technical issue Cannot properly add YouTube to my contact methods

[ke44k444488 59]

So, I add my YouTube name, "Zumbuh" to the page, and it tries to take me to www.youtube.com/user/Zumbuh upon clicking.

This would be fine, had I not deleted my old channel that DID have a /user/ url (www.youtube.com/user/TheDiamondBrony) -ended with 266 subs and 55k views rip- but I do not have /user/ in my YouTube URL for my new channel, I only have a /c/ and a /channel/ url. (www.youtube.com/channel/UC4euaD0_tVxIITWz44h_5iw) & (www.youtube.com/c/Zumbuh471) I do not know how to get a /user/ url anymore, but is there any way for me to add youtube to the contact methods on my profile page w/o that url? or, is there any way to get that url? I'm stumped here.

Edited November 24, 2016 by Zumbuh

[Fhaolan 4,468]

Yeah, this is a bit of weirdness, because YouTube changed the methodology for the linkages... I have an idea, but I'm not 100% it's going to work, or if it's even reasonable. Give me a bit of time to do some research...

Okay, there's now three different YouTube fields available when you edit your profile. One for the old YouTube name, if you have an old account that allows for that, one for the Channel ID which is probably the most common now, and one for the Custom Channel name (the /c/ one). Only fill out the one you want to have appear on your profile.

 

I do admit it might be confusing to look at in the editor. I put in descriptions to keep them separate while editing, while still preserving the simple 'YouTube' tag that people looking at your profile would see, but I'm not 100% convinced it flows. Any suggestions are welcome, but know I'm a bit limited in what I can do in there without involving futzing with code.

[ke44k444488 59]

Yeah, this is a bit of weirdness, because YouTube changed the methodology for the linkages... I have an idea, but I'm not 100% it's going to work, or if it's even reasonable. Give me a bit of time to do some research...

Okay, there's now three different YouTube fields available when you edit your profile. One for the old YouTube name, if you have an old account that allows for that, one for the Channel ID which is probably the most common now, and one for the Custom Channel name (the /c/ one). Only fill out the one you want to have appear on your profile.

 

I do admit it might be confusing to look at in the editor. I put in descriptions to keep them separate while editing, while still preserving the simple 'YouTube' tag that people looking at your profile would see, but I'm not 100% convinced it flows. Any suggestions are welcome, but know I'm a bit limited in what I can do in there without involving futzing with code.

Thank you so much! It works like a charm, although I wish I could add the channel ID as my actual YT name, because I don't like my custom URL (Zumbuh471), and the ID just shows up as the ID, but I digress. Still glad you added this!

Edited November 25, 2016 by Zumbuh