New! Video Gallery
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 3:52 pm
Hi all,
Just to let you know that I've added a rudimentary facility to add videos to UKB. This has been a long time coming (I've been waiting for someone else to build it!) and, at last, it's here. I believe that we'll be seeing much more video footage appearing in future, so there is an element of keeping up with the times! So - if you want to see what it looks like, you can click on the Videos link at the top of each forum page, which will take you here:
video.php
A summary of videos can be also found here:
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species_videos.php
The video gallery is integrated into the species pages (and home page) just like the photo gallery. At the moment, it only contains videos by myself. Some elements are a bit clunky (e.g. when adding a video, if you don't select the correct category, then you need to delete the record and add a new one). So how does it work? Well, this is simply an interface onto YouTube - you don't upload any videos, you just link to them. In other words, put your videos onto YouTube, and then add the link to UKB.
Since you can add any YouTube videos (by you or anyone else), could I please ask you to restrict additions to items that will fill gaps (e.g. new behaviour, new entry for a given species) other we'll just end up with a lot of clutter. And, as moderators, the team will be pruning where necessary
I've been corresponding with the chap who's written this addition, and have asked for some enhancements, not least one that will allow be to show the copyright to the original author of the video.
As ever, please let me know of any issues / bugs.
Cheers,
- Pete
Just to let you know that I've added a rudimentary facility to add videos to UKB. This has been a long time coming (I've been waiting for someone else to build it!) and, at last, it's here. I believe that we'll be seeing much more video footage appearing in future, so there is an element of keeping up with the times! So - if you want to see what it looks like, you can click on the Videos link at the top of each forum page, which will take you here:
video.php
A summary of videos can be also found here:
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species_videos.php
The video gallery is integrated into the species pages (and home page) just like the photo gallery. At the moment, it only contains videos by myself. Some elements are a bit clunky (e.g. when adding a video, if you don't select the correct category, then you need to delete the record and add a new one). So how does it work? Well, this is simply an interface onto YouTube - you don't upload any videos, you just link to them. In other words, put your videos onto YouTube, and then add the link to UKB.
Since you can add any YouTube videos (by you or anyone else), could I please ask you to restrict additions to items that will fill gaps (e.g. new behaviour, new entry for a given species) other we'll just end up with a lot of clutter. And, as moderators, the team will be pruning where necessary
I've been corresponding with the chap who's written this addition, and have asked for some enhancements, not least one that will allow be to show the copyright to the original author of the video.
As ever, please let me know of any issues / bugs.
Cheers,
- Pete
