the Dw help, youtube site and
elsewhere on
google - but still can't find what I want.
how do you embed a youtube video -
What i am trying to do is to link to a you tube video - where
you have
a static image on the screen - with the right arrow on to of
the image
- which if clicked streams the video from the youtube site
without
having to directly go to the youtube site
I know you can easily have the you tube video url link - but
that is
not the same.............
~Malcolm N....
~

Hi
Just go to youtube and find the video you want to place on
your site, on
the right you will see some code under Embed like below:
<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie"
value="
http://www.youtube.com/v/VKQqItZu4Is&rel=XXXXX"></param><param
name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed
src="
http://www.youtube.com/v/WWWWWWW=1"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"
width="425"
height="355"></embed></object>
Just copy and paste this code into your HTML.
Kind Regards
Paul Dell
An Eye of Menorca
www.dellimages.com
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news:[email protected]..
>
> I have tried searching the Dw help, youtube site and
elsewhere on
> google - but still can't find what I want.
>
>
> how do you embed a youtube video -
>
> What i am trying to do is to link to a you tube video -
where you have
> a static image on the screen - with the right arrow on
to of the image
> - which if clicked streams the video from the youtube
site without
> having to directly go to the youtube site
>
>
> I know you can easily have the you tube video url link -
but that is
> not the same.............
>
> --
>
> ~Malcolm N....
> ~

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