How can I put an image or video in the "About Me" section in Edit Profile?

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Akshaj_the_Chess_pro

Hey guys,

Hope you are doing good.

I just had a doubt that many users on chess.com (like - @SamCopeland and @batgirl) have put a video and an image in their "About Myself" column on their profile page.

I want to put a video on my profile too. But, I have no idea how to do this.

Can any of you helf me out?

WSama

You can only embed videos from sites like YouTube. Copy the link to your video, click the 'Insert/edit media' button in the text editor, paste the link in the 'source' field, and pop.

For images, click on 'Insert image', and you can choose a file on your device or provide an external link.

Ciao

Akshaj_the_Chess_pro

Ok @WSama. Thanks for the instructions. I will try it out. :-)

Martin_Stahl
AngelinaHardy wrote:

This is also my concern.

 

Your account is too new to add that content. I think you'll have to wait at least a week.

Tanvi_Taneja

Can I insert my video from device?

Martin_Stahl
Tanvi_Taneja wrote:

Can I insert my video from device?

 

You mean a video on your device? You would have to upload it to a hosting site first, then you could link or embed it.

Tanvi_Taneja
Martin_Stahl wrote:
Tanvi_Taneja wrote:

Can I insert my video from device?

 

You mean a video on your device? You would have to upload it to a hosting site first, then you could link or embed it.

Can I  upload on my profile directly from my device without uploading anywhere?

Martin_Stahl
Tanvi_Taneja wrote:
Martin_Stahl wrote:
Tanvi_Taneja wrote:

Can I insert my video from device?

 

You mean a video on your device? You would have to upload it to a hosting site first, then you could link or embed it.

Can I  upload on my profile directly from my device without uploading anywhere?

 

No.

Tanvi_Taneja

Ok, thanks

The_Real1st

guys i dont see itttt

Mirjana_k

I am a long time on chess.com. I always had some pictures or quotes or videos from YouTube, on my profile. Couple months ago all my ( important) pictures disappeared. I asked mr Martin to explain it to me, but I suppose he was to busy to answer. I can’t let go, I have to know why? Today I tried to put a video again. I succeeded. But when I tried to put one more music video, the other one disappeared. They just deleted the other one! 
Is there something changed that we don’t know in that last update with so much nonsenses? If so, it would be nice to communicate, instead to delete all our stuffs!! I’m not so young and not so handy on internet , I’m not shamed, but something changes too much and too often. I’m just curious are there more ( oldest) who have same problem? Maybe youngest too?

Martin_Stahl

@Mirjana_k there recently had been a major big that caused problems with profiles. While the both was in place, if members made changes, then it's possible that content was lost. For a small number of members, content may have been lost while fixing the bug

As part of the fix a new editor implemented, for updating the bios. I'm not aware of it limiting the number of video embeds, though I believe there is a maximum amount of content that can be inserted.

Mirjana_k

Oh thank you very much for responding. I was looking on google too. I wil send you here the two different answers of the wonderful AI

Mirjana_k