Posted : Saturday, April 09, 2011 | Post Author : Paul Crowe | 44 comments
You may have noticed I’m back making some video tutorials and the last few posts on Spice Up Your Blog have included videos.Over the last few months i have been making videos for an Ebook I’m working on so had been slacking off on creating tutorials to go with the posts here.The videos i create for Spice Up Your Blog i host on YouTube and then Embed within the posts.You may do the same thing on your blog, if you do you may also like to promote Your YouTube channel on your blog.With that in mind in this post i will show you how you can add a very cool YouTube Subscribe widget to your Blogger or WordPress blog.
The widget is very user friendly and like the Facebook Fan Page / Like Page widget users can subscribe to your channel without the need to leave the page.You channels image thumbnail, Username, Number of videos and Number of subscribers are displayed along with the YouTube logo.You can also change the width and height of the gadget.
Add To WordPress – To add this to your WordPress sidebar copy the code in Step 2 below into a text gadget on your wordpress sidebar.To do this go to Appearance > Widgets > Add the code to a text widget.
Video Tutorial – I Have A Video Tutorial For This Widget At The Bottom Of The Post.
Here is a working version of the YouTube Subscription widget, click subscribe and your done.
Add The YouTube Subscribe To Channel Widget To Blogger
Step 1. In Your Blogger Dashboard Click > Design > Add A Gadget > Choose Html/Javascript :
Step 2. Copy and Paste the following code into the Html/Javascript Gadget :
<center><!–YouTube Subscribe Gadget www.spiceupyourblog.com–><iframe src=http://www.youtube.com/subscribe_widget?p=YOUR-YOUTUBE-USERNAME style=”overflow: hidden; height: 130px; width: 260px; border: 0;” scrolling=”no” frameborder=”0″></iframe></center>
Important:
A- Replace YOUR-YOUTUBE-USERNAME with your YouTube Username.Your YouTube username is displayed in the top right of the page when your logged into YouTube beside the sign out link.It will have no spaces, for example mine is spiceupyourblog as one word.
B- The height and Width are in blue and can be changed to suit your blog.
Step 3. Save the gadget and you can then drag and drop it into position on your blogs design page.
That’s your YouTube Subscribe to channel widget, make sure to subscribe to the Spice Up Your Blog YouTube Channel for the latest Video Tutorials.
Drop Your Comments And Questions Below.
44 comments:
This is something I had considered adding to my redesigned look on my blog, but since I don’t have any videos yet, I put it off. But it is something I have planned for down the road. When that time comes, I’ll be sure to revisit this post. Thanks for yet another great tip.
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thanks a lot for this information..this is really cool..i like youtube..and i want this gadgets into my blog..
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I’ve been using this for about 6 months now it works, i recommend adding it!
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Useful to Me… Tanx.. 🙂
Regards
Hari (http://hari11888.blogspot.com)
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@ Hari – Thanks for your comment.In future please dont include the link to your blog, it actually does not help you in any way and looks spammy.
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thanks for this it’s very useful for me too..like this gadgets..thanks a lot..
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thanks Paul you got me into it..i really need this youtube gadget..thank you so much posting this up..your the best
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Hi Paul thank you so much for sharing this wonderful information..keep posting this kind of information it’s very informative..and you have this youtube gadgets thanks alot…
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thank you for posting this up..i really like this gadgets this is really cool
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Heaps good stuff on this site. It’s one of the best I’ve found. This YT subscribe button is very cool!
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Thanks Paul for this Youtube gadgets..this is really cool this will also attract for visitor’s..thanks
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Hi Pual your the best thanks for posting this up..
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hi, thanks for this blog, now i can used this gadget to my blog.
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hello Pual, thanks for this you tube gadget, i can make now my you tube video really cool using this gadget. thanks for this blog.
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hi, Paul thanks for this blog my you tube video makes great using this you tube gadget. continue posting like this…
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thanks for this blog, it makes my video cool… this gadget makes my video complete.thanks for sharing this blog….
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WOW great, now i found a new gadget for may you tube video.. thanks for posting this kind of blog, its gonna help me for my new video….
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Thanks!
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It worked like 1,2,3 that easy thank you! 🙂
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very nice sharing sir so plz keep continue.
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This was very helpful. I saw this gadget on another blog and really liked the idea. Hmmm how was I going to do the same! So I did a google search and clicked on your link. Good thing you came up on the first page! Actually I think you’re right on top! Thanks again!
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Thank you for sharing very helpful. Just installed. Gotta say I get quite a ton of useful information and often come here first when looking for spicing up my blog.
Again thanks
Kev
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very nice article,,,very informative
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Great blog!
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nice widget. i want to place it in my blog. but how to find the username of my youtube profile ?
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Thanks a lot. I will put some word of mouth for your blog soon
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how can you get the backround to be white by changing the widget?
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thanks a lot very helpful
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Grate tutorial, I never thought that it can be that easy, I will added it now on my blog too.
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In Blogger, is there a way of opening the youtube widget on a new page? I tried using <1=_new and target=”_blank”> but they don’t work.
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Hello thanks for the gadget but i have a question, the background seems to be the same from my blog, which i don’t like.
Is there a way to change the background?
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I’m really glad that You tube is doing something about this. Thanks for the post. It is very useful for us!
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Freind i want know how to zooming video in website
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Thanx mate!! Great quick tutorial
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Thanks for the post. It is very useful for us! YouTube is one of the most popular websites today.
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how to change the background colour of the gadget ?
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how to change the background colour of the gadget to match my blog?>
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thanks so much. i`ve been looking for this for a while… 😀 works like charm
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Thank you very much 🙂 I’ve been meaning to add one of these and yours works perfectly.
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Thanks a bunch! I really needed this.
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Useful tips. I’d like to add. You should replace YOUR-YOUTUBE-USERNAME with your YouTube Username.Your YouTube username is displayed in the top right of the page when your logged into YouTube beside the sign out link.It will have no spaces. The height and Width are in rose and can be changed to suit your blog. thanks!~ Maria S.
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Mine isn’t working. I’ve tried it again and again with no spaces in my username. I’ve even tried someone else’s username. It worked for their channel, but not for mine. I don’t know why it’s not working!
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Thanks for sharing this article. It is quite informative it helps to add gadget in blog.
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Thank you very much
regards from
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