20 May 2007 - 20:29Forum Youtube Linker makes youtube links more useful

I wrote a little script that generates bbcode for linking to Youtube videos. It was inspired by the way GTalk and Orkut take Youtube URLs and show a screenshot and description etc.

It spits out forum bbcode that’ll look like this:

Yoji Biomehanika clip @ Sensation Black 2004

Youtube thumbnailYoutube thumbnailYoutube thumbnail
Yoji drops a sick track @ sensation black 2004Dark By Design – Blackout (yoji biomehanika mix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfIPt5Ai5P0

It was basically a way for me to teach myself regular expressions in php. A few of my friends have already found it useful, so give it a shot if you post on any bbcode-enabled forums.

You can also set up a bookmarklet and point it to javascript:(window.location = ‘http://portfolio.itas.ca/~mackenzied/uchoob.php?url=’+location.href);
or drag this into your bookmarks/toolbar: Link to this Youtube video

2 Comments | Tags: code, video, web

Comments:

  1. Bryn says;
    21 May 2007 - 11:45

    Very nicely done, would be quite handy. You will have to give me some details later. I need to get going on some code stuff.

  2. Hugh says;
    06 Jun 2008 - 16:48

    Nevermind, I worked it out.

    javascript:(window.location%20=%20′http://www.dmack.ca/uchoob.php?url=’+location.href);