Actually I do have it working but did not realise it because it does not work in the post preview only the actual post.

Could having the Modern BBcode Mod installed be the reason why it is not working for me?

Thanks a lot iatbm that would be perfect but I already tried to install that mod before posting this and it did not work.  Do you know for a fact that this hack works with 1.2.12

Thanks that was exactly what I was looking for and it worked great.

I was wondering if it is possible to embed Google or YouTube videos into forum posts using the code that they provide. 

It looks something like this -

<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pHnDkK0y_zg"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pHnDkK0y_zg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>

Hi I find that when I am viewing a topic in my forum or this one for that matter the left colum is much to wide.  There is probably at least 50-60 pixels of wasted space in the user information boxes.  This problem is even worse when a visitor is viewing the forum with a screen resolution of only 800X600.  How can I get rid of this wasted space and make the left hand column less wide?  I have tried doing a search but I could not find what I was looking for.  I am running the latest release 1.2.12 and look forward to hearing a solution to my problem.