How to embed YouTube videos without invalid code

Filed under: Tips & Tricks by Miraz on May 18, 2008     Print This Post

I’m developing a new blog and decided to check the validity of what I was doing. Once I recovered from the shock of 67 errors I realised that 2 embedded YouTube videos may well have been contributing problems. So I went searching and found this excellent advice:

If you’re looking to embed a YouTube video in your website’s code and want to retain your validity, … use the following

<object type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” style=”width:425px; height:350px;” data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/7_6B6vwE83U”><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/7_6B6vwE83U” /></object>

[Via : Embedding YouTube Videos as Valid XHTML 1.0, Bernie Zimmermann.]

Of course, you need to substitute the correct URL in two places.

In my new blog I fixed up a few other coding errors, used the above technique for the youTube videos and soon had the thrill of seeing the green ‘valid’ ribbon.

1. thanks for your sharing. i’ll try it.

   Comment by benbego — August 8, 2008 @ 6:13 am