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YouTube in a Thickbox

May 30, 2008 By Hel :: Posted in Multimedia :: No comments

Embedding Videos: YouTube in a Thickbox

Note: This is a duplicate of an article I originally wrote on April 29, 2008 on the Supernatural Station website.

“Thickbox” is a great way to showcase a youTube video on your web site. Thickbox’s light box effect gives videos a dramatic, theatre-like feel. You only need to add a few extra lines of code to the preset embed code supplied by YouTube.com to show your video inside a “thickbox”. This method works with embed code from youTube.com as well as embed code from other video hosting sites. Click the links below to see some examples.

[youTube Thickbox demo]
[DailyMotion Thickbox demo]
[iMeem Thickbox demo]
[Vimeo Thickbox demo]

Step-by-step Instructions to embed a youTube video inside a Thickbox:

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