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1. Jabbok
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm using the Arthemia theme which I like a great deal but I want to change one feature.
   The theme is designed to be a hybrid between a standard blog and a magazine theme. To add pictures to any area on the front page you have to use the Custom Field which is preset to the value of "Image" - as you can see below.

   I want to change this section of code so that I can post YouTube Videos on the front page.

   I'm sure it won't be as simple as changing "Image" to "Video" and posting a link... will it?

   Any help would be appreciated.

   <?php	$values = get_post_custom_values("Image");
   	if (isset($values[0])) { ?>
         <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">
   	<img src="<?php echo bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/scripts/timthumb.php?src=/<?php
   $values = get_post_custom_values("Image"); echo $values[0]; ?>&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=100"
   alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" class="left" width="150px" height="150px"  /></a>
   <?php } ?>

2. Peter Boosten
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   The word 'Image' in this context is meaningless: it could have been 'Bycicle' for that matter, as long as the word is the same in both the post (your Custom Field) and the coding in the php.

   What will give you the headaches (or not) is the img tag: that's designed to display images, not videos. You'll have to change that into something appropriate (don't know what that would be, but certainly not <img>)

   Peter

3. Mark / t31os
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   There are numerous plugins for embedding youtube videos, and i think they would be better suited in this case.

   Have a look here.
   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/youtube

   Plugins in some cases are just glorified functions, and alot would work as seperate theme functions to, so don't feel because it's a plugin it's any less valid as a method to archive whatever you need..

   I tend to have one rule when it comes to plugins, if it's not lightweight, i'm not using it... and it's served me well to date... (then i only use 2-3 minor plugins)..

4. Jabbok
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   The problem I'm running into is that this theme is a hybrid. The front page functions like a magazine theme.

   ALL images are posted via the "Custom Field" box.
   ALL images are pre-assigned to a specific size and formatted to that size via the tim-thumb plugin.

   There is no option to place a video on the front page. I can add one to the article and it will be there once a visitor clicks on the front page link but they won't have access to the video until they go to the page.

   I want the video to replace the image.

   I really like the overall appearance and functionality of this theme. I just want the added functionality of placing a video on the front page.

   I tried the wp-youtube plugin without success.
   I've also looked at the videographer theme - I may end up going to it but I'd rather not.

   Any more ideas?

   Thanks for the help.

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