I recently started embedding some video on my Joomla site. I thought everything was working fine until I realized it was requiring you to be logged in to view that content. This seemed really weird so the first thing I checked were the permission levels on the two content items and everything was set to “public,” which is the default setting.
I had used the embed code from YouTube so my next plan of action was to try a plugin I already had installed and was using for some audio - AllVideos. It took me a couple minutes to figure out what exactly to snag as the YouTube code and get it setup, but that didn’t work either. I then decided to stream a local video with AllVideos. This worked, but I still couldn’t figure out why.
I posted on the Joomla forums, talked to a couple geek-friends and pondered on it for most of a day. Do you know what finally fixed it? Completely starting over. I just deleted the two offending content items, re-created them and everything worked fine. Wish I had thought of that right away.
Yeah, I’ve slammed my head against the wall several times since I’ve started working with Joomla. A lot of times the page won’t display as expected, and simply deleting / recreating the content fixes things. Kind of disconcerting… hopefully whenever 1.5 comes out it will solve a lot of the stability / data issues.
Yeah, I know 1.5 has been in beta for a while. I’d rather have them test it extra long than make a Microsoft-esque release and then spend a year patching it to make it usable.
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How did you add embededd media in Joomla. I could not it. I am using Joomla 1.5.8 in localhost. I tried to add this videos (http://www.turkutube.net/play.php?vid=685) to my local sites but there is no way.
I haven’t started using 1.5x yet. I’m still running the legacy version. You’ll need a 1.5 compatible plugin.