We’re back again for probably the last post of the year. Before we get weighed down by the expectations of the New Year celebrations, we wanted to let you know about a couple of updates to the Webeden.co.uk website builder.

First off, we’ve carried out an upgrade to the video player: we’re now using YouTube’s own API. What exactly does that mean? Well its all about how YouTube delivers data to your webeden website, and the long and the short of it is that its a huge boost to reliability. Basically, if YouTube change how they serve videos or upgrade how their system works, you don’t need to worry about the video on your website failing. We will automatically find any changes and make sure the video feed is kept live.

The one thing you need to be on top of is whether the video owner has marked the video as “private” or “embed only”. If they’ve done that, the video won’t be available via our player, and will not therefore run on your site.
Second off, we’ve added four new templates to choose from. Check them out, we hope you like them.

And lastly, and perhaps more boringly, we’ve reorganised the file manager a little bit, which including an ‘all’ folder. This should make finding things a bit easier.

Have a play with these updates and let us know what you think, using the form below.

OK, that’s it. Have a great New Year, and we wish you happy Website Building in 2009!

27.1.09 Update. If you want to find out how to add YouTube videos to your own website, then watch our how to add YouTube Video tutorial now!