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Help & Guidance => Site/Forum Help => Topic started by: Oddonelynx on January 20, 2020, 02:54:05 am

Title: YouTube Button Thing Is Broken
Post by: Oddonelynx on January 20, 2020, 02:54:05 am
If you put in your YouTube channel, you'll usually have a button to your channel, cool! But for some people, (like mine..) It says I don't exist..
Title: Re: YouTube Button Thing Is Broken
Post by: Ame88 on January 20, 2020, 02:57:32 am
Moving this over to Forum/Site Help as it seems you're more so seeking help rather than starting a discussion =)

Are you sure you've typed in your YouTube username correctly?
Title: Re: YouTube Button Thing Is Broken
Post by: Kuri on January 20, 2020, 08:38:07 am
It doesn't work by 'user name', it works by the actual URL.  For most people, since about 2013  that's been a series of random letters & numbers which don't change even if they change their channel name.
When in doubt, you can get the URL by going to your "channel page" and pressing "F6" key, copy & paste.

Or if your channel has a 'videos' tab, this often has the old style URL like "youtube.com/user/(whatever-their-name-was-back-in-the-good-old-days)
Title: Re: YouTube Button Thing Is Broken
Post by: Oddonelynx on January 20, 2020, 09:41:18 pm
The f6 thing doesn't seem to work for me, I even tried going onto my "videos" tab.
Title: Re: YouTube Button Thing Is Broken
Post by: LadySigyn on January 21, 2020, 10:01:57 am
Can you link me your YT channel here? I'll show you exactly what you have to put in.
Title: Re: YouTube Button Thing Is Broken
Post by: Oddonelynx on January 21, 2020, 09:36:03 pm
Sure,  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5lDa5s7GLRWQHoH70ne34Q/videos?view_as=subscriber
Title: Re: YouTube Button Thing Is Broken
Post by: LadySigyn on January 22, 2020, 12:09:33 am
channel/UC5lDa5s7GLRWQHoH70ne34Q

There ya go
Title: Re: YouTube Button Thing Is Broken
Post by: Oddonelynx on January 22, 2020, 01:27:10 am
Thanks!
Title: Re: YouTube Button Thing Is Broken
Post by: LadySigyn on January 22, 2020, 02:43:18 am
No problem!
Title: Re: YouTube Button Thing Is Broken
Post by: Ame88 on January 22, 2020, 03:48:58 am
It doesn't work by 'user name', it works by the actual URL.

Oh? huh, I didn't know that lol I've never messed with the YouTube link so lmao

Glad you got it sorted! Thank you Kuri and Sigyrn for helping =) I'll go ahead and lock this now~