Learning the Boneyard, Lesson #5: Posting videos

[HuskyNan]

Previous lessons
Learning the Boneyard, Lesson #1: Private messaging
Learning the Boneyard, Lesson #2: Report, Ignore, and Polls
Learning the Boneyard, Lesson #3: Posting links
Learning the Boneyard, Lesson #4: Using the Toolbar

If you've mastered posting links, today's lesson should be pretty easy. I made it easy to explain because I have to go to work today and I don't have long to explain.

On the Toolbar, there is an icon that looks like two slices of film strip.

 

[HuskyNan]

When you click on that icon, a dialog box will come up asking for the video URL. Do you see the large space with all the barely legible text below? This is what it says:
You may embed media from the following sites:

• 8tracks
• ABC News
• Amazon Product
• audioBoom
• Audiomack
• Bandcamp
• BBC News
• Blab
• Bleacher Report videos
• Break
• Brightcove
• CBS News Video
• CNBC
• CNN
• CNNMoney
• CollegeHumor
• Comedy Central
• Coub
• Dailymotion
• Democracy Now!
• dumpert
• ESPN
• Facebook
• Flickr
• FORA.tv
• Fox News
• Funny or Die
• Gamespot
• GameTrailers
• Getty Images
• Gfycat
• Gifs.com
• GitHub Gist (via custom iframe)
• Global News
• GoFundMe
• Google Drive
• Google Sheets
• Google+
• Hudl
• Hulu
• HumorTV
• IGN
• IMDb
• Imgur
• Indiegogo
• Instagram
• Internet Archive
• İzlesene
• JW Platform
• Kickstarter
• Kiss Video
• Kontinental Hockey League (КХЛ)
• Libsyn
• LiveCap
• LiveLeak
• Livestream
• Mail.Ru
• Medium
• Metacafe
• Mixcloud
• MLB
• MRCTV
• MSNBC
• National Geographic Channel
• National Geographic Video
• NBC News
• NBC Sports
• NHL Videos and Highlights
• NPR
• Oddshot
• Orfium
• Pastebin
• Pinterest
• Plays.tv
• Podbean
• Prezi
• Reddit threads and comments
• Rutube
• Scribd
• SlideShare
• SoundCloud
• Sportsnet
• Spotify
• Steam store
• Stitcher
• Straw Poll
• Streamable
• Team Coco
• TED Talks
• The Atlantic Video
• The Guardian
• The New York Times Video
• The Onion
• The Wall Street Journal Online
• TinyPic videos
• TMZ
• Trailer Addict
• Tumblr
• Twitch
• Twitter
• Ustream
• VBOX7
• Veoh
• VEVO
• Viagame
• Video Detective
• Videomega
• vidme
• Vimeo
• Vine
• VK
• Vocaroo
• Vox
• Washington Post Video
• WorldStarHipHop
• Xbox DVR
• XboxClips
• Yahoo! Screen
• Youku
• YouTube
• Zippyshare audio files

That means not every video is compatible with the Boneyard so if you do try to post a video and it doesn't work, the video is probably hosted by a site not on this list.

 

[HuskyNan]

To copy the video URL from a site like YouTube or other video hosting sites, just copy the URL at the top of the page:

 

[HuskyNan]

To copy videos embedded in text, you can try right clicking and see if the option to Copy Link Location is on the menu. If so, just copy and paste the link. Otherwise, you might need to start the video to see if it pops up in its own window, then copy the URL at the top of the page. It should be a fairly easy thing to do, but you may need a little trial and error.

While multiple links to websites are allowed in one post, only one video can be posted at a time.

Speaking of YouTube, those of you who aren't familiar with it are missing out on a treasure trove. Many full UConn games are available there, including one of my favorites, linked below (I was there!). To look for a game, search on UConn [opponent's name] basketball or women's basketball.

 

[triaddukefan]

I think I got it

 

[GoingPostal]

Nan, thank you very much. As a non savvy user the instructions were easy to follow and not intimidating. There appreciated.

 

[MSGRET]

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