Sucker Punch
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Here's my challenge.
I need to incorporate a youtube video gallery into a website. It needs to fit into the aesthetic of the rest of the site seamlessly, so I can't just link to the user's channel or anything.
The other requirement, which makes it a pain in the ass, is that the owner of the site needs to be able to update it easily, without having to edit any files.
I'm really not much of a web designer. I'm pretty good with HTML and CSS, and somewhat familiar with PHP. I know a thing or two about java, though, so I figured I could write a java applet that would allow him to just drop the URL of the youtube video in, and the applet would edit the HTML file to add the new video.
Offline, that's pretty simple. A cursory google search, though, makes it seem like editing html files through an applet that is all stored server side may have unforeseen difficulties when it comes to actually committing the changes.
Does anyone have any advice? Maybe an alternate solution or some thoughts on my potential solution.
P.S. The budget for this is nil. I found a few scripts online that seem like they could help, but none of 'em were free.
I need to incorporate a youtube video gallery into a website. It needs to fit into the aesthetic of the rest of the site seamlessly, so I can't just link to the user's channel or anything.
The other requirement, which makes it a pain in the ass, is that the owner of the site needs to be able to update it easily, without having to edit any files.
I'm really not much of a web designer. I'm pretty good with HTML and CSS, and somewhat familiar with PHP. I know a thing or two about java, though, so I figured I could write a java applet that would allow him to just drop the URL of the youtube video in, and the applet would edit the HTML file to add the new video.
Offline, that's pretty simple. A cursory google search, though, makes it seem like editing html files through an applet that is all stored server side may have unforeseen difficulties when it comes to actually committing the changes.
Does anyone have any advice? Maybe an alternate solution or some thoughts on my potential solution.
P.S. The budget for this is nil. I found a few scripts online that seem like they could help, but none of 'em were free.
