Post by Mr.McMahon on Aug 27, 2009 22:10:13 GMT -5
Here are some new updates that this site just got!
More Coming Later!
Youtube Video as user Avatar
If you wanted to use the video at youtube.com/watch?v=FB2WUSvQStg then the url to the default thumbnail for that video would be img.youtube.com/vi/FB2WUSvQStg/2.jpg.
Set the height and width of the avatar as well since the video player will use those to define its own dimensions.
All you need to do is take the ID of the video (the Blue or green part counting on the skin) and plug it into the image url to get the thumbnail. You could also try 1.jpg and 3.jpg to see if you like those images better but Youtube always uses 2.jpg which is usually a snapshot from a keyframe located in the middle of the video.
You can also add extra videos that will play after the initial video by editing your website url field and adding v=videoID to the end of the url.
Example:
* 1. main video I chose to use the "Kelly Rowland - Work" video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=FB2WUSvQStg) as my main avatar video so I plugged in the ID of the video into this url img.youtube.com/vi/FB2WUSvQStg/2.jpg to create my avatar image then set the width and height to 100.
* 2. extra videos I also wanted the "Mark Ronson - Just" video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=fxu5CUPRU-U) to play after the first video finished. Since I had no website set in my profile I added one (any will do) then added my second video like this google.com/search?v=fxu5CUPRU-U. If I wanted to add a third, fourth, etc I would keep adding: google.com/search?v=fxu5CUPRU-U&v=aeIOu123&v=BcDEf999
*If there is no "?" (question mark) in the url already then add one
before adding your extra videos else just use an "&" (ampersand) when
adding more videoIDs
Personal Online/ Offline Text
On your Profile you can do a custom online offline message
Example:
"I am not Online right now"
or
I can talk now
Will be shown on your profile when other users go to it.
If you wanted to use the video at youtube.com/watch?v=FB2WUSvQStg then the url to the default thumbnail for that video would be img.youtube.com/vi/FB2WUSvQStg/2.jpg.
Set the height and width of the avatar as well since the video player will use those to define its own dimensions.
All you need to do is take the ID of the video (the Blue or green part counting on the skin) and plug it into the image url to get the thumbnail. You could also try 1.jpg and 3.jpg to see if you like those images better but Youtube always uses 2.jpg which is usually a snapshot from a keyframe located in the middle of the video.
You can also add extra videos that will play after the initial video by editing your website url field and adding v=videoID to the end of the url.
Example:
* 1. main video I chose to use the "Kelly Rowland - Work" video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=FB2WUSvQStg) as my main avatar video so I plugged in the ID of the video into this url img.youtube.com/vi/FB2WUSvQStg/2.jpg to create my avatar image then set the width and height to 100.
* 2. extra videos I also wanted the "Mark Ronson - Just" video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=fxu5CUPRU-U) to play after the first video finished. Since I had no website set in my profile I added one (any will do) then added my second video like this google.com/search?v=fxu5CUPRU-U. If I wanted to add a third, fourth, etc I would keep adding: google.com/search?v=fxu5CUPRU-U&v=aeIOu123&v=BcDEf999
*If there is no "?" (question mark) in the url already then add one
before adding your extra videos else just use an "&" (ampersand) when
adding more videoIDs
Personal Online/ Offline Text
On your Profile you can do a custom online offline message
Example:
"I am not Online right now"
or
I can talk now
Will be shown on your profile when other users go to it.
More Coming Later!