WordPress intentionally strips out iframes – which is now YouTube’s default embedding method – and certain other types of code – when you switch back and forth between visual and HTML modes. This is not a bug, though it’s definitely frustrating if you’re not aware of what’s happening. The best solution I’ve found for this particular issue is a plug-in called Better YouTube Embeds. This lets you use WordPress’s super-easy built-in video embedding method called oEmbed while still displaying YouTube embeds in an iframe, so they’ll be viewable on iPads, iPhones, and other non-Flash devices.
Hey Zoonini,
Thanks for the reply, it works sort-of, the videos embed ok, but I noticed that play back on them was not smooth, they will stop and start with the “loading” wheel spinning. Also, another glitch I found was that the will not take any sort of formatting such as “align center.” I guess I just have to reinsert the code when I’m done with the page.
All that said, there still is the bar space code being inserted when switching back and forth, I can’t tell you the number of times I have had to remove that code!
What do you mean by “bar space code”?
Really, the best thing is to avoid switching back and forth between the HTML & visual editors to avoid this type of grief with the editor. If you’re comfortable with HTML mode, you can simply deactivate the visual editor for your user.
Ok, I tried posting this before but it saw it as code and made a (you guessed it) bar space. LOL! So this time I will introduce some spaces into the code so it is not code.
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Just remove the spaces and you will see the code.
Ah – OK, first of all – to preserve HTML code here in the forums you just need to select it and press the “code” button in the little editing toolbar.
That HTML entity called a non-breaking space. When you paste text in the editor, are you pasting in anything from a program like Word? Do you double-space after periods? Those scenarios are where I’ve commonly seen non-breaking spaces added by the editor.
Ya, I’m still learning the forums, don’t come here much, that’s a good thing I guess.
Word??? That’s a Microsoft based virus, right?? LOL!! The only windows here are in my house!
No, it’s all Mac all the time here! 🙂 I edit text and code on Text Wrangler, or Text Edit, any pasting done has been with the text pasting tool, no, not the one for Windows based text, the other one. Yes, I do double space, so that may be it, I’ll have to look for that to see if it’s causing the issue.
Thanks for the help. 🙂
BTW….. cool site, love the “how to” for hiring a site designer, something similar on my site, called “Three Things.”
And I totally messed up the link! Need more practice! LOL!!
Three Things
Word has a decent Mac version – I use it all the time. 😉
Good luck solving the non-breaking space issue! If you stop double-spacing after periods (a typewriter holdover) you may solve the problem.
BTW….. cool site, love the “how to” for hiring a site designer, something similar on my site, called “Three Things.”
Neat!
