how to include video in jekyll markdown blog

Question

I just started blogging using jekyll. I write my posts in markdown. Now, I want to include a youtube video in my post. How can I do this?

Also, I dont really like t

Answer 1

The html code to insert a youtube video can be produced in Jekyll using a simple plugin as described in https://gist.github.com/1805814.

The syntax becomes as simple as:

{% youtube oHg5SJYRHA0 %}