[wp-hackers] Embedded videos are not resizing

[RePost]

Thanks to all for the excellent suggestions. I really appreciate the 
assistance.

Applying the url instead of the embed code, as several folks recommended 
here, is the way to go. I'll apply Mitch's CSS recommendation as a backup.



On 4/25/11 3:53 PM, Mitch Canter wrote:
> A little CSS could help as well:
>
> .post object, .post embed{
> max-width: X;
> height: auto;
> }
>
> Works wonders for me, and that way I can just paste videos and go.
>
> Mitch
>
>> From: aaron at jorb.in
>> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:51:30 -0400
>> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Embedded videos are not resizing
>>
>> 1)  check the $content_width global in your theme:
>> http://phpxref.ftwr.co.uk/wordpress/nav.html?wp-includes/formatting.php.source.html#l2827
>>
>> 2)  As Per http://codex.wordpress.org/Mailing_Lists#Hackers: The *wp-hackers
>> * list is meant for people interested in extending WordPress either through
>> plugins<http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins>  or improvements to the core
>> code. Said another way, "the wp-hackers list is a place for advanced
>> development discussion (hacking) and WordPress core discussion. This means
>> it's not well suited for general development discussion and support
>> questions primarily because a certain level of working knowledge of
>> WordPress and PHP is assumed."
>>
>> Please ask future questions of this nature in the wordpress.org support
>> forums.  This list is not a support forum.
>>
>>
>> http://aaron.jorb.in
>> twitter: twitter.com/aaronjorbin
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 4:39 PM, RePost<repost_08 at yahoo.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> No thanks, Helen. The .org forums are the reason I post my questions here.
>>>
>>> I'm leaving the question open and hoping for a positive response.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/25/11 3:31 PM, Helen Hou-Sandi wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think you'd be better off asking this in the .org forums:
>>>> http://wordpress.org/support/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 4:28 PM, RePost<repost_08 at yahoo.com>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   I've gone into Media settings and set a maximum embed width for videos.
>>>>> WordPress is completely ignoring these settings, requiring me to manually
>>>>> edit the YouTube embed dimensions.
>>>>>
>>>>> How can I make WordPress respect the media embed settings?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>