Bug #14249: Loom Embed Issue - CUNY Academic Commons - CUNY Graduate Center - Project Tracking System

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Bug #14249

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Loom Embed Issue

Added by Laurie Hurson over 3 years ago. Updated over 3 years ago.

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Resolved

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2021-03-29

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Description

Hi all,

Loom videos are working on the Commons but when you embed from the block editor + Firefox, you get an error message in the editor. In Chrome Password-protected videos appear protected in the editor and the correct password does not work. (Screenshots attached)

Important to note, this does not happen across all sites on the Commons.
Issue visible on:
https://8nsshl2021.commons.gc.cuny.edu - 19 plugins installed
https://conftemplate.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ -0 plugins installed

Issue not visible on:
https://classtestbmcc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/

In both cases If you publish the page or post, the video works, but this error message may cause confusion for users. Is this an user-generated or browser generated issue or an issue that the commons team can resolve? If user-generated, I could write some documentation to clear up confusion.

I don't know if this is pressing since Looms videos do work, but wanted to flag this irregular behavior.

Thanks,
Laurie

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Loom + Firefox, working.png (1.05 MB) Loom + Firefox, working.png		Laurie Hurson, 2021-03-29 12:09 PM
Loom+ Firefox, issue, test site.png (373 KB) Loom+ Firefox, issue, test site.png		Laurie Hurson, 2021-03-29 12:09 PM
Loom + Chrome, pw issue, test site.png (238 KB) Loom + Chrome, pw issue, test site.png		Laurie Hurson, 2021-03-29 12:09 PM
Loom + Firefox, issue, NSSHL site.png (352 KB) Loom + Firefox, issue, NSSHL site.png		Laurie Hurson, 2021-03-29 12:09 PM

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Updated by Boone Gorges over 3 years ago

Status changed from New to Reporter Feedback

Thanks for the detailed report.

The fact that this happens on non-published content suggests to me that Loom needs to be able to access the URL of the embedding page. When you are in the Block editor, or when you're viewing a preview of an unpublished post, you are looking at a URL that is not publicly accessible, and thus not accessible to Loom. As such, I don't think there's anything that the Commons can do to prevent it.

The password issue appears to be closely related. When you submit a password from the Dashboard interface, Loom expects to be able to send back a success message, but it can't because of the unpublished nature of the WP post.

I'd suggest that this limitation be outlined in the documentation about Loom embedding on the Commons.

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