` code is mapped for a different style in the template style sheet, so using it in this instance is not an option.. the problem is in the code for WP itself.. * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-youtube-problem-with-formatting-code/#post-524918) * dont do it that way. do it this way: * `

` * where someclass is what centers it, like so: * ``` .SOMECLASS { display:block; margin:auto; so on and so on ... } ``` * Please note too that what you are using is not going to produce valid markup. My example will. * [Navie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/navie/) * (@navie) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-youtube-problem-with-formatting-code/#post-524928) * My problem is somewhat the same, except that there’s no ‘center’ in the beginning of the youtube code, only ‘object’. * First everything withe the embedding was fine, then I experimented with changing to different themes, then the video stopped showing with only an ‘X’ visible top left. * Strangely, the video is visible on firefox. * [http://www.polaris-snow.com/](http://www.polaris-snow.com/) * I tried deleting temp files and such but the vids are still not visible on explorer. * Another thing, is there a simple way to edit the width of the posting area? It seems too cramped. Better yet, can anyone direct me to the best online resource for editing the wordpress template? Thank you. * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-youtube-problem-with-formatting-code/#post-524929) * Navie, * I give a working example of how to embed youtube videos that will display in Firefox and IE above, and in innumerable other threads that ask similar questions. * > ..Better yet, can anyone direct me to the best online resource for editing the wordpress template? * Plain as day: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development](http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development) * [Navie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/navie/) * (@navie) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-youtube-problem-with-formatting-code/#post-524932) * Whooami, can you give me a working example with the video here? I really don’t know where to insert the SOMECLASS code as I’m not really technical oriented at all. *

* [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/) * (@samboll) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-youtube-problem-with-formatting-code/#post-524933) * I’m not Whooami but, * `

` * SOMECLASS can be any name. Don’t forget the stylesheet as she pointed out above. * [Navie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/navie/) * (@navie) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-youtube-problem-with-formatting-code/#post-524934) * I’ve no idea what stylesheet is, but that is another topic. Right now, I’ve pasted the exact code you gave me, samboll and the video still doesn’t show on IE but still shows fine on firefox. * So I thought IE and youtube is having problems, but then I went to youtube.com on IE, and the videos there displayed okay. * This problem only emerged after I tried switching themes in the Presentation tab last night, the videos were displaying fine before. * Even after switching back to the original orange theme, the prob persists, so I guess it’s not a theme-caused thing.. now I’m using the blue “it could be this one” theme. * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-youtube-problem-with-formatting-code/#post-524935) * and again, the code I posted AND the code sam reposted works flawlessly in IE and FF. * your issue might be related to your IE browser. Go download and install the latest version of flash — you tube requires 9.whateverislatest. If you dont have it, IE will see black, its as simple as that. * You are more than welcome to follow the link in MY profile and look around my site. I use flash extensively — and it ALL works in IE and FF. * I also post you tube videos. * If you dont know a stylesheet is, honest to god, what have you been doing for the 4 months youve been on this forum? * How bout we do a little educating. Google is waiting for you. * [Navie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/navie/) * (@navie) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-youtube-problem-with-formatting-code/#post-524936) * Can you see my youtube videos there at all? * I saw my flash version is 9.xx on Adobe’s site but just to be sure I went to download.com to get the latest one and reinstalled, rebooted but still can’t see the youtube videos. * I’m at the point where I think the only way to solve this right now is to delete this wordpress and mysql, then ftp and start a mysql from scratch. * Is there any other solution? * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-youtube-problem-with-formatting-code/#post-524937) * I see them, and they play just FINE in my ie.. its your browser, its not wordpress, its certainly NOT mysql (why do think mysql would have anything to do with playing youtbe videos anyway??) * [Navie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/navie/) * (@navie) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-youtube-problem-with-formatting-code/#post-524938) * (As I said I’m not a technical at all and mysql was one of the steps needed after uploading the wordpress in ftp, so any reinstall will probably mean I needed to delete and redo _everything_ from scratch.) * Finally managed to solve it, from this other thread.. [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/109127?replies=8](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/109127?replies=8)[ resolved] WordPress, YouTube and Internet Explorer * What it involves is, *

YOUTUBE-CODE-IN-HERE

* (Aaaaaaaaaarrggghh!!!!) * Does anyone here recommend the plugin at the bottom of that thread to simplify inserting embedded video? * [http://www.viper007bond.com/wordpress-plugins/vipers-video-quicktags/](http://www.viper007bond.com/wordpress-plugins/vipers-video-quicktags/) * [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/) * (@samboll) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-youtube-problem-with-formatting-code/#post-524939) * Viper’s plugin is the only one I use for inserting any video. * [webranger1962](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webranger1962/) * (@webranger1962) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-youtube-problem-with-formatting-code/#post-524942) * I’ve played with this a lot. The problem somehow appears to be the rich editor. If you turn it off, it works fine. Thanks for the hint about wmode…. * Let me paint a little scenario and I think you might get to the bug. * If I turn off the rich text widget, then I can pop the YouTube flash snippet into a post…. no problem. * If I turn the rich text widget back on and then edit the post it screws the post up. * What it does (even if you open the source window and fix it) is turn all the

into and . * Something is screwy with the RTE because if you open a file that worked with a YouTube video and save it again without editing, it will be screwed up. * My brother reports the same problem on his blog. Just for the sake of convenience it would be nice to just cut and paste. * 🙂 * Kevin * retrovision.tv * [guibuu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guibuu/) * (@guibuu) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/embed-youtube-problem-with-formatting-code/#post-524955) * whooami code work for me. Anyway, for copy-paste YouTube videos into WordPress** without adding any more** (such `class="SOMECLASS"`), I have added to my stylesheet( stylesheet = .css 😉 not a class definition, but an **object** definition: * ``` object { display: block; margin: auto; } ``` * In short: with this, all YouTube videos* are centered without any extra code. * I mean, any `