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UBBDev / UBBWiki OwnerTime Lord
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The UBB by default comes with a MySpace tag to parse videos only from "vids.myspace.com", if you're having trouble posting videos from "myspacetv.com" then you'll want to add the following Custom Tag (since there is already a [video:myspace] tag in the custom tags menu, we won't even be showing this in the menu)
Custom Tag:
Description:
User Prompt:
MySpace URL; eg: http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=xxxxxx Matching Regex:
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm\?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=(.+?) Resulting Markup:
<embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=\\1&v=2&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed>
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Yarp™
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If you are not showing it in the usermenu, why bother creating a User Prompt?
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UBBDev / UBBWiki OwnerTime Lord
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consistency
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ok, where do I put this custom tag? i don't see a custom tagas menu listed in the control panel...
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ok, where do I put this custom tag?
Control Panel » Content Rebuilder » Custom Tag Editor
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UBBDev / UBBWiki OwnerTime Lord
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Try changing:
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm\?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=(.+?) To:
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm\?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=(.+?)
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unfortunately, didnt' seem to change anything....
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Yarp™
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Let's make things simpler
Why do we care about a correct url. We are only interested in the last parameter right? No matter what domain is entered.
Seems like a good enough regex for me.
The tag already defines which video service is being used, no need to double check the url.
You would only need to involve the full url if you would make a general [video] tag and the actual video service would be determined from the url entered.
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Which is how Gizmo originally had it I think.
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Yarp™
Yarp™
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The UBB by default comes with ...
Another great thing, it also comes default with an option to both export and import tags. No need for users to type in stuff
I've attached my version of the MySpace tag. Accepts both an url and just a code. Regex inspired by SD's youtube regex posted on ubbcentral.
Attachments
myspace.txt (456 Bytes, 11 downloads) SHA1: 2d9d1a89a1d0578817e51bd0015b0b7f35cd720e
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yes, mr Yarp™ has the correct idea. i believe it's the better and in long run easier way to approach it.
for people who aren't too regex savvy, i'd recommend regexbuddy.. after playin with it for a bit, the world of regexes gets a lot more clear.
Then you can keep using it, or after awhile you kinda don't need it anymore.
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