Hello Gliders, is there a way to let the users past a video link in the comment and display it as an embed video after it’s published? [image]

Here’s how! [CleanShot 2024-04-26 at 12.39.27] The javascript column is listed above :point_up:

Edit: No, it’s not possible because you can’t include <iframe> html in a chat message. :disappointed: Original response It’s not perfect, and might cause more issues than it’s worth, but if just youtube, possibly. You’d need to account for whether it’s youtu.be/VIDEOID or youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEOI…

Thank you for the reply Robert! I’m going to keep the links in the comments… p.s. I’m loving your tutorials! I’ve been learned a lot from your expertise!

Thanks for the kind words! Let me know if there’s a topic that needs further explaining!

Are you interested in replacing the URL with a thumbnail from YouTube? By adding a YouTube Thumbnail column and a bit of HTML markup, you can create a play button that resembles a YouTube thumbnail. At least your users will get more information through the thumbnail. Of course, this will open a new…

Yes Himaladin! This could be a smart solution. But are you sure that the thumbnail will be displayed? The type of data displayed for the content is a “text” type. How do you suggest me to structure the new column for the Youtube Thumbnail to try if it works? [image]

If I recall correctly, you can inject html into the comments that are displayed, so it would be a matter structuring a template column that joins the comment with HTML that contains the image and link, and then display that template column in your comments. I believe the comments component will ren…

Ah. That’s a smart solution and very doable with html.

Video link in the comments to display as embed video when published

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Robert_Petitto April 26, 2024, 4:40pm 9

Here’s how!

The javascript column is listed above

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Video link in the comments to display as embed video when published

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