Help > Frequently Asked Questions
Q1 - I'm having problems watching your videos, what should I do?
A: To watch the videos on our website, you need to ensure you have downloaded "Macromedia Flash Player" on to your computer, please click here to download.
Q2 - I want to become a member, what do I do?
A: To register and become a member, simply click here to sign up by filling out your account information.
Q3 - How can I upload videos to IslamicTube?
A: To upload a video is easy, mashallah. You need to follow the following steps:
1. Make an account with us
2. Verify your email address
3. Press the "Upload" button
4. Read the uploading instructions and agree to them
5. Select whether you are uploading an actual file from your PC or a video from another website
6. & Then fill in all the necesery details!
If uploading a video from another website, on the last screen copy and paste the embed code from those websites (Yahoo, Google, YouTube, etc) that look like the code below; i.e.:
<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jfb0X4Qqa5k&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jfb0X4Qqa5k&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>
<embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=6030257247245417380&hl=en-GB" flashvars=""> </embed>
All of our videos are indivually checked before being placed on the website live for everyone to watch, so we ask our users to please be patient with us during this process.
Q4 - Can I download videos from IslamicTube?
A: No sorry, we do not have a download function on our website (not as yet, so keep tuned!).
Q5 - How can I share my videos and link to them from my website or blog?
Sharing a video is simple you can send them your video URL /or use embed code and put your video on your own website (works on Friendster, eBay, Blogger, MySpace, etc), or/ you can press the Send/Share button.
Q6 - Advertise Us!
What is My Video Site?
My Video Site provides a venue for people to host and stream their videos, being compliant with the terms of use of this website) totally free. Anyone can view and share videos, and members can upload videos and use other features, FREE of charge (unless specified differently, in the Terms Of Use).
How do videos get featured?
Featured videos can displayed by default based on the number of hits and rating a particular video receives or directly assigned by the website administration. A user cannot assign a featured video, as this would result in every user featuring his own videos and bloating this way the relative content pages of the website.
Login/Password
The website keeps asking for password and login even though I put in my username and password correctly.
This could be due to the way cookies are set to be handled on your system, so here are the steps to check your cookies for your browser.
1. Go to the Tools menu
2. Choose "Internet Options"
3. Select the "Privacy" Tab
4. Choose "Advanced"
5. First and Third Party Cookies should be set to "Accept".
The steps described above are for Internet ExplorerTM, but should be similar for other browsers. In any case, we strongly reccomend using a modern, web standards-compliant open-source - based browser, such as Mozilla Firefox and not a closed-architecture obsolete browser other companies may provide, because such pieces of software are often deprecated in terms of web standards support and usability.
If your cookies are not set to be accepted by your browser, please change this setting and try logging in again.
How do I change my password?
1. Login to your My Video Site account.
2. Click on the 'Profile' link, located in the User Panel (top right of the page).
3. Enter the new password in the 'Password' and in the 'Retype Password' fields.
4. Click the 'Save changes' button at the bottom of the page.
I forgot my password. How can I log back into the site?
If you forgot your password, you can retrieve it here: http://localhost/clipshare3/recoverpass.php.
Can I change my username?
No. The user name can not be changed.
What are "tags"?
Keywords assigned to videos are called "Tags". The purpose of tags is to help describe or identify a video. Tags help you label videos you upload so that other people can find them more easily.
How do I remove/delete a video?
To remove/delete one of your videos, simply log in to your account and click on "My videos" link, located in the user panel (top right of the page) or go directly to http://localhost/clipshare3/my_video.php and click on the "Delete this video" button, next to the video you would like to remove. You can only delete videos that YOU have uploaded.
How do I find videos of interest to watch?
1. By clicking on the Videos link (top left of the page) a list of features and ways become available to you, by which you can find videos of interest. In the Videos page, you can view Most Recent, Most Viewed, Most Discussed, Top Favorites, Top Rated, Recently Featured or Random videos, by clicking on the appropriate link.
2. If you know what you're looking for, you can search for videos using the Search box.
3. You can also use the Channels link (top left of the page) to browse the site to find videos in a more specific area (for example, "Music" or "Funny").
4. By subscribing to a particular member of interest, you'll be notified whenever they upload new videos.