Adding Youtube Videos in CMS collections

hi guys!
I need help! I added 3 youtube links to an item in my collections and are not showing on the design. I am a little bit stuck!


Here is my site Read-Only: https://preview.webflow.com/preview/oscarespinoza?utm_medium=preview_link&utm_source=designer&utm_content=oscarespinoza&preview=36011fa2c7643c5d5ace17a79f035814&pageId=5dadf0204156d03b8d81a19b&itemId=5e0e3468f72aff1e1842e832&mode=preview
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The same way you add the image, and text, and photos, you must add the Youtube link from the Youtube Link block element,

Thanks for the help!
I did add the YT element to the Collection Item in the designer but it doesn’t show any option to link it to the video links placed inside the collection. If I link the Youtube element in the design with a link It’ll show below every image and different projects and I don’t want that to happen :frowning:

Add the CMS collection list item and then add the Youtube Link inside of it.

OR you add it to an already existing CMS collection.

I did not see the youtube link block in the designer

https://preview.webflow.com/preview/oscarespinoza?utm_medium=preview_link&utm_source=designer&utm_content=oscarespinoza&preview=36011fa2c7643c5d5ace17a79f035814&pageId=5dadf0204156d03b8d81a19b&itemId=5e0e3468f72aff1e1842e832&mode=preview

the youtube link is inside an item in the collection.

But there’s nowhere for me to link it to in the designer.

https://preview.webflow.com/preview/oscarespinoza?utm_medium=preview_link&utm_source=designer&utm_content=oscarespinoza&preview=36011fa2c7643c5d5ace17a79f035814&pageId=5dadf0204156d03b8d81a19b&itemId=5e0e3468f72aff1e1842e832&mode=preview

:frowning:

I’m having the same issue. When I add a youtube link to cms, there is no video preview in the cms like #oespiba shows in his share link. Maybe something has changed with YouTube links. Adding a video block to the webpage and choosing the video link, fails to display the youtube video.

https://preview.webflow.com/preview/mymedijoy?utm_medium=preview_link&utm_source=designer&utm_content=mymedijoy&preview=8388ca069399ccfeebb84275a77e7f58&pageId=61840beb933bf69a5167f384&workflow=preview

Hey, I figured it out. You have to take the link that you grab from Share on YouTube and paste it into a new browser window so it adds the word watch to the link. Copy and paste that link into your cms collection and a preview will show. Now add a video block on your webpage, link it to your cms collection video link and it will work.

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Hi, I'm now quite sure what's the problem here. I think this must be a youtube bug. I've heard a lot of people having different types of issues, especially at the beginning. If you are new on youtube and don't have a very active audience, you shouldn't be surprised if anything like this happens. You can search https://famoid.com/buy-real-youtube-views/ for your account to gain more stability, and maybe these issues will disappear little by little. The start is super challenging, and I don't consider it as cheating. It is more of a help for beginners.

Thanks!!! It’s helpful!

To add to it, in my case, I used the generated new link on a new browser, still doesn’t work. But I noticed that the youtube link with /short’ in the middle directs you to a page that’s slightly different. So I used the link generated right after I upload the video, which has no /short in the URL. But remember to copy that quickly. Right before it finishes uploading! Or it will change to the one with /short/
Before
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after
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oh, it looks like the url has no difference except the /shorts. Try delete /short in your url if have them.