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Created September 19, 2011 17:45
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gistfile1.html
<html>
<head>
<title>Video Test</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready( function () {
// hook the click event for any A links with a rel that starts with 'youtube'
$('a[rel^="youtube"]').click( function ( ) {
// what is the rel?
var rel = $(this).attr('rel');
// trim off the leading 'youtube'
rel = rel.replace( 'youtube', '' );
// now replace the brackets
rel = rel.replace( '[', '' ).replace( ']', '' );
var attributes = rel.split(',');
alert( 'width: ' + attributes[0] + ', height: ' + attributes[1] + ', id: ' + attributes[2] );
// be sure to return false so the browser doesn't continue to whatever the href is
return false;
} );
} );
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a href="#" rel="youtube[322,300,abcd]">One</a>
<a href="#" rel="youtube[322,300,efgh]">Two</a>
</body>
</html>
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